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John Grant, Author of The Green Marketing Manifesto
Maximising effectiveness of the CRC
UK Government make 1bn from carbon auctions
News and resources
CRC Report 2011 – Opinion Round-Up
This month’s publication of the annual Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC) League Table was so popular the Environment Agency’s website crashed under the interest. But what have the commentators been saying? Here we sum-up the arguments for and against the CRC in its current format.
Industry Speaks
AGAINST Flawed metrics
What do Disney, the Pope, Fiji Water and Chevrolet have in common?
Article originally published on ethicalcorp online.
The Green Investment Bank – the lowdown
Having stood strong through the Labour-coalition shift and deficit-reducing cuts, one key green policy with an interesting potential is about to become operational – the Green Investment Bank (GIB).
With offices and teams set to be in place by the end of this year (and the headquarters’ location being fought over currently), the Government’s department for Business Innovation and Skills (BIS) says the GIB could start lending as soon as September 2012.
Carbon controversy down under
Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard was able to breathe a sigh of relief as her controversial carbon tax proposal finally passed through the House of Representatives and received ratification from the Senate after several previous failures and re-drafts.
The proposal, which was passed by a narrow margin of 74-72, will see Australia’s 500 biggest polluters paying AUS$23 per tonne (around £15) for their greenhouse gas emissions from 2012. After three years the new tax will morph into a trading scheme with a fixed cap on emissions.
Pledge in blood
We’ve signed The 2º Challenge Communiqué 2011
Carbon Retirement is pleased to be recoginsed as one of the first batch of signatories to the 2011 2°C Challenge Communiqué.
The growth of REDD: A green light for forestry offsets?
One of the standout statistics from this year’s report on the state of the voluntary carbon markets by Ecosystems Marketplace was the meteoric rise of carbon credits from REDD projects (Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation) which generate offset credits from the protection of forest or woodland.
The Walk-Talk Ratio and how to capitalise on CSR
Accusations of ‘greenwash’ abound, and the media is constantly criticising corporate brands for not living up to their green publicity.
In an attempt to sort the deep green from the green-tinged, brand consultancy firm Brandlogic and leading sustainability analyst firm CRD Analytics collaborated to produce a report identifying the gaps between what firms appear to do, and what they actually deliver.
DEFRA emissions factors update 2011 - what it means for you
The annual update to DEFRA’s official UK emissions factors has now been released. We explore here exactly what these intricate spreadsheets mean to anyone who cares about their climate impact, and highlight new changes this year.
Emissions factors are multipliers used to translate all sorts of activity into tonnes of CO2e (carbon dioxide equivalent). It’s these numbers that carbon calculators use to calculate carbon footprints.
Carbon Retirement and carbon heroes announce new partnership
Carbon Retirement today announces a partnership with carbon heroes.
Carbon heroes is a leading provider of corporate car sharing services. Car sharing removes the duplicated journeys, and so reduces the impact upon the environment, demand for car parking and unnecessary travel expenditure.
By working with clients on the change management aspects of deploying their service, carbon heroes maximizes uptake by employees and the related benefits.
