product carbon footprint News
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Why we need carbon footprinting and labelling
Viewpoint from Darran Messem, Managing Director, Carbon Trust Certification As the world’s expert in carbon footprinting, and the first company to create a carbon label for use on products, we are passionate about why companies and consumers should embrace carbon footprinting and labelling. Why? It all comes down to creating change. For the world to move itself off carbon and meet our 2050 ...
By Carbon Trust
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Creating change through carbon footprinting
Darran Messem, Managing Director, Carbon Trust Certification, on the value of carbon reduction for businesses As the world's expert in carbon footprinting, and the first company to create a carbon label for use on products, we are passionate about why companies and consumers should embrace carbon footprinting and labelling. Why? It all comes down to creating change. For the world to move itself ...
By Carbon Trust
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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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Carbon reduction label hits £2bn consumer goods landmark
The total annual retail value of consumer goods sold in the UK bearing the Carbon Reduction Label has reached £2 billion1 the Carbon Trust announced today, as new research shows that 9 out of 10 households in the UK bought a carbon labeled product in the last year2. The milestone figure comes as Tesco confirmed it has added the Carbon Reduction Label to its own brand dried egg and dried ...
By Carbon Trust
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How to measure a carbon footprint: carbon trust launches new guide
Carbon Footprinting: The next step to reducing your emissions clearly explains how to manage and reduce greenhouse gas emissions by understanding what emissions are caused by a business’s activities or products. The Carbon Trust’s carbon footprinting guide outlines the key steps that a business can take to: Calculate its organisational carbon footprint – by measuring ...
By Carbon Trust
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Carbon Trust launches new service to verify company carbon footprints
Footprint Verification service gives assurance for annual reporting and disclosure to stakeholders Today, the Carbon Trust launches Footprint Verification, a new service that will provide companies and organisations with independent verification of their corporate carbon footprints. The service has been launched to help companies and organisations manage the increasing demand for robust carbon ...
By Carbon Trust
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Leading business groups call for transparency and quality in the voluntary carbon market
2007 saw a dramatic increase in the voluntary carbon market which is used by individuals and companies that want to contribute to addressing climate change in areas that are not covered by the emerging international and national regulatory systems. Meeting at the 2008 World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, leading business organizations provided their support for the new Voluntary Carbon ...
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ALLCOT encourages everybody to celebrate Environment World Day through buying second hand products from OLX
The environment consultant ALLCOT and its partner in Romania, CARBON EXPERT, have signed an agreement with OLX Romania, a global online marketplace which facilitates buying and selling services and second hand goods such as electronics, furniture, household goods, cars and bikes, to celebrate Environment World Day. Specifically, a report has been carried out to know how many CO2 emissions have ...
By ALLCOT
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New Carbon Trust research underlines need for corporate leadership on carbon reduction
New UK carbon budgets and rising consumer demand means carbon is an issue business leaders must now be prepared for New analysis out today shows that despite the UK adopting ambitious new carbon targets last month; only 59% of FTSE 100 companies have clear, robust targets to cut carbon emissions. The new ‘Raising the Bar’ analysis on carbon targets comes as the Carbon Trust also ...
By Carbon Trust
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The carbon marketing wars have begun
Their logos and packaging are near clones—Lay's potato chips in the United States and Walkers crisps in the United Kingdom. The story behind the similarity is that both brands are owned by PepsiCo. But a subtle difference sets them apart. Each bag of Walkers crisps carries a label stating that 75.0 grams of carbon were emitted to produce a 34.5 gram bag of chips. In 2007, Walkers became the ...
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Major companies fail to show climate leadership on greener electronics
The latest edition of Greenpeace's Guide to Greener Electronics has revealed that very few firms are showing true climate leadership. Despite many green claims, major companies like Dell, Microsoft, Lenovo, LG, Samsung and Apple are failing to support the necessary levels of global cuts in emissions and make the absolute cuts in their own emissions that are required to tackle climate change. ...
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