Gaia Blog

GAIA believes the Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC) Energy Efficiency Scheme is a good thing but would like it to be simplified. Just a year into the launch of the CRC, many have called to dump the initiative due to it’s complexity and the cost of compliance. Some also say the CRC league tables are ineffective [...]

So this is it, 2012 is ‘the big year’ where real energy reduction success will be revealed in the CRC League Tables and energy price rises bite further into profit margins. There’s no better time to drive that initiative forward and make those reductions. To get you started here are two tips to consider. 1. [...]

Many thanks to all those organisations who attended the  Workshop at the ‘Innovation & Investment for a Low Carbon Future’ Conference at the NEC on 3rd December. GAIA conducted a session on how to promote Behaviour Change in the Workplace. As promised we have uploaded the presentation for you to revisit again. Click here for: [...]

Many thanks to all those public sector organisations who attended the ENABLE Conference on Environmental Behaviour Change at the NSPCC Conference Centre in Leicester yesterday. The workshops where greatly engaging with many enthusiastic attendees, so I hope you all went away with ideas on how to achieve ‘environmental change’ within your organisation. As promised I [...]

One of the greatest challenges for businesses is engaging their staff within the energy saving program. When achieved the next challenge is to sustain these messages. Our 5 top tips to create a sustainable energy saving message: 1) Create a team to lead the initiative from diverse parts of your business. 2) Identify good ‘connectors’ [...]