New Zealand announces carbon trading scheme

(ClimateRadar.com) New Zealand announced that it was launching a new carbon trading scheme.

http://www.climatechange.govt.nz/

Nine companies commit to carbon footprint products

 

(ClimateRadar.com) Following the carbon footsteps of Walkers Crisps and Innocent Drinks, nine more companies are joining the carbon labeling bandwagon and working with the Carbon Trust in labeling their products. Companies such as Coca-Cola, Cadbury Schweppes, have joined the cabron labeling scheme managed by The Carbon Trust.

http://www.carbontrust.co.uk/about/presscentre/190907_Partner+announcement.htm 

http://www.carbon-label.co.uk/ 

BT launches carbon impact assessment service

(ClimateRadar.com) BT today announced that its newly formed Global Services sustainability practice has launched a service to help large corporates and public sector organisations reduce their energy consumption and carbon footprint. BT’s carbon impact assessment enables organisations to accurately calculate the amount of CO2 emissions produced as a result of the use of networked IT services. It also provides a set of workable solutions to help customers reduce their energy consumption and carbon footprint.

http://www.btplc.com/news/articles/showarticle.cfm?articleid=%7bbcba4e5f-4025-4837-869c-c783eea0ae08%7d

Australia: $25m climate-change campaign launched

(Hearld Sun) FAMILIES will be encouraged to become “carbon-neutral” by planting trees and other green initiatives, as part of a $25 million climate-change advertising blitz.

 http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,22420246-662,00.html

UK Insurance industry launches climate change initiative

The insurance industry launched a major initiative (ClimateWise) to tackle the challenge of climate change and encourage more climate-friendly customer behaviour. The ClimateWise principles have been developed by leading global insurers, reinsurers, brokers and Lloyd’s of London to promote action on climate change. They will enable companies and organisations throughout the world to build climate change into their business operations.

http://www.climatewise.org.uk/

UNEP organises Clean Up Week

Community-based action on climate change involving an estimated 35 million people across the planet in 2007 will culminate in the Clean Up the World Weekend on 14-16 September.

http://www.unep.org/Documents.Multilingual/Default.asp?DocumentID=517&ArticleID=5661&l=en