Carbon Trust

  • FootprintComment: An energy efficiency specification for catering equipment is urgently needed

    The Catering Equipment Suppliers Association is calling on organisations, government offices and industry leaders to work together to push the green agenda.  New chair Nick Oryino explains why.                       LAST… Read More

  • Green Scene

    SPEECHES HAVE been the talk of the town in the environmental world recently. On the one hand we’ve had the prime minister’s first speech on green issues. On the other, the Queen set out the government’s legislative agenda for the 2012-2013… Read More

  • Low carbon procurement back on the menu

    A GROUNDBREAKING partnership between public and private sector promises to create demand for lower-carbon products in the catering sector. Nick Hughes reports.   The shift towards a low carbon economy was one of the pillars of David Cameron’s promise –… Read More

  • Low-carbon procurement is high value

    NEW COMMITMENTS made by leading UK companies and government departments in three joint ‘Procurement Compacts’ will drive low carbon sourcing in more than £1bn of spending.   The new initiative, spearheaded by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS)… Read More

  • No surprise that Tesco ditches carbon label

    When he launched a project to label all 70,000 products in his supermarket’s portfolio, Sir Terry Leahy was undaunted  by the task: “Many of those people who talk about the need for a carbon currency say it is too complicated… Read More

  • Harvest Government Windfalls

    Operators upgrading to more sustainable equipment are being showered with Government cash in the form of tax breaks and interest free loans   Caterers who want to buy new energy efficient equipment but are watching the pennies in the recession… Read More

  • Bilateral thinking: A singular notion

    For many businesses the costs of going green seemingly outweigh the potential benefits, but soon we may not have the luxury of choice…   With hospitality businesses in awareness of the need to drastically this country reportedly wasting £540,000 every… Read More