Climate change resources

Question and Answer Session, PART 4, LRQA Aviation/EU ETS Webinar

20th Oct 2009 by Alex Briggs

Part 4 of the LRQA Aviation and the EU ETS webinar features Madlen King, LRQA’s Global Climate Change Manager. This video is the first of two question and answer sessions that formed a key part of the webinar. With Aviation now entering the EU ETS, it is crucial that organisations, particularly airlines, understand the implications of their carbon emissions. Here is the entire webinar for downloading or watching.

PART 3, LRQA Aviation and the EU ETS Webinar

20th Oct 2009 by Alex Briggs

Part 3 of the LRQA Aviation and the EU ETS webinar features Madlen King, LRQA’s Global Climate Change Manager. The new EU ETS amendments bring aviation into the scheme. With Aviation now entering the EU ETS, it is crucial that organisations, particularly airlines, understand the implications of their carbon emissions. Here is the entire webinar for downloading or watching.

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 2012 [...]

New Report – What Assures Consumers in an Economic Downturn?

28th May 2009

This latest research report ‘What Assures Consumers in an Economic Downturn?’ highlights that consumer attitudes to corporate responsibility have remained fairly stable during the early days of this downturn, comments Barry Clavin, Ethical Policies and Sustainability Reporting Manager, The Co-operative Group. He also says in the foreword of the report that, issues that mattered to consumers back in 2006 remain important today. Download the Full Report.

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.

PAS 2050 Specification

17th Nov 2008

This Publicly Available Specification (PAS) has been prepared by BSI to specify requirements for assessing the life cycle greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) of goods and services. The development of this PAS was co-sponsored by the Carbon Trust and the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra). What is PAS 2050? PAS 2050 provides a [...]

PAS 2050 – Code of Good Practice for product GHG emissions and reduction claims

13th Nov 2008

PAS 2050 – Code of Good Practice for product GHG emissions and reduction claims The Code of Good Practice for product greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and reduction claims has been developed by the Carbon Trust and Energy Saving Trust to promote the reduction of product life cycle GHG emissions.

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Guide to PAS 2050 – How to assess the carbon footprint of goods and services

13th Nov 2008

Guide to PAS 2050 – How to assess the carbon footprint of goods and services While PAS 2050 provides a standard method for assessing a product carbon footprint, this guide, ‘Guide to PAS 2050′, will help businesses to implement the standard by offering specific and practical guidance.

Recent study of environmental policies shows that success means treating people as active partners

1st Aug 2008

A recent study of such environmental policies shows they are more likely to be successful if people are treated as active partners in the process of change and not as passive subjects.

Eye for Transport Report Highlights Green Supply Chain Issues

29th Jul 2008 by Alex Briggs

The attached report is the result of Eye For Transport’s recent survey of Supply Chain experts, with both current and future trends being evaluated.

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