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How to focus on Carbon Footprinting within your C(S)R strategy
Most companies today try to put every effort they make around corporate responsibility in every information and report they generate to show that they act sustainable. Most of the time it happens that they mix up everything they do when they want to communicate their carbon-footprint approach. They should focus on these points: 1 –…
New Report: Carbon Footprint Estimation Boundaries shows dramatic lack of Methodology
„Do the Tier 1 and 2 estimates provide reasonable guidance?“ „Nearly two-thirds of all economic sectors providign goods and services (…) would have less than 25% of their total carbon footprint represented by Tiers 1 and 2.“ These are just two statements from a recently published report. „The Importance of Carbon Footprint Estimation Boundaries“ was…
Carbon Calculators: Identical Values but different results
As posted today on ClimateBiz researchers from the Vanderbilt University and the University of Washington published a study on carbon calculators for an individual’s carbon footprint. The results among the 10 analyzed calculators varied by as much as several metric tons. Also the majority of the calculators lack of a proper information about the methodology…
Carbon Labelling in the UK
A new report from the Forum of the Future explores carbon labelling of products and the effects on shopping behaviour. I read about it at the ClimateBiz Newsletter. Especiall the UK companies are very active setting standards and defining labels. Therfore also the UK customers are quite familiar with those new labels but on the…
Are you still considered as a hippie?
Yesterday I had an interesting discussion with a designer. He is facing the problem that his colleagues think that he went crazy since he thinks about „green design“. Talking about sustainable or green is not only a trick to sell products to the young LOHAS-community. Normally you have to think about a proper production, a…
Get together with GreenDrinks
Catch up with people in your region and all over the world by visiting the monthly (informal) meetings know as Green drinks. Simply contact the local contact and meet up for a beer or dinner. I joined the group in Munich called MUS. Looking forward to meet you there. Please find more here.
Search green and keep updated
Flock released on the Earth Day a „Eco-Edition“ of their browser. Not only that they donate 10% of the revenue generated by searchers to green organisations. They provide a huge variety of information on relevant news, blogs and social-networking. Learn more or download l
Green IT Trends
The prominence of Green IT is growing every day. According to a new report from Forrester Research one of the five Green IT trends will be the end-of-live managment. This means that initiatives in the IT will also stretch to other parts of the company. More and more divisions of the companies have ongoing or…
Green Money
Modern green lifestyle has a big impact on the economy. Not only that (seemingly) green products were preferred. Also the whole financial sector offers green investment possibilities. More and more customers with long-run personal decisions try to invest their money not only green but also under social or ethnical aspects. Banks and investment companies are…
