Earlier this month, the most innovative luxury electric car manufacturer Tesla Motors confirmed an agreement with electronics industry giant Panasonic to build the largest battery factory in the U.S.
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Ahead of the London Olympic Games 2012, Panasonic is launching an extremely useful app for real sport fans. The new application dubbed Flag Tags will allow users to connect with each other and celebrate the spirit of the global sporting event, paying tribute to fan traditions. Using the Flag Tag app, members of the online community and owners of mobile devices will be able to paint their faces with national flags in the digital space.
Manufacturers are seeing a rapid expansion in the number and scope of regulations around product and packaging recycling, such as the European Waste Electric and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Directive. SAP AG is helping Panasonic comply with these worldwide product end-of-life regulations and retailer mandates with the SAP® Recycling Administration application. In addition to compliance, the application helps Panasonic to be more efficient and reduce both recycling and operational costs. The use of the software drives excellence in recycling and reuse, which is an important aspect of any customer’s sustainable supply chain and products business case—with the ultimate goal of protecting the brand while designing, manufacturing and distributing innovative, safe and compliant products.
Toyota (#1), 3M (#2) and Siemens (#3) lead Interbrand’s new global report, ‘Best Global Green Brands.’ In its first global report to focus exclusively on green, Interbrand, the leading brand consultancy, combines public perception of environmental sustainability (‘green’) with a demonstration of that performance based on publically available information and data.