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17th May 2011 by Madlen King
Last week the UK Government’s Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) opened a public consultation on the implementation of regulations within the UK for the mandatory reporting of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions within the director’s report. Section 85 of the Climate Change Act 2008 requires the Government to make regulations, under the [...]
13th Nov 2008
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.
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.
8th Apr 2008
The Minister will discuss how the Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC), the new mandatory carbon cap-and-trade scheme, will impact businesses operating in the UK.
20th Dec 2007
A series of maps showing environmental noise around 18 major airports in England has been published today by the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), a 24.dash.com aricle reports.
17th Dec 2007
Last autumn, Sainsbury’s announced it was trying something new with the way it sourced its milk.
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.
27th Sep 2007 by Alex Briggs
Only through clear strategies that are informative and transparent to both business and consumers, backed by full government support and pressure, communicated by all types of media can there be a concerted global effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Businesses having systems to measure data in place that are credible and verifiable will lead to the consumer trust that will change their buying habits.
13th Sep 2007 by Alex Briggs
The climate change debate is remaining firmly on the front pages. Here are some quotes from industry and government and NGO’s that indicate the seriousness of the situation: “The global threat from climate change is now clearer than ever. The whole economy has to change.” Sir Terry Leahy, Tesco Chief Executive “Climate change and the [...]
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