Are buying decisions now being influenced by a product’s carbon footprint? Guardian News and Media (GNM) is a Two Tomorrows client – we provide ethical assurance to them on a range of issues. Their recent decision to choose a paper supplier on the grounds of its relative carbon footprint has prompted a lively debate on their website.
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Carbon emissions influencing buyer decisions
Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010Why I had to sign up to 10:10
Friday, September 18th, 2009My four-year-old son is developing a new obsession for David Attenborough-style TV documentaries, and has discovered a channel on Sky called Eden, which runs these shows all day, every day. All well and good I thought; he’ll learn a bit about the planet to impress the teachers with. But then he turned to me and asked the killer question about what’s going to happen to our planet if too much CO2 builds up.
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Is this the breakthrough for interactive reporting?
Wednesday, August 19th, 2009The Guardian has just launched its new interactive sustainability reporting website. The newspaper is already recognised as a sustainability reporting leader, so some might wonder why it has taken so long to go interactive. But despite Web 2.0 technology being around for a good few years now, to my knowledge no-one has made good use it for sustainability reporting – until now. So this would appear to be a genuine first. (more…)
