Green Business

Japan is in talks with the Czech Republic to buy surplus carbon emissions rights, following similar discussions with Russia, Poland and Hungary, a Japanese government source said on Monday.
The rights, known as Assigned Amounts Units (AAUs) are sold by countries like Russia that are well below the greenhouse gas emissions limits assigned to them under [...]

Last month I met a telecoms business who had this great message to all visitors in their reception – ‘all our energy is from green sources’. How proud this message was felt by the employees, their employer was driving the green agenda and pushing renewable resources. But as I sat there in reception looking at [...]

The big question is will any of the measures outlined by Mr Darling actually make any significant difference and will the revenues generated actually go towards improving the planet and climate change?
There were some impressive initiatives such as smart metering for medium businesses and the inclusion of aviation into the EU Emissions Trading scheme. Are small [...]

Whilst saving energy must be our key focus to mitigate climate change, the secondary option has to be generate low carbon energy. Wind Farms albeit expensive to produce energy are fast becoming popular by energy companies, keen to enhance their green image. But are they an acceptable new feature of our landscape that we have to accept [...]

Recent news articles have highlighted that councils across the country have been trying to make their Christmas celebrations more environmentally friendly as well as bigger and brighter than ever. In Manchester they are using energy efficient light bulbs and Nottingham an energy efficient tree with a solar powered star. A couple of thoughts spring to mind:
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This month the launch of the Green Fiscal Commission to consider green taxes and other fiscal reforms for the UK. In particular, they will look at incentives for positive green behaviour through tax breaks and to provide disincentives to those undertaking negative behaviours.
The group, consisting of politicians, industry experts, regulators and headed by Robert [...]

“I believe it will require no less than a fourth technological revolution. In the past the steam engine, the internal combustion engine, the microprocessor transformed not just technology but the way our society has been organised and the way people live.
“Now we’re about to embark on a comparable technological transformation to low carbon energy and [...]

Environmental best practice can make small firms not only feel good, it can save them money. This, according to a recent BBC news article - Going green to save firms money
There are calls for further energy efficiency measures and increasing use of reduce, re-use and recycle. From purchasing ‘A’ rated energy efficient appliances to ensuring [...]

There is currently a lot of buzz around saving energy and reducing your businesses carbon footprint. Many companies, such as M&S and Toyota are taking reducing their CO2 levels very seriously. Lots of measures are taking place, such as energy monitoring and changing to energy efficient light bulbs, in order to reach targets. 
Seeing all this [...]