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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.
Product carbon footprinting: the business opportunity
A new Carbon Trust report brings results from twenty companies that are part of our product carbon footprinting and labelling initiative.
The report explains the menu of options when working with us, each with multiple benefits:
- Measurement: revealing drivers of emissions and opportunities for reduction across the value chain
- Certification: giving independent assurance and improving corporate reputation
- Reduction: achieving carbon and cost reductions and better supply chain relationships
- Communication: differentiating products and services to customers and other stakeholders and improving engagement across the supply chain.
PAS Launch - What is the Carbon Footprint of your product?
Businesses can from today assess the carbon footprint of their goods and services and play a greater part in fighting climate change, thanks to a new standard launched by BSI British Standards, the Carbon Trust and Defra.
The standard – called PAS 2050 – is a consistent way of counting the greenhouse gas emissions embedded in goods and services throughout their entire life cycle – from sourcing raw materials, through to manufacture, distribution, use and disposal.
Bradstone press release: Ready, Willing and Label
Bradstone puts its reputation for sustainability on the line today with the publication of carbon scores on three pilot product lines – and a public declaration to reduce these scores in the next two years under independent verification.
The hard landscaping manufacturer was unveiled in September 2007 as one of just 12 Carbon Trust pilot partners alongside Tesco, Walkers Crisps and Halifax Bank.
Marshalls plc press release: World leader in carbon labelling
UK-based landscape company, Marshalls plc has today announced that from next month it will have the largest number of officially carbon labelled products, anywhere in the world.
The UK is leading the way in carbon labelling internationally, and Marshalls has been involved with the Carbon Trust's carbon labelling pilot scheme for the past 18 months.