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CRC Deadlines: 4 Weeks To Register, 7 Months To Escape

Posted on 02. Sep, 2010 by Ross.

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The green media has been reporting that, a month before D-day for CRC registration, 1698 organisations of the 3-4000 CRC participants have already registered, putting the energy-efficiency scheme’ on course’ for the vast majority to register before heavy fines kick in.
What they remain unaware of, is that the same companies only have 7 months left [...]

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International Climate Negotiations Are Dead (Thanks America), But That’s Not Stopping China

Posted on 28. Jul, 2010 by Ross.

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Whatever lingering hopes the most blindly optimistic of climate negotiators had of finding further progress in the wake of the Copenhagen disaster was extinguished by the announcement that the US Senate was to abandon its attempts to pass some form of carbon emissions regulation. However, other countries including China are continuing with their decarbonisation strategies [...]

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New CRC Strategy Guide: The Art Of CRC

Posted on 19. Jul, 2010 by Ross.

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Wondering what strategy you need to get to the top of the CRC league table? Are you still focused on the accounting side of the scheme formerly known as the Carbon Reduction Commitment, and haven’t looked ahead to what’s on the horizon? Haven’t you run any numbers yet, and not spotted the finer detail which [...]

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UN Business Case For Protecting Biodiversity Is Nonsense

Posted on 13. Jul, 2010 by Ross.

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After the success of energy efficiency scaling it’s way onto the agenda of corporate boardrooms across the world by connecting green credentials to a solid business case, other areas of environmental concern have begun to try to emulate that success. Renewable energy, sustainability and biodiversity protection have all been trying to connect their agendas to [...]

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CRC Strategy Guide - Coming 19th July 2010

Posted on 12. Jul, 2010 by Ross.

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Update: The Art Of CRC strategy guide is now available. Click on the link to download it, or read more about the launch here.
Still scratching your corporate head about what to do about your environmental commitments under the CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme? Is your company still one of the thousands still risking fines by not [...]

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Carbon Trust Cuts To Fund Green Investment Bank?

Posted on 29. Jun, 2010 by Ross.

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According to the Sunday Times, the Carbon Trust is now facing the axe as part of efforts to fund the new green investment bank that successive governments have touted. Whilst green start-ups will be initially excited at the prospect of less red tape and quangos, businesses around the UK look set to lose a vital [...]

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What’s Green In The UK Coalition’s Emergency Budget?

Posted on 22. Jun, 2010 by Ross.

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Today’s emergency budget from the UK’s Conservative-Liberal coalition government has been pre-empted in the press as many things. The austerity budget. The bloodbath budget. The brutal budget. A game-changing budget.
But with the coalition parties having most in common with each other on environmental matters, one question begs to be asked: was today’s budget a green [...]

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Manchester United Go Green With The Carbon Trust

Posted on 14. Jun, 2010 by Ross.

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Football is no longer simply a recreational activity with jumpers for goalposts followed by a couple of pints at the local boozer, but a sport dominated by multi-million pound global brands with celebrity superstars and worldwide followings. Sport clubs are businesses like any other, and few sports clubs compare to the business muscle of UK [...]

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WWF Eco-Executive Game Thinks Green Marketing Will Save The Planet

Posted on 02. Jun, 2010 by Ross.

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Looking to lower your company’s corporate carbon footprint? Well, look no further than putting out some green marketing material through your PR company.
Sounds daft, right? Well, that’s just part of the advice which the WWF is dishing out as part of it’s latest interactive climate change awareness project. Called CEO2, the game puts you in [...]

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Carbon Trust Escapes Lightly From UK Budget Cuts

Posted on 25. May, 2010 by Ross.

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The Carbon Trust, which helps fund research into low carbon technologies as well as providing interest-free loans to businesses for energy efficiency, has escaped the worst of the UK government’s spending cuts but still will see a reduction in funding.
Since being elected to power this month, the Conservative-Liberal coalition government has been taking a much-needed [...]

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When Hydroelectric Meets Climate Change: Lessons For Renewable Diversity

Posted on 20. May, 2010 by Ross.

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Reliance on hydroelectric power can lead to drought, famine and turmoil when not combined with other power sources and when future climate projections are ignored.
Around the world, governments which rarely agree on anything all agree with one thing: that climate change is a real danger to civilisation. Developed and developing nations are pursuing greater levels [...]