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Carbon Trust Teams Up with Tech Giants to Tackle Climate Impact of Connected Devices
The group will develop the industry’s first specification for measuring, accounting for and decarbonizing the emissions associated with consumer use of connected devices. ... View More
Trending: Fresh Approaches to Managing Fashion’s Footprint
While Burberry delivers another carbon-neutral runway show and works to “inset” its emissions, a new report quantifies the staggering amount of travel emissions generated during a season’s worth of major fashion weeks. ... View More
Carbon Trust, World Bank Team Up to Combat Climate Change, One SME at a Time
Earlier this year, the World Bank announced a fundamental shift in its role of alleviating global poverty, by refocusing its financing efforts towards tackling climate change through the lens of SMEs. Last month, the group launched a new Climate Busi... View More
Carbon Trust Launches Zero-Waste-to-Landfill Certification
As businesses around the world continue to innovate closed-loop solutions and other initiatives to eliminate waste throughout their operations, The Carbon Trust will now be able to audit those efforts through its new standard for Zero Waste to Landfi... View More
Report: Mobile Tech Helping Save 180 Million Tons of CO2 Each Year
The use of smartphones in the United States and Europe is helping to save more than 180 million tons of carbon emissions a year — an amount greater than the total annual emissions of the Netherlands — according to a new report released this week ... View More
Carbon Trust Launches Water Footprint Certification Scheme
The Carbon Trust announced Monday it is piloting a new Water Footprint label and certification scheme. It is now inviting businesses to certify their water use assessments with the scheme, using the Water Footprint Network’s methodology or the ISO ... View More
Carbon Trust, Singapore Collaborating to Improve Energy Efficiency of SMEs
The Carbon Trust and the Sustainable Energy Association of Singapore (SEAS) today announced that they will be working together to help small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Singapore to improve their energy efficiency. The announcement of the... View More
Bentley Becomes First Automaker to Achieve Triple Carbon Trust Standard
British luxury carmaker Bentley Motors announced this week it has become the first automotive manufacturer to earn the triple Carbon Trust Standard, having separately secured group’s Standards for Carbon, Water and Waste through significant reducti... View More
M&S Earns Triple Carbon Trust Certifications for Energy, Water and Waste
Marks & Spencer has become the first retailer to receive the triple award of certification for achievements in carbon, water and waste reduction from the Carbon Trust. The Carbon Trust Standards are independent certifications recognising organisa... View More
Carbon Trust to Design Eco-Labeling Scheme for Mexico
The Carbon Trust has been selected to develop an environmental labeling scheme for products and services in Mexico, designed to promote sustainable purchasing and procurement for consumers, companies and the public sector.The objective of the project... View More
Carbon Trust Announces New Waste Standard
On Wednesday, the Carbon Trust announced plans to launch the world’s first international standard for organisations to certify that they are managing and reducing waste.The Carbon Trust Waste Standard, to be launched later this year, will require o... View More
Coke, Sainsbury’s Among First To Achieve Carbon Trust Water Standard
Water scarcity has been recognized by the United Nations as one of the most pressing problems facing the 21st-century world. Although 70 percent of the Earth’s surface is water, nearly 1.2 billion people, or one-fifth of the human race, live in are... View More
