UK shopping centre owners must speed up the way in which they reduce the carbon footprint of their sites, a leading property expert said this week. Angus McIntosh, director at global real estate …
Continue reading at .
What are carbon credits?
In the voluntary carbon offset market, individuals and businesses purchase carbon credits on a voluntary basis in order to lower their carbon footprint, or the total amount of carbon emissions that result from their activities. Carbon offsets can …
Continue reading at .
Quick gains for cutting your carbon footprint
Reducing your farm’s carbon footprint may seem like yet another government requirement to make your life more difficult, but ongoing research has found making changes can bring significant financial benefits.
Continue Reading at
Businesses increasingly focused on reducing carbon emissions
Small businesses operating in various industries across the UK could be among those interested in the recent comments of one expert regarding carbon reduction.
Continue Reading at
Trash company reduced its carbon footprint
Sustainability of buildings is crucial to carbon reduction in Britain. Ive fought for years to get greener buildings taken seriously by successive governments, and so Im delighted that a zero carbon target for new builds was confirmed by the chancellor in Marchs Budget.
Continue Reading at
Government is serious about zero carbon
Sustainability of buildings is crucial to carbon reduction in Britain. Ive fought for years to get greener buildings taken seriously by successive governments, and so Im delighted that a zero carbon target for new builds was confirmed by the chancellor in Marchs Budget.
Continue Reading at
Europe’s carbon policies bolster a b.c. bioenergy industry
When Regina and Peter Pretterhofer built their new home in the city of Graz, Austria, they decided to give up fossil fuels and adopt a nationwide trend toward alternative energy to keep them warm during the snowy Austrian winters
Continue Reading at
Turkey needs new low-carbon economy model
Turkey needs alternative finance models to integrate into the green economy while decreasing carbon emission and implementing international requirements, said the head of the Turkish Industry and Business Association, or TÜSİAD, during a meeting in Istanbul on Thursday.
Continue Reading at
- Author: admin
- Published: May 11th, 2011
- Category: Australasia
- Comments: None
Directors cool on carbon price and broadband
TWO of the federal government’s biggest initiatives – the national broadband network and a carbon price – will not be positive for business or Australia, according to more than half of 500 company directors surveyed by the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
Continue Reading at
Jamaica Plain Businesses Learn to Reduce Carbon Footprints
The Sustainable Business Leader Program aims to provide a unique and affordable course of action that small to medium-sized, locally and independently owned businesses can follow to become more ecologically conscious.
Continue Reading at
U.K. Urged to Abolish Renewable Goals, Spend Less to Cut CO2
Britain should abolish its renewable energy targets and focus on less costly ways to cut carbon- dioxide emissions, according to researchers at Policy Exchange.
Continue Reading at
Europes carbon policies bolster a B.C. bioenergy industry
When Regina and Peter Pretterhofer built their new home in the city of Graz, Austria, they decided to give up fossil fuels and adopt a nationwide trend toward alternative energy to keep them warm during the snowy Austrian winters.
Continue Reading at
PrintCity shares guide for carbon footprinting
The PrintCity Alliance has published a new
USAID Jordan trains more than 30 new Carbon Reduction Managers
In line with its continued efforts to raise awareness on environment hazards and to assist the design of solutions that address these challenges, USAID Jordan Economic Development Program in cooperation with the Jordan Energy Chapter -EDAMA Association and American Energy Engineers Association (AEE) held in its premises a three days course for Carbon Reduction Managers which was attended by around 30 Jordanian engineers from the public and private sectors.
Continue Reading at
Environmental expert gives advice to reduce carbon footprint
“Reduce, reduce, reduce.”
That was the message Alison Gannett had for 50 attendees at a conference about combating global warming at Shawnee Inn and Golf Resort on Sunday.
Continue Reading at
To Reduce Your Carbon Footprint, Ride The Bus
Yuma, Arizona (NAPSI) – To put yourself on the road to preserving the ecology and your own economy, it may pay to take the bus.
Continue Reading at
Carbon accounting system is mad as a hatter
If there was a pub where you could drink your fill and leave the hangover with the landlord, would you go there? Idle dreaming, but this is the deal in the world of carbon accounting, where responsibility is shared out among countries, and targets set for reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
Continue Reading at
Low-Carbon Economy Will Require Public-Private Cooperation: GE CEO
Business leaders have emphasized the need for collaboration with emerging-market governments and community groups to address the environmental challenges facing the world.
Continue Reading at
So, what about carbon emissions?
OTTAWA Stephen Harper is warning that the NDP’s plan to reduce carbon emissions would increase gasoline prices. But the reality is that Canadians would likely feel more pain at the pumps under any of the main political parties.
Continue Reading at
- Author: admin
- Published: May 4th, 2011
- Category: Press Releases
- Comments: None
Reducing Carbon Emissions by Re-using IT Hardware
DURABILIT BV, a leading supplier of refurbished network hardware has developed a methodology which enables companies to get a clear insight into how much CO2 emissions are reduced when deploying used hardware rather than new. The DURABILIT Greener Network Calculator, was developed in cooperation with Prof. Dr. Ir. Krikke, Supply Chain Management at the Open University, the Netherlands.
Continue Reading at
Utilities Protest Carbon Caps
Greenhouse gas rules in New Mexico just cant catch a break. After escaping Gov. Susana Martinezand demise in the Legislaturetheyre in the crosshairs of utility companies.
Continue Reading at
- Author: admin
- Published: May 3rd, 2011
- Category: Australasia
- Comments: None
Unions recognise need to price carbon, Swan says
Treasurer Wayne Swan says unions understand the need to price carbon and that it will create jobs in new industries.
Continue Reading at
Army could drastically cut its carbon ‘bootprint’
Laser-powered solar cells are one potential power source says Institution of Mechanical Engineers member staff sergeant Graham Thornton.
Continue Reading at
- Author: admin
- Published: May 1st, 2011
- Category: Australasia
- Comments: None
Climate Institute supports Carbon Farming Initiative
A Federal Government report says the Carbon Farming Initiative will cut more than 10 per cent of carbon emissions from land-use by 2020.
Continue Reading at
Royal wedding crowds urged to lighten carbon footprint
THE CARBON footprint of Fridays royal wedding in London could be 10 times the annual emissions from Buckingham Palace, even though it will be turning off the lights that night