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The CRC efficiency scheme, a mandatory carbon cap and trade scheme, starts in April 2010 and will impact 20,000 business and public sector organisations. The Sustainable Technologies Group at Smith & Williamson, can advise on the legal requirements …
CRC is almost here. Are you ready?
Smith and Williamson -
Suffolk is embracing the opportunities offered by the green economy. From its flourishing renewable energy sector on the east coast, to the drive to make Suffolk the greenest county, a range of activities are having a positive impact …
Suffolks sustainable future
Choose Suffolk -
The film outlines how the Northwest Regional Development Agency’s (NWDA) work supports sustainable economic development in England’s Northwest, focusing on the energy & environmental technologies sector. With a £120 bn economy, bigger than 15 EU countries, a population …
Building a Greener Northwest
The NWDA -
How the issue of climate change is completely redefining what it means to run a business - what the leading companies are doing about it, and how issues such as water and biodiversity are becoming more important. …
Jim Haywood
Business in the Community
Environment
The environment has emerged as a key business issue. The urgency for action in the face of climate change has been accepted by many business leaders, with some setting ambitious targets to reduce how many greenhouse gases their companies produce.
At one level, protecting the environment involves business in doing things that are good for the bottom line - such as using less energy and wasting fewer raw materials. But the scale of change needed is leading some to look for more radical solutions - changes to products and to the very model of how the business makes its money