Gaia Blog

The UK Government recently announced the requirement for Mandatory Carbon Reporting.  Rue Stanley, GAIA’s Carbon Reporting specialist, continues her explanation of the basics for those new to this legislation and looks at what needs to be measured.   This week Rue is covering the key question ‘What are Scopes 1 & 2?’ You may have [...]

The UK Government recently announced the requirement for Mandatory Carbon Reporting. Rue Stanley, GAIA’s Carbon Reporting expert, explains the basics for those new to this legislation. This week Rue is covering the key question ‘Am I involved?’ Next week Rue will outline the various reporting ‘Scopes’ and explain what you’ll need to do next. Am [...]

The Sustainability agenda is becoming ever more complex and demanding in line with its increasing significance in creating business advantage.  High flying organisations recognise the link between environmental performance and business success, with the inevitable result of raising the expectations on sustainability professionals.  At the same time a conveyor belt of new legislation is threatening to expose [...]

You’ve no doubt got one of those jobs with the words sustainability, environment, energy or carbon management in them.  Unfortunately these titles carry the implication that employing people like you will rapidly turn a resource greedy organisation into a low carbon consuming, sustainable paragon of corporate virtue in a matter of months.  If only corporate [...]

STOP PRESS! -Attend our Mandatory Emissions Reporting Briefing in London on 16th October 1100 companies on the stock exchange will be required to publish greenhouse gas figures from April 2013. Nick Clegg says the move is part of a drive to encourage companies to measure and so begin to manage their impact on the environment [...]