Calculating and reporting on your business carbon footprint just got much easier and more cost effective with the launch of The Carbon Report’s cloud based offering. The solution, said to be the first of its kind in South Africa and developed by local consultancy sustainableIT, provides organisations with the ability to manage and report on… [Continue Reading]
What is a carbon footprint?
Lights, heating and cooling, computers, printers, copiers, business travel, and commuting are all ways that your business or office, even if it is small, contributes to global climate change. Usually we think of industry—of factories with smokestacks—when we consider the major sources of the carbon dioxide emissions that contribute to climate change. Although that is… [Continue Reading]
The Green Mile : Commuting a carbon-loader
ITWEB 26 May 2010 Commuting, long considered a drain on time and productivity, now has another drawback – its considerable impact on companies’ carbon emissions footprint. Businesses today have to understand where they are in terms of carbon emissions and plan some quick and easy gains to get on the roadmap, says Puleng director, Steve James…. [Continue Reading]
Firms report emissions at lower cost
22 January 2010 Although the climate change conference in Copenhagen failed to achieve its objectives of a binding treaty around carbon emission reductions, sustainable business is here to stay and companies need to gear themselves towards a carbon constrained future. In the past couple of weeks, investors representing $13 trillion in assets issued a statement… [Continue Reading]
SA Emissions pledge achievable
ITWeb Thursday 10 December 2009 Government’s proposal to cut SA’s greenhouse gas emissions will force businesses to become more energy efficient, with IT leading the way to a low carbon economy. This is according to Tim James, founding director of Sustainable IT, who says government’s offer is very achievable, even with the current investment Eskom… [Continue Reading]