Carbon Footprints

CNBC is running a story citing the CEO of the Carbon Disclosure Project, “Companies That Cut Carbon Now Will Profit.”
Corporations who are seizing the opportunity to cut carbon emissions now, without government regulation, will profit more when regulation is enacted, a spokesman for a not-for-profit organization that measures companies’ carbon footprint told CNBC Monday.
“There will [...]

Reuters is reporting that “Japan’s next PM raises greenhouse gas target to 25%“. That’s 25% below 1990 levels too, not 2000 levels as advocated by the Australian scheme.
Japanese Prime Minister-elect Yukio Hatoyama said Monday Japan will aim for a 25 percent cut in greenhouse gas emissions by 2020 compared with 1990 levels.
The target was premised [...]

Carbon Planet is the 2009 South Australian winner of The Australian Marketing Institute’s award for Marketing Excellence in the Corporate Social Responsibility category for its innovative primary schools education programme, Operation: Coolenation.
Operation: Coolenation is an effective and enjoyable tool for communicating the science of global warming and climate change to primary school students. The programme [...]

G3MS, Carbon Planet’s Greenhouse Emissions Measure, Manage, Minimise Suite, is the foremost collaborative carbon management suite featuring simple, yet standards compliant workflows for co-ordinating your carbon reporting requirements. G3MS 2.1 is an evolution to the system and builds on features introduced in 2.0. Mostly this release includes optimisations and improvements under the hood, but there [...]

IT news service IT Brief is reporting that “Canon leads by example with green initiative“, having reduced its emissions in New Zealand by a massive 23% in the last year.
The result comes mostly from reductions in staff travel, utilities and third-party services. Of particular note, Canon reduced its air travel by 35% between 2007 and [...]

The United Nations Environment Programme has just released their landmark book, “Kick The Habit, A UN guide to climate neutrality”
“Addiction is a terrible thing. It consumes and controls us, makes us deny important truths and blinds us to the consequences of our actions. Our society is in the grip of a dangerous greenhouse gas habit.
The [...]

Photo ‘Landing in London’ by Dave Sag and used with permission.
Carbon Planet has always been dedicated to openness and transparency. When dealing with a subject as complex as carbon, and the various ways and means by which emissions are calculated, we’ve always felt that the more information we can share with the world, the [...]

In further sign of the Australian Government’s intention to make up for lost time, The Australian is reporting “Kevin Rudd signs global climate deal,” saying;
AUSTRALIA has signed off on a global deal to restrain global warming to two degrees which could mean Australia must do more to slash greenhouse gas emissions.
The leaders of 16 [...]

The National Wildlife Federation is reporting U.S. House Passes Historic Climate Bill.
Today the U.S. House of Representatives passed one of the most critical bills in conservation history.
This legislation–known as the American Clean Energy and Security Act–is an unprecedented plan to address the single greatest threat to our nation’s wildlife and natural resources.
In addition to putting [...]

Carbon Planet is pleased to release issue 13 of Be the Change, your resource for news and information on climate change and carbon credits.
In this latest issue we include feature articles:

Obama’s green future
Flight calculators – we clear the air
Climate change vs global warming – what’s the difference?
Energy efficiency gives us triple whammy.

Plus our regular features:

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