How not to employ an Environmental Consultant…
I recently requested tender documents from a large organisation who wanted a carbon footprint. They had a huge raft of different properties, a big fleet...
Bleak News from Bali
Dec 10, 2007
UK political orthodoxy has two main tenets when it comes to climate change: "yes, we can fix it, if only the Americans/Chinese/this month's scapegoat do...
CBI Members Make Climate Change Commitments
Nov 26, 2007
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...
Uncertainty over Carbon Intensity of Electricity
Nov 19, 2007
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....
UK Commits To Legally Binding Carbon Reductions
Nov 12, 2007
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...
Whose Carbon Is It Anyway? Part II
Oct 29, 2007
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...
1 in 6 SMEs know their carbon footprint?
Oct 24, 2007
The 2007 SME Climate Change Survey found that 1 in 6 Small & Medium Size Enterprises (
I’m now “The Carbon Coach”
Oct 22, 2007
One of the more interesting projects I'm involved with at the minute is 'acting' as "The Carbon Coach" for two Tyneside teenagers for a DVD...
Big Businesses Tackle Carbon Emissions
Sep 28, 2007
The Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP)'s fifth annual report into the carbon emissions of FTSE 500 companies shows that 76% of those who responded to its...
Whose Carbon Is It Anyway?
Sep 10, 2007
There was an interesting piece in the Observer about Tesco being attacked for under-stating their carbon footprint by Christian Aid. The supermarket giant has come...