Carbon Reduction Commitment for EU Airports

In 2009 the ACI EUROPE launched the Airport Carbon Accreditation with the goal of assessment and recognition of the participating airports‘ efforts to carbon managment and reduction. The process is divided in four levels: Mapping – Footprint Measurement Reduction – Carbon Management towards a reduced carbon footprint Optimisation – Third Party engagement in carbon footprint…

10 Gute Gründe für das Emissionsmanagement

Verbraucher fordern verstärkt die Umsetzung einer nachhaltigen unternehmerischen Strategie. Die Ermittlung eines Carbon Footprint als Ausgangspunkt für die Reduzierung von Treibhausgas-Emissionen wird somit immer wichtiger. Die DFGE hat 10 wichtige Gründe für das Emissionsmanagement in Unternehmen zusammengestellt. Die Erfassung aller Zusammenhänge um den Ausstoß klimarelevanter Gase und dessen Einbindung in unternehmerische Entscheidungsprozesse wird als Emissionsmanagement…

e³ Emission Calculator Logistics

Check out our new datasheet for the e³ Emission Calculator Logistics which delivers an easy-to-use, platform-independet tool for calculating your CO2 emissions – out-of-the-box and ready to use. Base data is already implemented you just have to enter distances and modal share and you will receive a certification for the Carbon Footprint for the particular…

Grenelle II – Umweltschutz und CO2-Emissionen in Frankreich

Mit dem Grenelle Gesetz hat Frankreich ein neues Umweltschutzgesetz. Der Entwurf wurde im Mai von der Nationalversammlung verabschiedet. Somit bietet Grenelle II einen rechtlichen Rahmen, der im Umweltgipfel Grenelle de l’environment übernommenen Verpflichtungen (Grenelle I). Folgende Bereiche sind unter anderem betroffen: Verkehr: Förderung nachhaltiger Verkehrsträger Neue Nahverkehrsprojekte Energie: regionale Energie- und Klimapläne verpflichtende CO2 Bilanz…

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.

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…