Optimizing the use of energy is an ongoing challenge for industrial companies, also for the beverage industry. The Dutch brewery group Heineken is integrating large solar power facilities featuring an area of 7,850 m² of solar collectors based on know-how supplied by the Austrian company AEE for sites in Austria, Spain and Portugal. Large amounts of thermal and electrical energy are required to produce beer. At present this energy is primarily derived from fossil fuels, says Matthäus Hubmann of the...

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Unrestricted use of email, social media and file hosting services can have damaging effects on employers’ reputation and business. Bullying, discrimination, defamation, virus exposure, lost productivity and transferring confidential information and trade secrets are just some of the issues that can arise from misuse of telephone, email and Internet at work. Monitoring workers’ use of communication systems or their surveillance by CCTV may seem like a good way to protect business interests. However, this must be balanced with, and not...

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ATLANTA – September 18, 2014 – Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C. (Ogletree Deakins), one of the largest labor and employment law firms representing management, is pleased to announce that the firm received the most “mentions” of any firm in Corporate Counsel magazine’s “Who Represents America’s Biggest Companies 2014” survey. This is the second consecutive year that Ogletree Deakins has earned the top ranking in Corporate Counsel’s annual survey. In addition to its ranking as the top firm...

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