Category Archives: Carbon Footprint

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The Kyoto Protocol: Climate Change Success or Global Warming Failure?

Posted on by Circular Ecology
Climate change and global warming
04
Feb

In 1997 the Kyoto Protocol was born. It was the first international agreement of its kind, a revelation that would stabilise greenhouse gas concentrations in the climate to “prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system”. Flash floods, rising sea levels, record droughts and extreme weather would all to be resigned to the books of […]

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Carbon Footprint, Energy, News

New Scope 2 Guidance Launched for Organisational Carbon Footprinting

Posted on by Circular Ecology
20
Jan

The Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Protocol has launched new guidance for organisations to measure emissions from purchased electricity, which typically forms the majority of a company’s Scope 2 emissions. This is the first major update to the GHG Protocol’s  Corporate Standard, one of the world’s most widely used standards for organisational carbon footprinting. The new Scope […]

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Carbon Footprint, Food, News

Cowspiracy: The Environmental Footprint of Farming

Posted on by Circular Ecology
19
Jan

On Thursday 22 January, Net Impact Bristol is hosting a screening of the film “Cowspiracy: The Sustainability Secret”, a documentary about the environmental footprint of farming and food. Following the film, Dr Stephen Allen of Circular Ecology will sit on a panel to discuss the film with the audience, and the practical ways in which […]

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Blog, Carbon Footprint, News

Sustainable Clothing Supply Chains: A Coherent Strategy is Essential

Posted on by Circular Ecology
16
Dec

Blog by Dr Stephen Allen, Circular Ecology and Elanor Swan, LRS Consultancy We recently spent a fascinating morning at the RSA with a group of business leaders from the clothing industry talking about creating sustainable clothing supply chains.  Our discussions showed that, whilst the industry is taking action to become more sustainable, levels of progress […]

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Blog, Carbon Footprint, Circular Economy, Embodied Carbon, Energy, News, Sustainability, Uncategorized

Circular Economy: Recycling is Not the Benefit

Posted on by Circular Ecology
In less than 1 year 95% of the aluminium in a drink can will be permanently lost to landfill.
24
Jun

It’s that day of the week again. For the last 7 days you’ve recovered some of your plastic bottles, metal cans and glass jars, ready for the recycling man to take away. In fact, each and every year we recycle or compost over 200 kg of waste per person in the EU. So clearly recycling […]

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Carbon Footprint, Events, News, Sustainability

Sustainable Clothing Business Leaders’ Round Table: Update

Posted on by Circular Ecology
11
May

The European Commission estimates that clothing represents the fourth largest environmental footprint of EU consumption and that its impacts are significant over a range of environmental issues. So reducing the impacts of production, use and disposal of clothing is vital for tackling key environmental challenges, including climate change and freshwater scarcity and pollution. Dr Stephen […]

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Blog, Carbon Footprint, Energy, News

Carbon capture and storage (CCS) electricity revealed to be high environmental impact

Posted on by Craig Jones

The UK is legally committed to reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 80% between 1990 and 2050. This is a considerable challenge and all sectors have a valuable part to play. To be achieved the electricity sector is expected to have an almost complete decarbonisation and it’s clear to see why. Electricity generation contributes around […]

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Blog, Carbon Footprint, Embodied Carbon, Energy, Sustainability

Double or triple glazing? All pane and no gain?

Posted on by Craig Jones
21
Jan

Whether you are designing a new building, completing an extensive refurbishment or just looking to replace the windows in your home with more energy efficient windows then you will be offered the choice of double glazing or triple glazing. But is this a good environmental choice? Intuition tells us that triple glazing should have a […]

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Blog, Carbon Footprint, Energy, News, Sustainability

IPCC: Energy demand in the building sector to double

Posted on by Craig Jones
10
Jan

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has been working hard to release their fifth assessment reports on climate change (AR5). Their report on “Mitigation of Climate Change” revealed that in 2010 the world’s man-made greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) were 181% of 1970 levels. In fact, emissions over this 40 year period were responsible for […]

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