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UK’s Carbon Budget 2010 Is Gone With The Wind

Posted on 24. Mar, 2010 by Ross.

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A new green investment bank and a new port to service offshore wind farms are some of the only measures announced as part of UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling’s second Carbon Budget, which includes a weaker public sector commitment to emissions cuts than is expected of the private sector.
Last year saw the creation [...]

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New £2bn Green Investment Bank Revealed By UK Carbon Budget

Posted on 24. Mar, 2010 by Ross.

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Alistair Darling’s 2010 Carbon Budget has announced the creation of a new green UK investment bank to help finance investment in the new low-carbon economy, but will the £2bn pot be big enough to fund the necessary projects?
With growing need to invest in low-carbon energy generation in the face of imminent decommissioning of existing power [...]

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UK Carbon Budget 2010: Winners and Losers

Posted on 24. Mar, 2010 by Ross.

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You win some and you lose some, especially in a recession, but is your company one of 2010’s Carbon Budget winners or losers?
The Winners
The biggest winner was offshore wind power. Seen as the ultimate anti-nimby renewable energy source due to being located out to sea (getting around local planning obstacles and community protests), wind farms [...]

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What The UK Carbon Budget 2010 Means For Small & Medium Businesses

Posted on 24. Mar, 2010 by Ross.

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Did Alistair Darling leave anything sweet for your business in 2010’s Carbon Budget? Probably not.
There was plenty for small and medium businesses to digest in this year’s traditional budget, especially regarding the new National Investment Corporation, doubling the annual investment allowance and the Enterprise Finance Guarantee Scheme, but there were little in the Carbon Budget [...]

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The UK’s Carbon Budget - What It Means For Small And Medium Businesses

Posted on 22. Apr, 2009 by Ross.

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Most companies pay attention to the UK’s Budget to see how the government’s new plans for taxation and spending will effect their business. This year, however, the Budget included the world’s first national carbon budget, adding another variable which businesses will have to factor into their outlooks.
The Budget’s environmental section is buried deep into the report, [...]

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World’s First Government Carbon Budget Announced By UK Chancellor

Posted on 22. Apr, 2009 by Ross.

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Today the UK’s Chancellor of the Exchequer, Alistair Darling MP, made history by releasing the details of a legally-binding greenhouse gas budget to work in tandem with the country’s conventional financial budget. The Budget statement contained budgets for carbon dioxide emissions alongside projections for taxation and spending.
The carbon budgets are expected to run across five-year [...]

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EPA Ruling Signals Beginning Of The End For Corporate Carbon

Posted on 20. Apr, 2009 by Ross.

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After 2 years of deliberations and obstructions, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Friday finally released its proposed endangerment findings to the public on the subject of whether greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide are a danger to public health. The verdict:
Climate change is a health hazard
The agency’s finding is based on rigorous, peer-reviewed scientific [...]

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Universal Carbon Product Labelling Touted By UK Politicians

Posted on 23. Mar, 2009 by Ross.

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Every single product that companies buy and sell in the UK could soon have to declare the carbon dioxide emissions associated with the product’s manufacture. That is the new stance of the government’s Environmental Audit Committee (EAC) in a report about to be released.
In a similar move to the recent food labelling initiatives recently enacted [...]

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Honest CSR: Coca Cola Leads The Way

Posted on 13. Mar, 2009 by Ross.

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Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) reporting is seen as a major marketing weapon in the modern corporate environment, as increasing proportions of consumers demand more than just affordability and reliability from their products. Being honest and upfront about a company’s efforts is the best way to avoid accusations of greenwashing, and this week leading soft drinks [...]

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Energy Efficiency: Seeing the Light!

Posted on 23. Oct, 2008 by admin.

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A high-tech lighting system is helping warehouse and logistics bosses tackle the economic slowdown and cut their carbon footprint.
The energy efficient ‘Eluma’ lamps, manufactured by Somar International, afford energy savings of anything up to 80 per cent when compared to traditional high-ceiling lamps.
Several forward-thinking companies have already switched to the Carbon Trust-backed technology – and [...]

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Reduce your carbon footprint and save money

Posted on 22. Oct, 2008 by admin.

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We have all heard the term “carbon footprint” but what does it mean and how can you reduce yours? Wikipedia defines carbon foot print as “the carbon footprint is the total amount of carbon dioxide attributable to the actions of an individual (which includes emissions through their energy use, but other unforeseen emissions as well) [...]