CARBON IN THE NEWS
WEEK 28 2012
Coke,
M&S, Timberland Win Ethical Corporation Awards
Timberland,
Marks & Spencer, software company Credit 360, Coca-Cola Enterprises CEO
John Brock and Life Technologies Corporation’s chief sustainability officer
Cristina Amorim are among the Ethical Corporation’s Responsible Business Forum
awards winners for 2012. The annual awards honor companies’ and individuals’
contributions to sustainable business practices. Timberland won best
sustainability report because of its online sustainability portal. The judges
praised the portal’s transparency, interactivity and quarterly updates. Life
Technologies’ newly appointed — and first ever — chief sustainability officer, Cristina
Amorim, was named sustainability executive of the year. Since 2004, she has
spearheaded a team at the global biotechnology company that has implemented
green chemistry principles and other environmental initiatives. To read this article in full click here
Google's
zero-carbon quest
To
reach its audacious zero-carbon goal, Google is taking a three-pronged
approach. First, it's making its server farms, office buildings, and commuting
habits more energy efficient. (Apparently Page's Boeing 767, which he owns with
co-founder Sergey Brin, doesn't get counted in the equation.) Then the company
is investing heavily -- $915 million to date -- in solar and wind producers to
make clean energy more available. And finally it is buying enough carbon
offsets to make the company carbon neutral -- at least on paper -- until it can
meet its overall goal. To read this
article in full click here
200,000
Ticketholders Sign up to Offset Travel Carbon Emissions to London 2012
BP's
Target Neutral London 2012 programme has now reached over 200,000 sign ups.
With sign-ups increasing daily, ticketholders, athletes and Olympic Partners
are getting behind London 2012's ambition to lower the carbon footprint of the
Games. BP Target Neutral is offering to offset the carbon footprint of all
ticketed spectator journeys to and from the Olympic and Paralympic Games for
free. It's simple and easy to do - ticketholders just need to visit the BP
Target Neutral website http://www.bptargetneutral.com/London2012
or sign up through the Facebook app http://on.fb.me/BPtargetneutral
to have the carbon emissions of their travel to London offset for free. To read this article in full click here
Newcastle
United scores Carbon Trust standard after £200,000 bill savings
Newcastle
United Football Club has secured its long-term target of achieving Carbon Trust
Standard accreditation after installing a raft of environmental measures that
have trimmed the club’s utility bills by almost a quarter of a million in just
three years. The football club, with the help of GET Solutions, undertook a
significant investigation into how the club can significantly reduce its
utility bills and simultaneously reduce its impact on the environment. Work
undertaken at the club included a 580 ft bore hole, designed to take advantage
of underground water reserves are reduce the club’s £40,000 a year water bill.
The bore hole is expected to save the club around £500,000 over the next 12
years. Speaking to the Newcastle Chronicle, Eddie Rutherford, Newcastle
United’s Facilities Manager, said: “We started looking at the energy output
about three years ago, and we’ve now got the Carbon Trust Standard. We are the
only football club in the country with it other than Manchester United. To read this article in full click here
EU
says up to 1.5 billion euros ready for low-carbon investment
Up
to 1.5 billion euros ($1.83 billion) could be available by the end of this year
to fund renewable energy and carbon capture and storage (CCS) projects across
the European Union bloc, the European Commission said on Thursday. The funding
will be allocated to two to three CCS projects and 16 renewable energy projects
on a shortlist of proposals submitted by EU member states to the Commission, it
said. The Don Valley Power Project in the United Kingdom, the Belchatow CCS
Project in Poland and the Green Hydrogen project in the Netherlands top the shortlist
of eight CCS projects. To read this
article in full click here
New
rule will force companies to disclose transport emissions
Businesses
will be forced to report their greenhouse gas emissions from next year, putting
the environmental performance of fleets under greater scrutiny. The UK is the
first country to make it compulsory for companies to include emissions data for
their entire organisation, including cars and vans, in their annual reports.
Initially, the new legislation will affect only 1,000 businesses listed on the
main market of the London Stock Exchange from April 2013. The new regulations
will then be reviewed in 2015, before ministers decide whether to extend the
approach to all large companies from 2016.Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg
said: “British companies need to reduce their harmful emissions for the benefit
of the planet, but many back our plans because being energy efficient makes
good business sense too. “It saves businesses money on energy bills, improves
their reputation with customers and helps them manage long-term costs.” To read this article in full click here
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