Carbon Accounting

Carbon labelling start up promises to help cut food emissions step by step

Carbon Accounting

Carbon labelling start up promises to help cut food emissions step by step

New company, Foodsteps, aims to provide labelling options for restaurants and manufacturers that highlight their products' climate impact

clock 05 August 2021 • 2 min read
Air-freighted produce off the menu for COP26 and top sports venues

Supply chain

Air-freighted produce off the menu for COP26 and top sports venues

Caterers for venues such as Wimbledon and the O2 Arena are to end the use of produce that is air freighted into the UK in a bid to curb the carbon emissions of their menus

clock 04 August 2021 • 2 min read

Management

Companies don't have to reinvent the wheel to meet their climate and nature targets

Reaching climate and nature goals is tough, but companies already have everything they need to achieve their goals, writes Rainforest Alliance scientist Leah Samberg

clock 30 July 2021 • 2 min read

Carbon Accounting

Government urged to overhaul UK's 'regressive' carbon pricing system

Per-mile road pricing and annual 'carbon budgets' among raft of proposals from think tank Bright Blue to make carbon taxes fair and effective

clock 29 July 2021 • 4 min read

Offsets

Hartree Partners inks $2bn deal with Wildlife Works to expand voluntary carbon market

Tie-up will see commodities trader work with conservation group to deliver 20 projects forestry protection projects aiming to cut CO2 by 20 million tonnes per year

clock 27 July 2021 • 3 min read

Management

Drink responsibly: Net zero accreditation scheme launched for pubs and bars

Pilot project featuring three dozen pubs and bars reveals that venues that service food face steeper decarbonisation challenge than 'wet-led' venues

clock 21 July 2021 • 4 min read

Buildings

Construction industry publishes sweeping net zero blueprint

New 'Performance Framework' includes fresh goals to slash the use of diesel equipment, drastically improve building energy efficiency, and help enable transport decarbonisation

clock 21 July 2021 • 4 min read

Management

General Electric pledges to achieve net zero across the products its sells

Producer of jet engines and thermal power plant turbines argues that the engineering challenges it must solve to reach net zero emissions represent 'strategic opportunities' for the company

clock 19 July 2021 • 3 min read

Carbon Accounting

Investors call for mandatory food reporting rules to unlock finance for 'greener' companies

Major investors call on government to heed National Food Strategy’s call for enhanced reporting rules for large food firms

clock 16 July 2021 • 3 min read

Carbon Trading

How business-backed rules for natural climate solutions could help bolster carbon credit credibility

New guidance is geared at helping corporates embed natural climate solutions in their climate strategies in a credible manner while supporting the development of a robust carbon market

clock 16 July 2021 • 5 min read