Environmental stories tagged with: Carbon Footprint
S&P launches U.S. Carbon Efficient Index
Tuesday, 10th March 2009, 11:45 am
A growing number of investors want to be able to trade on more than just a company's bottom line, they want to measure and compare performance across a number of vectors, not least a company's carbon efficiency.
 Running an Aston on Surplus WineMonday, 30th June 2008, 7:12 pm
The Prince of Wales has published his Household annual report which details his carbon footprint, and the efforts it has gone to reduce it.
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 Micro-CHP Can Deliver Significant Carbon SavingsFriday, 30th November 2007, 1:45 pm
Findings from the most in-depth field trial to date on Micro-CHP (combined heat and power) have been released by the Carbon Trust, showing that Micro-CHP technology has significant potential to deliver CO2 savings in small commercial environments and certain types of homes.
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 Britain's Greenest City Consumes 2.78 PlanetsFriday, 2nd November 2007, 11:55 am
In a report commissioned by WWF, 60 cities in England, Scotland and Wales were ranked by the average Ecological Footprint of their residents, with Newport and Plymouth with the smallest footprint, and Winchester with the biggest footprint.
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 British Small Firms Realise the Need to be GreenerWednesday, 17th October 2007, 3:52 pm
A quarter (25 percent) of Britain's small firms have not taken any steps to make their businesses greener and a growing number are recognising they are not environmentally friendly, according to new research from Lloyds TSB Business and the SERTeam at the Open University.
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Gartner Says Data Centres Account for 23% of Global IT CO2 Emissions
Thursday, 11th October 2007, 7:21 pm
Data centres that require energy to run servers and provide cooling account for almost a quarter of global carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from information and communications technology (ICT), according to Gartner.
Barnet Slashes its Carbon Emissions
Monday, 1st October 2007, 1:51 pm
Barnet Council has taken further steps to dramatically reduce its carbon footprint through its pioneering use of fuel technology. Latest figures show the council is on track to cut emissions from its fleet of vehicles by 322 tonnes by 2012.
BT Launches Carbon Impact Assessment Service
Tuesday, 25th September 2007, 7:22 pm
BT has announced that its newly formed Global Services sustainability practice has launched a service to help large corporates and public sector organisations reduce their energy consumption and carbon footprint.
Selby Food Firms Encouraged to Go Green
Monday, 13th August 2007, 12:42 pm
Selby District Council is working with the York and North Yorkshire Business Environmental Forum to support food firms in the area to reduce their energy consumption.
easyJet Introduces Carbon Offsetting
Tuesday, 7th August 2007, 5:40 pm
easyJet is offering its customers the opportunity to offset the carbon emissions of their flights by investing exclusively in United Nations-certified projects.
Carbon Trust Labelling Scheme Rolls out across the Country
Friday, 27th July 2007, 11:55 am
Carbon reduction labels will appear on point of sales materials in Boots stores nationwide and across the full range of Walkers crisps this month, as the Carbon Trust's carbon reduction label trial moves into its next phase.
Council's Tough New Environment Targets
Tuesday, 24th July 2007, 4:30 pm
Wandsworth Council has announced plans to buy at least half of its electricity from a low carbon source as one of nine major new environmental targets.
Sunderland International Airshow Aims to Go Carbon Neutral
Friday, 20th July 2007, 2:33 pm
Organisers of this year's Sunderland International Airshow have announced this year's line up along with an environmentally friendly twist to the event.
Air France's CO2 Emissions Calculator is Now Online
Tuesday, 17th July 2007, 2:23 pm
At the recent Air France Shareholder meeting, the chairman and CEO, Jean-Cyril Spinetta, announced the introduction of an online CO2 Calculator
Offsetting Code Gets Go Ahead
Monday, 16th July 2007, 12:57 pm
Amid growing controversy over Carbon Offsets, Defra have announced that a voluntary Code of Best Practice for the offsetting industry will be established.
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