Carbon footprint

Measuring Organisational Carbon Footprint, ISO 14064

– 20th Nov 2009 by Alex Briggs

ISO 14064: an emerging standard on Greenhouse Gas
accounting and verification is the title of a working paper on ISO’s latest GHG standard. The paper from Kevin Boehmer, Canadian Standards Association and
Secretary for the ISO Working Group 5 on Climate Change and
Aleg Cherp, ECOLOGIA and Central European University
Budapest and an expert on the ISO Working Group 5 on Climate Change, takes a closer look at the development of ISO 14064, the voluntary standard for organisations looking to measure and report on their organisation’s Greenhouse Gas Emissions.

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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 by [...]

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New proposal to reduce emissions in the airlines industry

– 9th Oct 2009 by Richard Gunawan

Aviation experts have welcomed a new proposal from recently formed Aviation Global Deal (AGD), with many saying they believe the International Air Transport Association (IATA), the industry’s governing body and International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO), are unlikely to reach agreement with United Nations for Climate Change Convention (UNFCCC) in Copenhagen in December.

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Kyoto Protocol is not perfect, but effective

– 3rd Oct 2009 by Richard Gunawan

With the Copenhagen round less than three months away, it’s easy to forget that Kyoto – signed by 37 industrialised countries and the European Union — is nearing its 12th birthday. Its critics argue that few signatory nations will meet their binding five-year targets to reduce by 5% their county’s green house emissions by [...]

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Tesco Begins Carbon Labelling of Milk

– 21st Aug 2009 by Alex Briggs

As of last Monday, August 17th, Tesco has begun labelling the carbon footprint of a pint of milk.
Tesco Community and Government Director, David North said:

We think carbon labels on milk can play a great part in raising awareness and helping customers navigate the new carbon currency.

Helping to raise awareness of climate change and the carbon impact of products, it is a major milestone in the company’s pledge to have footprinted 500 products by the end of the year.

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LRQA Business Assurance The Guardian Climate Change Summit Podcast

– 8th Aug 2009 by Alex Briggs

This podcast is a result of www.businessassurance.com being a media supporter at the Guardian Climate Change Summit in London in June 2009.
Some of the global climate change experts you will hear from in this podcast include Gavin Neath, VP Unilever, Donna Young, Head of Climate Change at BT, Zac Goldsmith, former editor of the Ecologist and one of the Conservative Party’s leading environmentalists and Andy Atkins, CEO of Friends of the Earth.

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South Korea and Mexico set carbon emissions targets

– 7th Aug 2009

South Korea and Mexico have announced that they will set carbon emission targets ahead of the global climate meeting in Copenhagen this December, Environmental Leader reports.

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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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Consumer behaviour to change if British refineries are to reduce carbon emissions

– 28th May 2009

Dr Holmes said that the major refineries could probably reduce their emissions by 60% while remaining commercially viable, but further cuts would only be made if demand dropped.

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LRQA Business Assurance “Trust and Transparency” Podcast Series

– 27th May 2009 by Alex Briggs

The What Assures Consumers in an Economic Downturn report was commissioned by AccountAbility, sponsored by the Co-operative, supported by LRQA, with the online research being conducted by YouGov. In early June, we will be launching a 10-part audio and video podcast series from interviews and presentations from the launch event. Sign up to our subscription updates or our iTunes podcast link at the top right hand corner of www.businessassurance.com .

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