The Carbon Trust

The Carbon Trust

The Carbon Trust is an independent company with a mission to accelerate the move to a sustainable, low carbon economy

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Extracting the real value in ESOS

Hugh Jones, managing director of Carbon Trust Advisory, looks at the compelling business case of energy efficiency and how businesses can take advantage of the UK Energy Savings Opportunity Scheme (ESOS) to improve business performance.

Scope 2 Reporting Guidance: the dawn of a new era for green electricity?

The Carbon Trust's business advice consultant Guy Rickard explains why the new GHG Protocol Scope 2 Guidance is much more than an update to accounting methodologies...

Five Golden Tips for a Lower Carbon Christmas

Christmas is a unique and special day for a number of reasons. One of the reasons that doesn't often get mentioned is that for many of us it is when we are responsible for our highest daily personal carbon footprint (if you don't factor in taking flights).

Water, water everywhere… or is it?

Alastair Woods from the Carbon Trust explores why businesses need to take better account of water risk in their supply chains.

Why should governments pay businesses to reduce their electricity consumption?

The Carbon Trust's Electricity Demand Reduction (EDR) project director Paul McKinney investigates the importance of 'negawatts' and the UK's new Electricity Demand Reduction pilot...

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