carbon footprint

British Chamber of Commerce launches new Net Zero Hub to help smaller businesses ramp up climate efforts

Management

British Chamber of Commerce launches new Net Zero Hub to help smaller businesses ramp up climate efforts

Business group teams up with O2 to promote new hub, after new survey reveals only 11 per cent of smaller businesses are measuring their carbon footprint

clock 10 August 2021 • 3 min read
Electric vehicles have significantly lower life cycle emissions than internal combustion vehicles, study finds

Automotive

Electric vehicles have significantly lower life cycle emissions than internal combustion vehicles, study finds

International Council on Clean Transportation study calculates that electric cars have 66 to 69 per cent lower emissions over their lifetime than a comparable petrol vehicle

clock 06 August 2021 • 2 min read

Carbon Accounting

Is your carbon accounting system prepared to count remote work?

The world of work has changed drastically in the wake of the pandemic, but can carbon accounting systems keep up?

clock 28 May 2021 • 4 min read

Management

NatWest and Microsoft pool expertise to help businesses slash emissions

NatWest will help its business customers harness Microsoft's data and AI expertise to calculate and shrink their carbon footprints

clock 24 March 2021 • 2 min read

Policy

Fairtrade Foundation: UK must clean up food supply chains and stop 'dumping' emissions on poor nations

The Fairtrade Foundation has called on the UK government to include imported emissions that were generated overseas in the process of meeting UK consumption needs in its carbon targets, in a detailed new report published today

clock 23 February 2021 • 7 min read

Supply chain

This wallet can tell you about its carbon impact

Covalent reveals how Blockchain technology is offering a consumers a peek at its environmental footprint

clock 19 February 2021 • 3 min read

Carbon Trading

From taxes to targets: How can the UK curb its offshore carbon emissions?

Major report makes the case for new carbon tax on imported goods and goods, as the Environment Secretary reveals the UK's climate targets could eventually cover carbon embodied in imported goods

clock 15 January 2021 • 5 min read

Investment

Multimillion pound prize announced for first zero carbon transatlantic passenger flight

Sustainability consultancy Carbon Footprint debuts new challenge prize, as Boeing launches next phase of green R&D programme

clock 02 September 2020 • 3 min read

Carbon Accounting

Natwest relaunches carbon calculator to cater for work from home reality

NatWest has tweaked a tool that provides guidance to staff on how to shrink their carbon footprint, as government faces warning it may have to change carbon reporting guidelines to account for huge increase in home-working

clock 08 June 2020 • 3 min read

Carbon Accounting

The resurgence of product CO2 labelling

Amid growing corporate interest, Hugh Jones of the Carbon Trust considers the history and future for product carbon footprinting

clock 23 April 2020 • 5 min read