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Green Investment Bank Commission: statement from Euan Murray, General Manager of the Carbon Trust Footprinting Company
The launch of the Green Investment Bank Commission report on 29th June 2010 has generated ongoing media discussion about how to finance the move to a low carbon economy, and on the potential relationship between any Green Investment Bank and the Carbon Trust.
It is very much business as usual at the Carbon Trust and we continue to grow our work accelerating the move to a low carbon economy. To view comments from the Carbon Trust on the report please click here.
We can further assure all our product carbon footprinting & labelling customers that, as a fully commercial subsidiary of the Carbon Trust, the Carbon Trust Footprinting Company ensures the independence and ongoing financial sustainability of our service to customers. Since launch in 2007, we have seen very rapid growth with over 5,700 individual product certifications to date and customers now buying products displaying the Carbon Reduction Label at point of sale worth approximately £3 billion in annual sales. We continue to lead the global development of product carbon footprinting and we are continuing to see an acceleration in our growth both in the UK, the US and all the other markets in which we operate.
Portland-Based Company 3rd to Gain U.S Carbon Trust Certification
Portland OR – StalkMarket Products, a leading provider of compostable food service products, is proud to become the first company in the North American packaging industry to gain Carbon Trust certification for the carbon footprint of its sugar cane plates and bowls. StalkMarket is now the third U.S.- based company to gain Carbon Trust certification.
Sentinel achieves major carbon reduction "first" in heating sector
Leading energy efficiency and water treatment specialist Sentinel has become the first company in the heating and plumbing sector to be given the right to use the Carbon Trusts' Carbon Reduction Label. And not just on one, but two of its top selling products.
Great British pint of milk reveals its carbon footprint
From Monday 17 August, Tesco full fat, semi-skimmed and skimmed milk ranges will display the carbon footprint label as part of the company's groundbreaking work to include carbon labels on Tesco products.
Helping to raise awareness of climate change and the carbon impact of products, it is a major milestone in the company's pledge to have footprinted 500 products by the end of the year.
Carbon footprinting project will build on Milk Roadmap success
Dairy UK and the Carbon Trust are announcing major plans for an industry-wide carbon footprinting guide, as a new government report shows strong progress towards environmental targets in the Milk Roadmap.
Work is just beginning with the Carbon Trust to develop the detailed footprinting guide for dairy, with strong support from dairy companies and other industry stakeholders, including the farming sector. The intention is to build on general work completed last year under Publicly Available Specification 2050.