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National body certifies 360 integrated PR as Carbon Smart

2/25/2013 7:33 AM EST  -   360 Integrated Marketing
Winchester PR consultants announce plan to improve environmental performance still further
Winchester PR consultancy, 360 integrated PR has received Carbon Smart certification under a programme which helps businesses achieve their full environmental potential.

The certification commits 360 integrated PR to act to reduce its carbon footprint from a base level established by...
Paul Smith, Plant Director at KME Yorkshire
 

KME YORKSHIRE ANNOUNCE SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT

12/13/2012 8:29 AM EST  -   ICG PR
Copper tube specialist KME Yorkshire has announced significant investment in a state-of-the-art heating system that will save money and reduce the carbon footprint of its UK manufacturing plant.

The £160K system will increase heating efficiency by a minimum of 30 per cent, reduce energy bills at the Kirkby based copper tube factory by more than £40k per year and decrease C02 by 335t.

Management at KME Yorkshire,...

VTT developes future energy solutions in cooperation with residents

11/15/2012 2:00 AM EST  -   VTT Info
House can guide how to save energy
Residents have a notable influence on a building’s energy efficiency and carbon footprint. Together with the City of Espoo, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland will start to monitor the energy efficiency of the new research hotel in Otaniemi. The result will enable the creation of a new reciprocal energy efficiency model that will focus on the role of the resident and on...

Decreasing trade to cut emissions may squeeze poor countries’ incomes

4/3/2012 4:04 AM EST  -   Stockholm Environment Institute
Press release: April 3, 2012

A new SEI study shows why development concerns need to be embedded in low-carbon strategies: shifting consumption in high-income countries to bring benefits, not losses, to poor countries.
There’s a growing awareness of the role of consumer choices in reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and a 2009 U.K. study showed that an aggressive effort to change consumption patterns – to...
National Trust signs up with Reconomy for waste management
 

Reconomy to supply UK-wide Waste Management services to the National Trust

1/31/2012 11:12 AM EST  -   CROWN
Reconomy, the UK’s market leader in outsourced waste management and recycling services, has signed a five-year supplier framework agreement with the National Trust. The Waste Management agreement, which applies across National Trust properties, includes general waste, mixed recyclables and glass, wash room services, and ad hoc hazardous waste.
National Trust employs over 5,000 full time staff, has more than...
Balfour Beatty signs waste management agreement with Reconomy
 

Reconomy agrees £6m national waste management partnership with Balfour Beatty

12/14/2011 10:44 AM EST  -   CROWN
Reconomy, the UK’s market leader in outsourced waste management and recycling services, has signed a new sole supplier agreement with Balfour Beatty Group for the supply of skip services across all its operating companies.
Balfour Beatty is a world-class infrastructure business with a diverse range of services spanning financing, planning and design to construction, maintenance and support. As a global...

Generations divided over paying extra for eco-friendly food

11/9/2011 3:00 AM EST  -   AB Sustain
More than 70% of those questioned still concerned about the issues of climate change and greenhouse gas emissions, despite rising impact of the recession
Shoppers in their 20s and 30s are far happier than those in their 40s and 50s to fork out a premium for food and drink products boasting a low carbon footprint, according to new research.

Some 58% of 18-24-year-olds are prepared to pay a premium for food and...

Responsible solution to landfill waste offered with Jean-Michel Cousteau By Marc...

9/8/2011 12:52 PM EST  -   CONCEPT AMENITIES
All plastic packaging components completely biodegrade in landfill to CO2, water and humus, leaving nothing that’s harmful to the environment behind.
Melbourne, Australia September 8, 2011 – It’s a sobering statistic: Despite the best efforts of green teams around the world, 95% of all items disposed of in hotel rooms end up in landfill. That includes some 5.5 billion hotel toiletry bottles per year.

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£400 Million A Year Savings Through Carbon Footprint Reduction For UK SMEs

5/10/2011 5:29 AM EST  -   The Carbon Trust
Carbon Trust Standard launches free guide helping growing businesses measure, manage and reducing carbon emissions and energy costs
UK small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) could collectively save nearly £400 million per year in energy costs, and over 2.5 million tonnes of C02e1, by reducing their carbon...

Leading Energy Supplier Urges People to Spend on Credit…Carbon Credits That Is

3/31/2011 10:15 AM EST  -   MXenergy
MXenergy helps people understand Carbon Credits
Stamford, CT – March 31, 2011  - Everywhere these days people seem to be talking about “going green,” “reducing their carbon footprint” or “becoming carbon neutral.”  But what does that really mean?  And how do you actually go about accomplishing that task?

MXenergy, one of the nation’s leading independent energy providers and a company with a long history of...