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Carbon footprint Standard launched for goods and services
A new Standard has been launched to help businesses assess the carbon footprint of their goods and services.The new standard – called PAS 2050 (Publicly Available Standard 2050) – has been launched by BSI British Standards, the Carbon Trust and Defra. It gives companies the tools to analyse a product’s life cycle and assess “embedded” greenhouse gas emissio...
News | 5 Nov 2008
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Same old: has health and safety really changed after the Young review?
...Comment Members and affiliates share their thoughts and opinions ... Mission Impossible? The Green Investment Bank and solving the climate change conundrum Tim Smith, Berwin Leighton Paisner The Report of the Green Investment Bank Commission, entitled `Unlocking investment to deliver Britain's low carbon future', was published at the end of June 2010. The mission statement of the Commission can be summarised as `working to identify how Britain can better support and accelerate the private sector investment required to deliver the UK's transition to a low carbon economy'. The benchmark for that `low...
Magazine issue | 1 Nov 2010
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Have we binned your Workplace Law Magazine?
...ssentially the campaign is being held to help businesses to cut through the mass of useless, scientific information about global warming, and find out about practical steps they can actually take to make a difference. Of course, taking steps towards a sustainable workplace isn't just about reducing carbon emissions; there are so many issues to consider. Had you thought, for example, that paying your staff living wages as opposed to minimum wages could be a key factor? (See p. 14). Likewise, encouraging your staff to take part in charity work in any form -- and making this a part of your corporate re...
Magazine issue | 7 Apr 2008
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Facefacts: The real cost of social networking to your business
...f course. Every week we have some form of documentary showing power stations in China, or chemical works in Russia, all pouring out toxic effluent. But we also have informed scientific debate trying to explain the Earth's natural warming over millennia. To add to this heady mix of confusion we have carbon offset schemes that appear to allow polluting companies to go on doing so, by buying credits from companies with a conscience. Who is right? With all the confusion, do we really know which path to take? Let's take one scenario concerning a newbuild project in the UK. The global warming lobby would ...
Magazine issue | 16 Oct 2007
