Environmental stories tagged with: BSI

London 2012 publishes Sustainability Guidelines

Monday, 2nd March 2009, 3:58 pm

London 2012 has published the first edition of its sustainability guidelines for corporate and public events, underlining its commitment to staging a sustainable Games in 2012.

Climate change adaption website launched

Thursday, 24th July 2008, 7:07 pm

Climate Change Minister Joan Ruddock today called on organisations across the public and private sector to develop imaginative and innovative approaches to deal with the impact of a changing climate.

Corn... Fuel... Fire!

Friday, 4th January 2008, 11:50 am

Amazon deforestation and fires are being aggravated by US farm subsidies, claims Smithsonian Tropical Research Institution's staff scientist William Laurance.

Prepare Yourself for the Waste Invaders!

Thursday, 12th July 2007, 11:16 am

A new interactive website is being launched to encourage kids to recycle.

Concerns over the Quality of Recycled Material

Tuesday, 5th June 2007, 10:33 am

PaperChain, a campaign group representing the papermaking sector, has withdrawn its support for the 'Recycle Now Week' over concerns that the campaign is failing to deliver a message that supports sustainable recycling.

Standardising Greenhouse Gases

Wednesday, 30th May 2007, 4:58 pm

Today the Carbon Trust and Defra announced that they will be working with BSI British Standards to co-sponsor the development of a Publicly Available Specification (PAS) for the measurement of the embodied greenhouse gases (GHGs) in products and services.

Government's Announcement Guarantees Continued Confusion over Waste

Thursday, 24th May 2007, 6:09 pm

David Miliband, Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, today announced the government's third green white paper this week. This time on Waste.