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...
New Course: Sustainable Development for Local Authorities
We are proud to announce that we have created a special version of our Introduction to Sustainable Development course for Local Authorities. The new one-day...
Whose Carbon Is It Anyway? Part II
When carbon footprinting, the allocation of carbon between different companies is a tricky issue as we've discussed before. Does the carbon produced by a gas-fired...
Reminder!
Those free eco-design sessions in Gateshead are today & tomorrow.
1 in 6 SMEs know their carbon footprint?
The 2007 SME Climate Change Survey found that 1 in 6 Small & Medium Size Enterprises (