carbon reduction News
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Coalition government sets 50% carbon reduction targets by 2025
UK agrees to the CCC’s proposed levels and sets legally binding targets to halve carbon emissions by 2025. The Coalition government has set a carbon reduction target of 50% on 1990 levels by 2025, demonstrating genuine leadership in the low-carbon agenda, and putting the UK on course for a 60% decrease by 2030. The Energy and Climate Miniter, Chris Huhne, unveiled the news about the ...
By Vital Energi
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AEA leads the way on helping companies prepare for the carbon reduction commitment
Leading climate change and energy consultancy AEA is helping companies to save money by advising them on how to prepare for the impending introduction of the Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC). In preparation for the introduction of the CRC in 2010, AEA has produced an expert paper which answers the key questions businesses are asking when considering how to prepare for the CRC. Under the Carbon ...
By Ricardo plc
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LG launches first carbon labelled TVs in Europe and commits to further reduction of emissions
LG demonstrates its commitment to reducing its environmental impacts by certifying its carbon footprint and earning the right to display the Carbon Trust’s Carbon Reduction Label LG Electronics’ 47LW5500-ZE and 47LW550T-ZE CINEMA 3D TVs have become the first TVs in Europe to carry the Carbon Reduction Label, which certifies the carbon emissions from every stage of their lifecycle, ...
By Carbon Trust
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All Eco Eyes This Week Have Been on the World`s First `Carbon Footprinting` Gallery Launched by the Carbon Trust
Ex-Manchester United captain Gary Neville, Founder of Sustainability in Sport showed his commitment to sustainability and environmental issues, when he spoke at the World's first Carbon Footprinting Gallery at the Future Gallery in London, launched by the Carbon Trust. (Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20120405/525055-a ) (Photo: ...
By Carbon Trust
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First stage of carbon reduction scheme begins
UK waste management companies and local authorities will have to register their electricity consumption with the Environment Agency (EA) under the Carbon Reduction Commitment Energy Efficiency Scheme which begins tomorrow (1 April). Waste management firms Sita, Shanks and Veolia Environmental Services are among around 23 waste and water companies which will be obligated to reduce their carbon ...
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Australians can now start to track carbon footprints of products
Two timeless products are leading the way into the future as the first to display the Carbon Reduction Label in Australia. ALDI’s everyday olive oil range and Mobius Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc – a product of The New Zealand Wine Company – now carry the Carbon Reduction Label on their packaging Australians will also see the Carbon Reduction Label on 21st century technology, ...
By Carbon Trust
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New research examines young adults’ attitudes towards climate change and carbon footprinting
New research from the Carbon Trust examines how young adults' attitudes towards climate change and carbon footprinting influence their purchasing decisions and brand loyalty. The survey of consumers aged 18-25 in China, Korea, South Africa, Brazil, the USA and the UK reveals a divide between attitudes to carbon reduction in the East and West. 83% of young people questioned in China say they ...
By Carbon Trust
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“High Street failing on footprinting”, say consumers
Research out from the Carbon Trust reveals almost two thirds of consumers (63%) are more likely to buy a product if they know action is being taken to reduce its carbon footprint. At the same time, 70% of consumers want businesses to do more to help them make more informed environmental choices about the products they buy. The research questioned more than 1,000 consumers across the UK to ...
By Carbon Trust
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Unlocking carbon reduction with advanced oil spill sensors
Unlocking carbon reduction with advanced oil spill sensors Oil spills not only have devastating effects on marine ecosystems, but they also contribute to climate change by releasing large amounts of CO2 into the atmosphere during cleanup and recovery operations, plus subsequent replacement of lost product. With early detection by our non-contact oil spill detector, ROW, we minimise the ...
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Masdar to pursue carbon reduction projects in Nigeria
Masdar, Abu Dhabi’s multi-faceted future energy initiative wholly owned by the Mubadala Development Company, and the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) today reached agreement to identify and develop carbon emissions reduction projects in the oil and gas sector in Nigeria, under the Kyoto Protocol’s Clean Development Mechanism (CDM). 'This strategic partnership reflects our ...
By MASDAR
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Energy Document Management
ENMAT provides a Document library for the storing of historical Energy Supplier invoices (PDF or DOC files). The library is intuitively organised so that a user can view/sort/filter by site, branch,group etc. The attributes that are stored in association with Energy Supplier invoice files are: - Invoice Name - MPR - Invoice Period - Invoice Value (ex-VAT) ...
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CRC Reporting: Helping to meet UK carbon reduction targets
Heavy fines await UK companies that fail to conform or to report (should they be required to do so) under the new Climate Reduction Commitment (CRC) legislation. Much confusion exists within the country, even though the Energy and Climate Change Minister, Ms. Joan Ruddock, maintains that the government has conducted a thorough announcement of the pending legislation.As it is expected that up to ...
By Accruent
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Engage with workplaces to tackle climate change says union
UNISON, the UK’s leading public sector trade union, is calling on employers in both the public and private sector to work with staff to cut carbon emissions The call comes in the wake of a report showing that Whitehall departments were missing their carbon reduction targets*, which could leave taxpayers liable to pick up the bill for heavy fines. Dave Prentis, UNISON General Secretary, said: ...
By UNISON
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Local authorities target business waste with BREW funding
Local authorities devising projects to incentivise businesses to reduce and recycle waste can apply for £30,000 funding from the BREW Centre for Local Authorities. Previous BREW grants focussed on tackling business waste but this new round of funding will tackle the environmental impact of public organisations for the first time. This emphasis on the public sector is expected to have a big ...
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UN emissions gap report finds global action on climate change inadequate
The latest Emissions Gap Report, by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and the European Climate Foundation, is being released today. The report finds that emissions are now around 14 percent above where they need to be. The gap is on course to be 8 gigatonnes of CO2 equivalent by 2020, which is 2 Gt higher than last year’s assessment. Following is a statement by Jennifer Morgan, Director, ...
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Top achievers in carbon management and reduction recognised by Carbon Trust
The Carbon Trust today announces the winners of four awards presented to the leading performers in Carbon Trust Standard certification assessments for 2012-2013. The awards were presented at the Carbon Trust’s Annual Certification Conference, hosted at the Royal Institution. The winners for each category are: Best in absolute carbon reduction (2012-13) Department of Energy and Climate ...
By Carbon Trust
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UN highlights gaps at Copenhagen climate change summit
Ongoing uncertainty over global carbon emission reduction targets and funding commitments at the Copenhagen climate change summit, reports Envido.The Copenhagen climate change summit displayed yet another sign of a lack of progress today as the UN released two official draft agreements featuring large gaps that are yet to be filled.The outline of the UN draft climate change agreements that will ...
By Vital Energi
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MEP bids to green EU fuel carbon reduction plan
The European parliament's rapporteur on EU proposals to make oil firms cut lifecycle carbon emissions from fuels is insisting that the plans include biofuel sustainability criteria to prevent deforestation and water shortages. Dutch socialist MEP Dorette Corbey says the criteria must be added to the law even though similar sustainability rules are already being developed by the commission as ...
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O2 extends relationship with AEA to prepare for the CRC
Leading energy and climate change consultancy AEA has won a contract from O2 to help it prepare for the Carbon Reduction Commitment Energy Efficiency Scheme (CRC), which begins this April. AEA is working with O2’s management team to prepare all of the necessary data required for registration under the scheme and will be working over the next year to prepare a complete CRC footprint report and ...
By Ricardo plc
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Government advised to re-design ‘complex’ CRC scheme for the second phase
The Committee on Climate Change has recommended that Government re-designs the Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC) energy efficiency scheme prior to the start of the second phase (2013-2017), in order to reduce its complexity. The current intention is that a cap is set from 2013 with a fixed number of allowances made available to organisations through an auctioning system. However, the ...
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