CBI Members Make Climate Change Commitments
The Confederation of British Industry (CBI) has released "Climate Change: Everyone's Business" the report of its Climate Change Task Force. The task force consists of...
Brown admits 60% carbon cut may be inadequate
With all the furore over Northern Rock and the loss of 25m people's personal data, you may have missed a significant speech on climate change...
Green Dragons?
It was great to see Max McMurdo get some cash backing for his Reestore eco-design business on last week's Dragons' Den. The funny bit was...
Uncertainty over Carbon Intensity of Electricity
Like the rest of the carbon accounting/footprinting industry, we've always used DEFRA's published figure for the carbon intensity of electricity of 0.43 kgCO2 per kWh....
New Green Taxation Commission Starts Work
Source: edieThe new Green Fiscal Commission was launched on Wednesday and brings together leading politicians from all major parties, academics, industry experts, regulators and consumer...
Watch out for green conmen!
Like any sector of industry, the environmental sector has its fair share of con artists and cowboys. At one end of the scale is dodgy...
UK Commits To Legally Binding Carbon Reductions
In last week's Queen's Speech, Prime Minister Gordon Brown made a commitment to legally binding carbon emissions targets for the UK - a 60% cut...
Can biofuels be sustainable?
ENDS is reporting that the Department for Transport has set up a watchdog, the Renewable Fuels Agency, to help ensure that biofuels used in the...
New CSR Training Course
We're pleased to announce our new one-day Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) course. Aimed at businesses who want to understand the most pressing driver in the...
Terra Infirma goes corporate
Last month we decided to put Terra Infirma on a more established footing and created the corporate entity Terra Infirma Ltd. You may notice small...