Tag: Carbon Trust

Chris Stark to lead the Carbon Trust

Stuart Mitchell

Chris Stark, the UK’s chief climate change adviser, has been appointed as the new CEO of global climate consultancy, the Carbon Trust. He will take over the role in Spring 2024 to lead the organisation as it drives accelerated climate action towards Net Zero. This comes after the Carbon Trust’s CEO of over two decades, Tom Delay, announced he would step down in June last year. Chair of the Carbon Trust’s Board, Julia King Baroness Brown of Cambridge, said she was delighted to announce Chris’ appointment. “Chris Stark has been…

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Call for consultation on the first specification for decarbonising use-phase emissions of connected devices

Stuart Mitchell

The Carbon Trust is working with leading tech companies, Amazon, Meta, Microsoft, Samsung and Sky to develop an industry-first specification for measuring, accounting for and decarbonising the carbon emissions associated with connected devices while being used by customers. When finalised, the specification will be publicly available and applicable to a wide range of different connected devices and organisations, supporting the reduction of device-related use-phase emissions. Therefore, ensuring that sector stakeholders have the opportunity to actively feed into its development is critical. Participating in the consultation phase will offer the wider…

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Pioneering energy efficiency tech wins Government grants

Stuart Mitchell

Seven new energy and resource saving technologies have secured £4.8m of funding for UK industry trials, with innovations ranging from reusing eggshells to recycling fast fashion garments.   These projects are the fourth phase of the Industrial Energy Efficiency Accelerator (IEEA) programme, supported by the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, which helps innovators to demonstrate technology for industrial use.  Phase 4 winners also include two different pioneering metal working techniques, new ventilation systems, methods for cleaning food manufacturing equipment and concrete technology.   Minister for Energy Efficiency and Green…

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Global offshore wind industry joins forces with the Carbon Trust to decarbonise and scale up sustainably

Stuart Mitchell

The developers design, build and operate wind farms globally, including across Europe, North America and Asia, and collectively represent around a quarter of global installed capacity.  They will work in collaboration with the Carbon Trust as part of the new Offshore Wind Sustainability Joint Industry Programme to develop the first industry-backed methodology and guidance to measure and address the carbon emissions associated with offshore wind farms throughout their lifecycle, including emissions from the manufacturing of materials and installation of wind farms. The aim of this work is to help the…

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New research: consumer demand for ‘clean’ beauty is an opportunity to galvanise sector action on Net Zero

Stuart Mitchell

A report assessing the credibility of the Net Zero commitments of the ten highest revenue global beauty and personal care companies shows the sector has a window of opportunity to go further and faster on Net Zero. Despite growing demand for ‘clean’ beauty products, new research has found none of the world’s ten leading beauty brands have independently validated Net Zero targets.  It also found three of these companies have failed to publicly commit to reaching Net Zero at all, and at least two reporting a rise in their greenhouse…

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