IBM Launches Carbon Management Tool

IBM wants to help your company to be environmentally green while making the green, and has released a tool that aims to help companies analyze and manage the climate impact of their supply chains. IBM's Research and IBM Global Business Services created the Carbon Tradeoff Modeler, a instrument that recommends best practices to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by analyzing packaging options, alternative operational processes, alternative transportation modes and energy sources, inventory policies, and sourcing policies. The tool can also count the tradeoffs between CO2 emissions reductions and other supply chain metrics including inventory levels and on-time delivery.

"To achieve a carbon efficient supply chain, companies need to assess the CO2 emissions impact of their end-to-end operations," The product was borne out of results from IBM's 2008 Corporate Social Responsibility study and separate IBM research that showed that corporate social responsibility topped the list of concerns for chief executives. According to IBM, social responsibility is quickly becoming a revenue growth platform for businesses, as clients have been increasingly vocal about transparency and accountability issues from organizations they do business with. By using the automated Carbon Tradeoff Modeler, IBM said that companies can use carbon emission results in their CSR strategy, and flaunt the findings to boost their brand.

Tips For The Snowboarding Beginner

Snowboarding is a sport that has a lot of fun and extremely exciting to ride down the slopes, exploring limitless tricks and feeling the adrenaline pumping in your body. But most of the people are new to this game so I share some of the information snowboarding tips for who are the beginners for snowboarding.

• Try to choose a board that's the right size for you. The board should be reaching somewhere between your chin and collarbone. For the beginner it's a good idea to get one that's a bit shorter and therefore easier to maneuver.
• The equipment you choose depends on whether you are intending to do the "freestyle/freeride" style or "alpine/carving". The alpine board is of a thicker and heavier type to give a smooth ride, while the freestyle board is shorter and easier to maneuver.
• The clothes you wear also have a great impact on your snowboarding pleasure. So try to wear clothes that comfortable loose. In this way you can move with ease but you don't risk having the clothes getting caught in anything.
• Don't hold back on guard from the elements, get: goggles, good gloves, a hat or helmet and if you want extra protection for your tailbone and bottom pick up some protective pants.
  
• When you are all set for the slopes, don't forget to start off slowly.

So follow these simple tips when you are practicing snowboarding this will give you a wonderful experience.