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Environment

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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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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Carbon labels to arrive in China

2nd Jul 2008

Carbon Trust to open office in Beijing as UK government steps up plans to address supply chain emissions.

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Canada Ad Watchdog Releases Green Marketing Guidelines

30th Jun 2008

A new guide from the Canadian Competition Bureau of the Canadian Standards Association provides the business community there with green marketing guidelines.

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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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Efficiency = Economics For HK’s Textile Industry

30th Jun 2008

WWF and a small number of factory owners in Hong Kong and southern China are developing a carbon labeling system

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Easing the transformation to environmentally-sound supply chains with product tests

30th Jun 2008

Manufacturers today are undergoing one of their most drastic shifts ever in the major green movement.

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David Cameron School Podcast

19th May 2008

David Cameron School Podcast David Cameron talks to pupils at Stonesfield Primary School about their views on climate change.
For more about the podcast, read Alex Briggs’ blog post, or download the transcript above.

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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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Unilever pledge to use only palm oil certified as sustainable by 2015

9th May 2008

Unilever has pledged to use only palm oil certified as sustainable by 2015, while also supporting calls for a moratorium on further deforestation for palm oil in Indonesia.

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Climate Change

The Climate Change section is your one stop shop for news, blogs, podcasts, events, standards and other climate change resources.

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Supply Chain

The Supply Chain Assurance section covers news, blogs, podcasts, standards, events and resources on supply chain issues.

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Food

The Food section focuses on issues of food safety and the food supply chain, and provides news, blog posts, podcasts, resources, standards and events.

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CSR

The Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) section focuses on current CSR issues which face all companies all over the world. This information is provided to you via six sections: news, blog posts, podcasts, resources, standards and events.

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Product Conformity

The Product Conformity section contains news, blogs, podcasts, events, standards and resources covering Product Conformity and other European Union related issues.

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Business Continuity

The Carbon Labelling section was launched in sync with the Check-out Carbon report, June 2008. The section contains information on news, blogs, podcasts, events, standards and other carbon labelling resources.

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