carbon reduction strategy Articles
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Transport sector should up the pace to carbon reduction
New report from CDP shows that transport sector have failed to implement carbon reduction strategies compared to firms across all sectors. Transport sector should up the pace to carbon reduction New report from CDP shows that transport sector have failed to implement carbon reduction strategies compared to firms across all sectors. The transport industry was urged today to step up efforts to ...
By Vital Energi
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The Gateway Theatre project in Richmond, BC, Canada - Case Study
The Gateway Theatre project in Vancouver, completed in 2012 is a 50,000 sq ft multi-use public theatre facility. As part of the city’s carbon reduction strategy, the SHARC system was installed reducing the facilities emissions by 50 tonnes per year. The existing system was an incremental heat pump based system supplied by a boiler and cooling tower using 29 heat pumps. With a design flow of ...
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Carbon management strategies - a quest for corporate competitiveness
This multiple case study analysis examines the extent to which five global car manufacturers apply carbon management strategies. Following a clear business strategy standpoint, the theoretical arguments are based on a framework developed by Orsato (2006). For this context, we highlight two key differences between carbon management and general environment strategies: the option of compensation and ...
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Carbon footprint, scenario planning, reduction strategies, benchmarking
Ocado Limited, the unique and independent online grocer, is the first newcomer to the UK grocery market for a generation. The company has created a blueprint for the future of sustainable grocery shopping offering an alternative to going to the supermarket that is simple, fast, fun, greener and more accurate. Ocado delivers orders out of a single fulfilment centre, not a network of stores, and ...
By Greenstone+
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Achieving Carbon Neutrality: How to Become a Carbon Neutral Business by 2050
As climate change is the most defining issue of current times, achieving carbon neutrality by 2050 has become an indispensable priority for the world. We are at an overcritical juncture, where climate change is moving faster than us, and every half degree is making a world of difference. As we all know, companies are largely responsible for the rising level of emissions; it is vital for them to ...
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A set of industrial solid waste and paper mill waste recycling treatment system has been put into operation!
With the rapid development of the industrial economy, a large amount of industrial solid waste has hindered the sustainable development of urban and rural construction. How to treat this industrial solid waste harmlessly has become the urgent demand of most waste producing enterprises. In order to help the green development of solid waste recycling, reduction and harmless, an environmental ...
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Preparing for CRC – what should organisations be doing now?
What is the CRC? The forthcoming Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC), scheduled to start in April 2010, will be the first ‘cap and trade’ scheme aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions from non-energy intensive industries. Unlike previous emissions trading schemes, the CRC aims to encourage reductions in electricity use rather than directly limiting emissions from burning fossil fuels. Which ...
By Greenstone+
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For the first time, a common framework for cities’ greenhouse gas inventories
“You cannot manage what you cannot measure” is a well-known adage for business, and the phrase is increasingly relevant for cities. In the past decade, many cities have started measuring their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions data. GHG inventories are essential for building effective low-carbon strategies, tracking GHG reductions, responding to regulations and local GHG program ...
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