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Achieving sustainability goals

Achieving Sustainability Goals with the Help of Verisae Fresh & Easy is a $302 million US retail firm that committed itself to an ambitious climate change plan, outlined by its parent firm, Tesco. Founded in 2007, Fresh & Easy ...

Jul. 7, 2012

Executive Order 13514 on federal sustainability

How does this climate change order differ from Bush era orders?It is said that the federal government is the largest consumer of energy in the United States. As such we can deduce that it is one of the biggest contributors to the problem of ...

Oct. 11, 2009 Daniel Stouffer

Executive Order 13514 tackles climate change

We`ve seen over the course of 2009 how difficult politics in Washington can be. There seems little doubt that everyone is now aware of the challenges that we face in relation to carbon emissions, greenhouse gases and climate change in general. ...

Oct. 8, 2009 Daniel Stouffer

Enterprise Carbon Accounting: The quest for unprecedented transparency

Enterprise carbon accounting (ECA) is an essential requirement for companies and will likely become necessary due to government legislation. No longer is it permissible for a company to look within its borders, but it must look at its overall ...

Sep. 30, 2009 Daniel Stouffer

Refrigerant gas management (case study)

Executive Summary Refrigerant leaks are one the highest maintenance expenses for organizations using or maintaining gas. In addition to compliance, management of refrigerant is important from a cost perspective. A typical 100-store supermarket ...

Sep. 25, 2009

FMI carbon calculator (case study)

Executive Summary Given the heightened priority of corporate sustainability, Verisae is positioned well to enable organizations to establish a carbon footprint baseline, outline energy management options, and provide a comprehensive corporate ...

Sep. 25, 2009

Tesco asset management (case study)

Executive Summary Tesco has seen numerous benefits of the Verisae platform over the past three years. The metrics listed are only a small portion of all products and services Tesco leverages across the full Verisae platform and across all Tesco plc ...

Sep. 25, 2009

Ahold emissions baseline (case study)

Executive Summary Verisae helped Ahold develop an understanding not only of Ahold’s direct emissions impact, but also the impact of the supply chain and consumers. Ahold worked with a number of external consultants Arthur D Little, DHV, ERM and ...

Sep. 25, 2009

DEFRA carbon initiatives break ground

Say what you like about their propensity for acronyms, but the British have also made significant strides forward in the arena of climate change recently. To better approach the situation, they combined DEFRA and BERR within the DECC and then ...

Sep. 20, 2009 Daniel Stouffer

UK Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC)

Energy Efficiency Reduction Bill a Benchmark for Others?The pressure has been growing on individual companies, producers and emitters of greenhouse gases to try and restrict the output. Up until this time, it has been voluntary to report carbon ...

Sep. 15, 2009 Daniel Stouffer

What is the carbon reduction commitment?

The UK Carbon Reduction Commitment is a British based initiative, which is anticipated to provide a model for the rest of the world. The US Environmental Protection Agency announced shortly after introduction by the UK Department that they plan to ...

Aug. 28, 2009 Daniel Stouffer

Determining CRC reporting requirements

All organizations must now establish, evaluate and prioritize their carbon reduction liabilities and get ready to participate in the CRC. It is estimated that some 5,000 organizations in the UK will be required to do so. The Carbon Reduction ...

Aug. 28, 2009 Daniel Stouffer

Proposed CRC reporting exposes confusion

Both in the United States and in the United Kingdom, initiatives are currently underway to force certain categories of business to proactively reduce the size of their carbon footprint and to produce a series of carbon reports to prove their ...

Aug. 28, 2009 Daniel Stouffer

A strategy to address the CRC regulations

An organization can initiate immediate action by deciding whether to implement voluntary automated meter reading and thus qualify for what is termed an early action metric. This will help in determining a position in the first year league table and ...

Aug. 28, 2009 Daniel Stouffer

How to prepare for CRC reporting

2009 is the year for review and the establishment of standards. A comprehensive view of emissions inventory must be in place to act as baselines for future reporting. 2009 will be a key year for thousands of businesses within the UK as they prepare ...

Aug. 28, 2009 Daniel Stouffer

Non-compliance of CRC carbon reporting

Impacts to Organizations Who Do Not Comply with United Kingdom’s CRC Reporting Requirements Particular attention has been given to the effects of global warming and the potential for climate change. We have been told in no uncertain terms by ...

Aug. 28, 2009 Daniel Stouffer

Meeting the carbon reduction commitments

How UK Organizations Can Approach and Meet Carbon Reduction Targets The Climate Reduction Commitment legislation represents significant opportunities for those entities that are proactive and are able to meet or exceed their carbon reduction ...

Aug. 28, 2009 Daniel Stouffer

Carbon reduction commitment (CRC) initiative

British CRC Program Promotes Carbon Footprint Reductions Environmental managers from thousands of UK commercial enterprises will take on a much more important role within their respective organizations when the Carbon Reduction Commitment, or CRC, ...

Aug. 28, 2009 Daniel Stouffer

Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC) - Understanding complexity, mitigating risk, and capturing opportunity

Implications of the Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC) are quite far-reaching and will apply both within the public and private sectors across the United Kingdom. About 20,000 organisations will likely be affected, based on how much electricity they ...

Aug. 27, 2009 Paul Hepperla; Daniel Stouffer

Introduction to Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC) requirements

Environmental managers from thousands of UK commercial enterprises will take on a much more important role within their respective organizations when the Carbon Reduction Commitment, or CRC, comes into effect in 2010. The initiative of the British ...

Aug. 11, 2009 Nick Martin

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