carbon footprint News
-
Carbon footprinting gallery
The Carbon Trust is delighted to announce our opening of the world's first ever Carbon Footprinting Gallery on 3 April. We are also pleased to announce that Gary Neville will be opening the gallery with a brief talk about his interest in sustainability and roles as Founder of Sustainability in Sport and as the newly appointed Environmental Ambassador for Manchester United. The unique gallery ...
By Carbon Trust
-
New product carbon footprinting and labelling scheme for Hong Kong businesses
Chinese Manufacturers Association (CMA) has today signed a memorandum of understanding with the Carbon Trust, to develop a product carbon footprint and labelling scheme for businesses in Hong Kong. The Chinese Manufacturers Association (CMA) has today signed a memorandum of understanding with the Carbon Trust, to develop a product carbon footprint and labelling scheme for businesses in Hong ...
By Carbon Trust
-
Columbia-PepsiCo Collaboration Creates Powerful Software Tool for Carbon Footprinting
Researchers at Columbia University, working in collaboration with PepsiCo, have developed new software that can rapidly calculate the carbon footprints of thousands of products simultaneously. The methodology could greatly reduce the time and expense associated with carbon footprinting, helping companies accurately label products and design ways to reduce their environmental impacts. Up until ...
By 3BL Media
-
My carbon footprint is smaller than yours ...
With everyone using different measurements, how can we possibly compare ...
-
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
-
“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
-
Unite with Environmental-Expert.com on World Environment Day 2009
Environmental-Expert.com is happy to wish everyone a very happy World Environment Day 2009. The theme for this year’s WED is 'Your Planet needs You! Unite to combat climate change' which reflects the urgency for each and every one of us to do whatever we can to help combat climate change by reducing our own carbon footprint in whatever way possible. Environmental-Expert.com staff will be ...
By XPRT
-
SIGNUS Achieves A 30% Reduction of its Carbon Footprint
SIGNUS registered with the Spanish Office for Climate Change the Carbon Footprint in 2017, the first EPR scheme to so do. This project was launched with the aim of finding ways to improve the environmental management of tyres, which not only involves finding more applications for the resulting by-products, but also involving all the actors involved in the different operations of that management. ...
-
Crowberry Consulting new workshops for 2008
New for 2008: Three workshops hosted at the Lancaster Environment Centre: How Green is Your Office? Corporate Social Responsiblity Carbon Footprints and Carbon Management Various dates throughout 2008. Charity discount and group discounts avaiable. Please contact Crowberry for ...
-
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
-
Zerofootprint unveils VELOmetrics™ enabling peer groups to compare carbon footprint
Zerofootprint, a leading developer of tools to measure and reduce the environmental footprint of individuals and organizations of all sizes, announced today at New York Climate Week the availability of the industry’s first benchmarking service VELOmetrics™.The call this week at the Climate Summit in New York has been to encourage companies and organizations to measure and compare carbon footprint ...
-
Toro obtains the seal of the Carbon Footprint
Toro obtains the “Calculation” seal from the Ministry for Ecological Transition and Demographic Challenge by registering its Carbon Footprint with the Spanish Climate Change Office. The Carbon Footprint of the product is the total amount of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions generated in each of the phases of the product life cycle (from the extraction of the raw materials of which it is ...
-
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
-
CRR and WRAP examine collection methods` CO2 footprint
Research to establish the carbon footprints of different recyclate collection methods has been announced by the Campaign for Real Recycling (CRR). The study, which will be carried out in partnership with the Waste & Resources Action Programme (WRAP), could influence the type of system local authorities choose in future. CRR chairman Mal Williams explained that the research was needed ...
-
Tracking your carbon footprint
An innovation called Carbon Hero may help reduce global warming by making people more aware of their carbon footprint. Regional prize winner in the 2007 European Satellite Navigation Competition, sponsored by ESA’s Technology Transfer Programme, the device uses satellite navigation technology to track journeys. Concerned about global warming, many people are now looking for ways to reduce their ...
-
Calculating the carbon footprint
The carbon footprint of a production facility or its plants, such as wastewater treatment or steam generation plants, describes the potential carbon dioxide emissions and thus the negative impact on the atmosphere. If the carbon footprint is to be reduced, potential savings in CO2 emissions need to be determined. That means identifying and analysing the processes responsible. ...
-
O2 becomes the first network operator to certify carbon footprints with the Carbon Trust
O2 works together with the Carbon Trust to calculate and certify carbon emissions of voice and data services. O2 has become the first mobile network operator to have carbon footprints independently verified by the Carbon Trust. Using our Footprint Expert software O2 calculated the greenhouse gas emissions embedded throughout the entire lifecycle of its voice and data services. Gareth Rice, Head ...
By Carbon Trust
-
SIGNUS Achieves A 30% Reduction of its Carbon Footprint
This project was launched with the aim of finding ways to improve the environmental management of tyres, which not only involves finding more applications for the resulting by-products, but also involving all the actors involved in the different operations of that management. For this reason, in all its supplier selection processes for collection services, SIGNUS values positively that the ...
-
Scottish Energy and Environment Conference (SEEC)-A carbon neutral event
For 2012, SEEC has partnered with Carbon Masters. Carbon Masters will conduct a live carbon footprint during the conference and work with our carbon credit providers, South Pole, to declare the event carbon ...
-
Welsh NHS to examine further carbon reductions
The Welsh NHS has promised to assess its carbon footprint with a “major exercise” designed to improve the service’s sustainability. The exercise is aimed at identifying the main sources of carbon emissions, as well as areas in which the service’s carbon footprint can be reduced. The Welsh NHS has already had some success in using waste management projects to reduce its carbon footprint. Current ...
Need help finding the right suppliers? Try XPRT Sourcing. Let the XPRTs do the work for you