Tag: Carbon Trust

New joint industry project to standardise offshore wind geospatial data management kicks off

Stuart Mitchell

The Carbon Trust has announced the launch of the Unison Project, which will develop a standardised offshore wind data model to support safer, faster and more cost-effective construction of offshore wind farms. The Unison Project is led by a consortium of 12 major offshore wind developers and industry stakeholders and will be delivered by the Carbon Trust. The rapid expansion of the offshore wind industry has led to a surge in demand for geospatial data services that support offshore site development, with a growing number of contractors and developers producing…

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TransitionZero to partner on the Carbon Trust’s Greenprint initiative – a systems level approach to decarbonising emerging and developing economies

Stuart Mitchell

The Carbon Trust and TransitionZero have announced today they will be partnering on Greenprint, a new initiative designed to help governments in developing economies and emerging markets deliver secure, affordable, and fully decarbonised power systems by 2050.   Drawing on the Carbon Trust’s expertise in global energy sector decarbonisation and TransitionZero’s energy system modelling software and data, the pilot phase of Greenprint will set out a plan for a country to transition to clean power, while realising the strong socioeconomic benefits that come with a renewables-led energy system. The learnings…

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Gbolahan Faleye appointed as new Non-Executive Director on the Carbon Trust’s board

Stuart Mitchell

We are delighted to announce that we have appointed Gbolahan Faleye as a Non-Executive Director on the Carbon Trust’s board. With a wealth of experience spanning the private, public, and nonprofit sectors, Gbolahan has been instrumental in mobilizing resources for critical initiatives, including programmes to support African governments and multi-lateral agencies in their COVID-19 response and vaccine rollout, as well as building strategic partnerships to deliver impact. Through his leadership at the Tony Blair Institute, Gbolahan has positioned them as a partner of choice for major global donors and the…

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Transformational change needed to address supermarkets’ farm to fork climate impact, with only four of top 10 setting Net Zero targets

Stuart Mitchell

The world’s ten largest supermarkets are all making progress on reducing the climate impact of their own operations, but transformational change and increased collaboration in the sector is needed to address the 90% of emissions linked with their supply chains, according to a new report from the Carbon Trust. ‘Big changes in store: How can the global supermarket sector accelerate to Net Zero?‘ takes stock of Net Zero progress of the world’s top 10 biggest supermarkets by revenue. Using the Carbon Trust’s Net Zero Sector Assessment tool, it looks at…

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Transformational change needed to address supermarkets’ farm to fork climate impact, with only four of top 10 setting Net Zero targets

Stuart Mitchell

The world’s ten largest supermarkets are all making progress on reducing the climate impact of their own operations, but transformational change and increased collaboration in the sector is needed to address the 90% of emissions linked with their supply chains, according to a new report from the Carbon Trust.  “Big changes in store: How can the global supermarket sector accelerate to Net Zero?” takes stock of Net Zero progress of the world’s top 10 biggest supermarkets by revenue. Using the Carbon Trust’s Net Zero Sector Assessment tool, it looks at seven key…

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