Carbon Labelling Blogs

Are Standards the answer to the Biofuels Debate?

15th Sep 2008 by Alex Briggs

The Gallagher Review, commissioned by the UK government and released in July, concluded the EU’s biofuels target of 10% of all fuels by 2020 could not be met sustainably and advised that targets be scaled back.

The report concluded that, while the current targets are not realistic under the existing regulations,

if robust, comprehensive and mandatory sustainability standards are implemented now, a genuinely sustainable industry could evolve.

This ClimateChangeCorp.com article goes on to discuss existing standards, as well as introducing the Roundtable on Sustainable Biofuels “Version Zero” proposed standard.

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Japanese Government Launches Carbon Labelling Initiative

31st Aug 2008 by Alex Briggs

Japan is the latest country to commit to carbon labelling retail products. According to this Guardian article, about 30 companies will display their labeled items at an eco-products fair in Tokyo in December, and the first batches are expected to appear in shops at the beginning of April 2009.

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Check-out Carbon report leads to Carbon Labelling debate

3rd Jul 2008 by Alex Briggs

Blog posts on events are supposed to be written immediately following the event or not at all. I am going to break that rule and write about a great Carbon Labelling event that took place on Monday, June 30th at the Lloyd’s Register HQ in London.
Forum for the Future, the sustainability charity in the UK, […]

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Transparency increases for Carbon Footprint reporting

3rd Jul 2008 by Alex Briggs

Six years ago, not many of us were discussing climate change, carbon footprinting, carbon labelling. Global warming was starting to be discussed, and a few cutting edge companies were promoting their CSR activities.
Scientists reports, celebrity efforts and government/corporate commitments have significantly changed that landscape.
The Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) has also played a major role in […]

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Carbon labelling – crunch time

2nd Jul 2008

Has the credit crunch begun to affect what you put in your shopping basket? How about the Carbon crunch?

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Are good intentions enough?

2nd Jul 2008

Telling customers about your environmental targets is all well and good but, as Paul Thomas argues, they are meaningless if you do not know how they are to be achieved.

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Timberland bringing CSR issues to the forefront

8th Apr 2008 by Alex Briggs

This Neville Hobson blog post highlights Timberland’s CSR efforts, including the strongest sustainability information on product packaging out there.

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Greenpeace, politics and football

28th Sep 2007 by Alex Briggs

Those were the key elements of last night’s Powering the UK event in Manchester. Greenpeace hosted the event at Manchester City’s stadium. The club is set to unveil a very large wind turbine just outside the stadium in the coming months, working with Ecotricity and the Manchester City Council to provide power to the stadium as well the surrounding neighborhoods.

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Being Green means more green?

7th Sep 2007 by Alex Briggs

A survey released this week by IPSOS focuses on the financial and image benefits of being the greenest (or percieved as the greenest) in your sector. US Online consumers were surveyed on their views towards the world’s largest tech companies. Over half (57%) said that the Energy Star label was an influencing factor in their purchase […]

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Consumers increase call for transparency in food labeling

6th Sep 2007 by Alex Briggs

A Greener Choice Blog post has highlighted a recent Consumers Report poll has found that 92 percent of Americans want their food products to be labelled with the country of origin.
In line with the recent What Assures Consumers report which focused on UK and US consumers and their attitudes toward climate change, the Consumers Report poll has […]

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Being Green in the US and the UK

4th Sep 2007 by Alex Briggs

The US government and media have made 2007 the “year of the environment”. To the general US public, it may seem that the US is leading the way on this one. For the majority of Europeans, particularly Brits, the viewpoint is much different.  While they clearly welcome the US interest in “green issues” and the environment, […]

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Renault promotes benefits of ISO 14001 in new global ad campaign

3rd Sep 2007 by Alex Briggs

Renault is going beyond the marketing speak in addressing climate change. Their latest ad campaign,  sets out clear and measurable targets for their cars to meet in the coming years. In the ads, “Renault introduces its new Eco2 Symbol, clearly proclaiming its commitment to a product offering that is both Economical and Ecological.
This Ecological […]

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Think beyond the carbon label

2nd Jul 2007 by Tim Kitchin

If we are to trade our way out of climate change, consumers are going to need to make much better environmental choices.

Realistically, they will need a lot more information; honestly produced and simply presented.

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