Business Action on Health supports Dame Carol Black's call for organisations to invest in health and well-being.

Recently, with hundreds of Indonesian troops just out of sight in scenes of intense security, Prince Andrew, the government's official business envoy, dropped in on Bintuni Bay, one of Indonesia's mots remote corners. The plan was to inspect BP's new £3.5bn natural gas plant. What the Duke of York probably did not know was that he had walked straight into a row between the giant oil company and local villagers.

Health secretary Alan Johnson is planning to tackle what he calls the "sick-note culture". He wants GPs to write well-notes and companies to run health clinics, and he's planning a special programme to encourage those on incapacity benefit back into work.

Carbon-offsetting websites that ask people to give money to environmental projects to cancel out their personal carbon emissions are confusing and inconsistent, a consumer watchdog says.Companies such as Carbon Clear, Pure and the World Land Trust are misleading and charge people different amounts for similar schemes, according to Which?

BMW, the world's leading premium car-maker, may launch an all-electric car as part of its strategy to cut greenhouse gas emissions and combat growing restrictions on urban traffic within big cities.

Mobile phone operators could face substantial fines after regulators announced plans to stamp out misselling in the industry.Ofcom, the media and telecoms regulator, said a voluntary code of conduct to minimise misselling had failed. It set out proposals for a legal regime allowing it to fine the operators.

Banks and building societies have complained that the newly nationalised Northern Rock will be able to compete for retail savings for the next three to four years backed by a government guarantee.

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