Carbon Disclosure Project

LRQA’s Madlen King Sets the Scene on Day 1 of the Carbon Expo

2nd Jun 2011 by Madlen King

‘The’ carbon event of the carbon market calendar began today at the Fira de Barcelona conference hall in Barcelona….

The Future of CDM

31st May 2011

We do have serious uncertainty regarding the demand for the credits generated from CDM projects. We have the EU Scheme that has restricted the types of CDM credits so they’re going to be accepted in their scheme in the future and we have other countries that are working more in relation to bilateral schemes and moving away from what seems to be the UN scheme.

The Carbon Disclosure Project – A Commitment to Verification

4th May 2011

CDP is developing a verification strategy that will be published in the summer of 2011 and communicated to reporting companies globally.

How to curb CO2 emission in shipping industry?

25th Oct 2009 by Richard Gunawan

The international maritime transport community expects the annual volume of green-house gasses (GHG) emitted by commercial shipping to grow 55% to 1,345 metric tonnes (Mt) by 2020. In 2007, global shipping’s GHG emissions reached 870 Mt — or roughly equivalent to Germany’s production over the same period – but that figure is expected to quadruple [...]

Business Assurance Thought of the Day – Guardian Climate Change Summit Notes

16th Jun 2009 by Alex Briggs

Here is a collection of notes and thoughts from Guardian Climate Change Summit 2009 in London yesterday, most of which were posted yesterday on our www.twitter.com/lrqa page.

First session thoughts and notes
Quote from Gavin Neath, Senior VP Unilever “Organisations need to learn humility.For the past 30 years, environmental groups were right, businesses were wrong.”
Mars looking to work with PAS 2050 the carbon Footprinting for products, according to Fiona Dawson, Managing Director, Mars, UK

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Carbon Disclosure Project – Supply Chain Report 2009

7th May 2009

This Carbon Disclosure Project – Supply Chain Report 2009 looks for the first time at how businesses are responding to the call for action and transparency in managing carbon and climate change in their supply chain.

Ethical Supply Chain Video Podcast Series Episode 2, Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) Interview

11th Nov 2008 by Alex Briggs

Frances Way, Supply Chain Project Director for the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP), talked to us about the CDP’s Supply Chain Project. This is the second episode in a four part series. The interviews for this video podcast series were conducted at the Ethical Supply Chain Summit in Berlin.
Frances shared some of the key supplier insights that the CDP have gathered in their work with the world’s leading global brands, as well as the role that verification plays in the data that the CDP collect on global supply chains.
The video can also be found here .

Ethical Supply Chain Video Podcast Series Episode 1

27th Oct 2008 by Alex Briggs

Chris Harrop, Group Marketing Director for Marshalls in the UK is on the cutting edge of CSR, ethical supply chain initiatives, carbon labelling, workers rights and stakeholder engagement. In the first episode of our Ethical Supply Chain Video Podcast series. Chris talked to us during the recent Ethical Supply Chain Summit in Berlin.
Chris shares his thoughts on some of the key topics that are facing global brands today, with the conversation ranging from competitive advantage for businesses embedding CSR as part of their business practice to Marshalls work with the Carbon Trust in becoming the first brand to carbon label their entire product range.

Chris shares his thoughts on some of the key topics that are facing global brands today, with the conversation ranging from competitive advantage for businesses embedding CSR as part of their business practice to Marshalls work with the Carbon Trust in becoming the first brand to carbon label their entire product range.

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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 [...]

Cheat sheet: Carbon offsetting quality mark

21st Feb 2008

BusinessGreen takes a closer look at the government’s controversial attempts to clean up the carbon offset market.

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