BASF is the first company in the world to voluntarily compile details of its carbon footprint on a regular basis. The results now published for 2008 show that when used by customers, BASF products save three times more greenhouse gas emissions than are released in the manufacture and disposal of all products made by BASF. The company published its first carbon footprint in February 2008.
The changing market and legislative landscape across the globe is forcing the emergence of a low-carbon economy. This is placing tremendous pressure on companies in terms of their use of energy and the level of greenhouse gas emissions, as well the financial implication of these aspects.
Acushnet Company of Fairhaven, a customer of smart grid solutions provider for the utilities sector Nexant and the producer of leading golf brands such as Cobra and FootJoy, was due to receive the “Beacon for Energy” certificate from the Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources (DOER) on 16 November. Acushnet was scheduled to receive the certificate from Philip Giudice, the commissioner of DOER at the company’s Ball Plant II facility in North Dartmouth, Massachusetts. Nexant planned to award $300,000 to the company, which represents the proceeds achievable from selling Acushnet’s energy credits in the following year.
WWF is challenging global leaders to back an ambitious target on stopping forest loss as a major element of efforts to avert the looming climate catastrophe
Public sector bodies are setting increasingly ambitious targets for carbon reduction, doubling their commitments over the last four years, the Carbon Trust reported today
Oil exploration and production technology holds the key to secure
CO2 storage as part of large scale deployment of CO2 Capture Storage (CCS), according to a new report
The advantages and potential risks of introducing an emissions trading scheme within Australia will be discussed at the public seminar Emissions Trading for Dummies, hosted by the Institute for Sustainable Solutions tomorrow morning
One year from its launch, the Carbon Trust Standard Company has certified financial services group HSBC as its 100th achiever. Over the last 12 months, the 100 Carbon Trust Standard recipients have cut their emissions by over 600,000 tonnes of carbon and saved over £50 million
The Carbon Trust is to improve access for small and medium businesses to over £100m in interest-free and unsecured loans, it was announced today. The move is intended to help more businesses survive the recession by cutting both their energy costs and their carbon footprints
SolarBotanic has signed a a major joint-venture deal with the renewable energy company GREENgENERGY, Inc. to fund the R + D phase for the company's patented energy harvesting artificial trees. The potential market for SolarBotanic's trees is virtually unlimited and it involves integrating a vast array of brilliant and cutting-edge technologies
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