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Carbon emissions

Sustainable action greening supply chain

– 3rd Jul 2008

A report this week from Danisco on its waste and energy saving initiatives and a US dairy industry-wide action plan on carbon emissions.

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Carbon credit trading rising in Australia, but is it transparent?

– 3rd Jul 2008

Carbon credit brokers have sprung up across the nation. It is the environmental cottage industry we had to have in the long wait until 2010 when Australia finally gets a national emissions trading scheme.

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Carbon Labelling Report Podcast

– 3rd Jul 2008

This special edition podcast was recorded at the launch of a new report on carbon labelling, Check-out Carbon.

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Check-out carbon: the role of carbon labelling in delivering a low-carbon shopping basket

– 3rd Jul 2008

Check-out Carbon, published by sustainable development charity Forum for the Future, also reveals that 77 per cent of consumers want the government to set higher environmental product standards.

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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 Trust Standard launched

– 2nd Jul 2008

It has been developed to provide a much needed, clear and robust definition of good practice that can be used to judge an organisation’s commitment to and achievement of carbon reduction.

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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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Stern Helps Launch New Carbon Ratings Agency

– 30th Jun 2008

The UK Government’s climate change adviser, Sir Nicholas Stern, helped launch an emissions reduction initiative.

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California delves into regulatory standards on voluntary carbon offsets

– 3rd Jun 2008

California legislators say they just want to make sure voluntary carbon offsets purchased by individuals deliver the promised benefits, but one of two bills on the table has offset providers nervous.

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Mandatory and voluntary carbon markets see significant growth in 2007

– 15th May 2008

Both the mandatory and voluntary carbon markets saw significant growth in 2007, though the voluntary market experienced the biggest boost, tripling in value with even more expansion expected.
The voluntary carbon market is still a small part of all carbon buying and trading, with a value of $331 million in 2007. The two major mandatory markets [...]

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