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Companies are under increasing pressure to demonstrate their commitment to the green agenda. But there are still a lot of grey areas regarding which technologies companies should invest in to guarantee a greener future. Jessica Davies investigates.

IT developer HaulTech and vehicle tracking specialist Navman Wireless have joined forces to integrate vehicle tracking with fleet management.

According to Solarcentury, owners and tenants of industrial buildings are increasingly turning to photo-voltaics or solar electricity as the simplest, most viable way to harness the financial and environmental benefits of on site renewable energy.

Toshiba has launched RFID@Toshiba, a system designed to offer a complete end-to-end RFID infrastructure system for customers thinking of adopting the technology.

Legislation on how to implement green measures, is not clear enough and the result is confusion and misunderstanding, according to a sustainability survey by office and refurbishment fit out specialists Overbury.

The Works, which sells books, crafts and gifts, has bought Workforce Management from RedPrairie to optimise labour productivity at its Sutton Coldfield distribution centre.

The TGW Logistics Group has acquired Ecolog, the supplier of automated logistics systems based at Wels in Austria.

John Craven of Whitecroft Lighting says that traditionally warehouses used HID luminaires like the Whitecroft Harrier which delivers high efficiency in the region of 80 per cent.