Podcasts about carbon trust

INCENTIVE is the first SIF Beta project to reach completion. In this episode, members of the INCENTIVE team share their learnings and future plans with us. As the first project to complete, dissemination of their outcomes - including collaboration, continuity of the work and deployment of the technology after the SIF funding stops - provides valuable insights, especially for other Beta projects. In this episode, SIF programme director Jodie Giles speaks with energy systems innovation lead Suraj Paneru.We also welcome INCENTIVE partners Robert Keast from the Carbon Trust, Callum Henderson from SSE, and Adnan Mahmood of SSEN.For more on the Strategic Innovation Fund: www.ofgem.gov.uk/sifSee the SIF programme page on Innovate UK's Business Connect website: Ofgem Strategic Innovation Fund

Get full show notes and our newsletter at wickedproblems.earth - and you can also get these episodes ad-free.Wicked Problems: Energy Transition and Decarbonization InsightsIn this episode of Wicked Problems, host Richard Delevan delves into key issues and recent developments in the energy transition and decarbonization efforts. . Special guest Freya Pratty from SIFTED.eu (get her climate tech newsletter here) shares insights into the growth and challenges within climate tech companies, including an in-depth look at Octopus Energy's software success, Kraken. The episode also highlights a significant paper from Oxford University examining the potential resilience of the U.S. Inflation Reduction Act against repeal, offering a glimmer of hope in the current political climate. Professor Sam Fankhauser of the Smith School joined us. And in some good news, the episode touches on the impressive rise of EV sales in the UK, policy impacts on the electric vehicle market, and the implications of Chinese EV makers entering the market. Ben Nelmes of New Automotive and Ben Kilbey of Bold Voodoo and EVUK came round. Join us for these crucial discussions and deep dive into the future of energy and climate policy.And clips from the Energy Transition Acceleration Forum at the British Library produced by The Carbon Trust - featuring Chris Stark of DESNZ being interviewed by Bloomberg's Akshat Rathi, Quadrature Climate Foundation's Greg de Temmermen, and Arthur Downing of Octopus Energy.00:00 Introduction and Consumer Issues00:34 Welcome to Wicked Problems01:20 Upcoming Interviews and Highlights01:51 Interview with Freya Pratty05:22 Deep Dive into Octopus and Kraken13:41 First of a Kind Factories17:07 Debate on Climate Tech Terminology29:00 Sam Fankhauser Oxford29:00 Interview with Professor Sam Fankhauser39:35 Navigating Congressional Influence on Climate Policy40:22 Vulnerabilities in Renewable Energy Policies41:16 The Role of Media and Reporting in Climate Change41:57 Global Perspectives on Deliverism and Climate Jobs43:28 Emotional vs. Rational Approaches to Climate Advocacy45:16 Global Climate Legislation Trends46:20 Anglo-Saxon Peculiarities in Climate Policy47:51 Future Research and Projects at Oxford Net Zero50:02 EV Sales Ben Squared50:27 Surprising Trends in UK EV Sales01:00:02 The Rise of Chinese EV Manufacturers01:04:35 Challenges and Opportunities in EV Market Policies01:15:54 The Importance of Affordable Electricity in Decarbonization01:18:46 UK's Role in Global Climate Leadership01:20:48 Outro Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to the third season of Gigawaters, an Energy Voice podcast in partnership with Orsted and hosted by renewables reporter, Micheal Behr.  This four part series will explore everything from innovation and decarbonisation to the impact on biodiversity and local communities. First up in the series, Alex Louden, Ørsted senior ventures and open innovation specialist, and Mary Harvey, from the Carbon Trust's Offshore Wind team explore the importance of innovation

This is the second episode of the special Heat Pump Ready podcast series, in collaboration with the Carbon Trust with funding from the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero. In this episode, Nathan talks to 4 Heat Pump Ready projects to discuss ‘How Innovation can improve the heat pump survey and design process'. Key topics discussed include:  - Ways to improve heat loss calculations, the limitations of standard methods and the potential role of measured heat loss in heat pump surveys. - Innovative tools to improve and streamline the survey process, potentially reducing the need for surveyors to visit properties to generate quotes and system designs  - What tools do engineers and installers need to deliver an excellent result to their customers? A summary of the speakers and their Heat Pump Ready projects is provided below:Thomas Whiffen – GEOUtilising data from an existing portfolio of energy modelling and smart thermostat technologies, GEO is looking to provide a solution that will deliver an estimate of a heat pump system required for a property before a boots-on-the-ground assessment.Hermione Crease – PurrmetrixWorking with Hoare Lea, this project will use in-home energy monitoring to calculate the heat loss of a property and provide a forecast of appropriate heat pump products that would suit the homeowner. Richard Jack – Build test SolutionsIn conjunction with Veritherm and Elmhurst, Build Test Solutions use their expertise in measured domestic energy use to determine an accurate heat loss of a property, which can then be used for accurate heat pump sizing. Griff Thomas: HeatlyUsing just your phone camera and the Heatly app, this tool will allow a homeowner to conduct a building survey themselves and receive a complete heat pump design. Supporting both installers and homeowners. The views expressed in this podcast are those of the participants and do not represent the views of the Government or the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero.Support the Show.

The following article of the energy industry is: “Financing Net Zero in Latin America: Challenges and Opportunities” by Arturo Palacios, Deputy Director Mexico of Carbon Trust

IFC's senior industry specialist Ahmad Slaibi, and Tom Cumberlege, director at the Carbon Trust, talk with Innovation Forum's Ian Welsh about their collaborative efforts in developing a tool to address the food loss challenge in the agricultural sector. They explore the tool's potential for agribusinesses at reducing greenhouse emissions by tracking food losses, and its broader implications for food security and environmental sustainability.

This week: IFC's senior industry specialist, Ahmad Slaibi and Tom Cumberlege, director at the Carbon Trust talk with Innovation Forum's Ian Welsh about the development of their new food loss tool. They discuss how the tool can drive increased food availability and reduce significant food loss in developing countries, as well as further opportunities to collaborate with industry leaders to improve the tool. Plus: new president of Mexico at crossroads in delivering the country's energy transition and economic interests; Google to eliminate plastic from its consumer electronics packaging before their plastic-free 2024 deadline; Edinburgh city council sets to ban fossil fuel companies and advertising of high emission modes of transport; global efforts fall short of meeting 2030 targets for renewable electricity generation, says the International Energy Agency; and, climate change is set to be the central focus of UK labour party's general election campaign, in the news digest. 

Can the aviation industry ever reach Net Zero? Are we on the brink of a green steel revolution? In the final episode of our series, Nina and Simon explore emerging solutions to the hardest decarbonisation challenges, with Faustine Delasalle, CEO of Mission Possible Partnership, Rob Trezona, Co-founder of Kiko Ventures, and Ross Bruton, Head of Ventures at the Carbon Trust.

In our last episode, host Lorraine Dallmeier had a fascinating discussion with Joel Tasche, Founder of CleanHub, on the beauty industry's sustainability challenges, in particular its commitment to reducing its reliance on plastic, which as we know, has a huge carbon footprint. Building on that conversation, today's episode takes a close look into a groundbreaking report in late 2023 by the Carbon Trust, provocatively titled “Greenhouse Gloss – Is the beauty industry's commitment to tackling climate change more than skin deep?” If you missed Lorraine's conversation with Joel Tasche, be sure to catch up, as it sets the stage for her exploration in this Green Beauty Opinion of the beauty industry's damning environmental impact. FREE FORMULATION RESOURCES Free formulation course | Green Beauty Conversations Podcast | Blog | YouTube Socials: Formula Botanica on Instagram | Lorraine Dallmeier on Instagram

En este nuevo capítulo de la cuarta temporada de Análisis BIVA ASG nos acompañaron Arturo Palacios, Director Adjunto, México y Líder de Finanzas Sostenible para Latinoamérica de Carbon Trust; y Amanda Luna Mera, Gerente Senior y Líder Comercial de Mercados Ambientales de Carbon Trust, quienes nos hablaron sobre cuáles son los tipos de bonos temáticos que se han desarrollado recientemente y que han empezado a crecer en el mercado; y cuál es el estado actual del mercado de estas emisiones. Conducido por María José Berrueta, Relación con Emisoras en BIVA. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's no secret that fashion has a negative environmental impact through its carbon footprint – and its carbon ‘shoe size' is one of the largest among all global industries. There are many parallel sustainability initiatives in fashion and textiles, and one cornerstone is the movement towards decarbonization. This episode, our host Max Gilgenmann is joined by experts from Carbon Trust to discuss this emergent action area of positive change. Laura Van De Ven and Anna Raffaelli are Carbon Trust's Europe Marketing & Engagement Lead and DACH Regional Manager. The company consults and certifies clients through their process towards decreasing their carbon footprint, and this means going beyond carbon offsetting, where brands will engage in carbon-positive activities (like planting trees), and focusing on carbon insetting, where the brand's own supply chain and operations change to reduce their carbon footprint. Measuring emissions is an important first step in addressing carbon impact, but our guests explain that a systemic, multi-stakeholder plan is the only way to create lasting positive change. Addressing the challenges of decarbonizing the manufacturing stages, to gaining internal leadership buy-in, to greenwash-free communication and reporting, Carbon Trust describes itself as a critical friend to companies on their sustainability journey. Learn more about Carbon Trust at http://www.carbontrust.com/ Our guests have also provided us with some fantastic resources to learn more about decarbonizing the fashion industry: 1. Global Breaking Business Barriers to Net Zero (Research Report): https://www.carbontrust.com/our-work-and-impact/guides-reports-and-tools/breaking-business-barriers-to-net-zero 2. How to counter greenwashing with transparent communications | The Carbon Trust: https://www.carbontrust.com/our-work-and-impact/guides-reports-and-tools/how-to-counter-greenwashing-with-transparent-communications 3. Eine Einführung zu Scope 3 Emissionen | The Carbon Trust: https://www.carbontrust.com/de/projekte-und-ressourcen/ressourcen/eine-einfuehrung-zu-scope-3-emissionen 4. Webinar: Communicating your environmental action with transparency - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjZzDWuxhgM 5. Podcast: What's innovation got to do with it? https://open.spotify.com/show/59R1wjPnmhxkP3GRhp3Bq8 6. Subscribe to the quarterly European newsletter: https://carbontrust.us17.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=5b9c5b13f086ee7879e392500&id=5404dd9944 7. Inspiration: Gemeinsame Projekterfolge | The Carbon Trust including Dr. Martens: https://www.carbontrust.com/de/projekte-und-ressourcen/gemeinsame-projekterfolge/mit-dr-martens-ein-nachhaltigeres-geschaeftsmodell-entwickeln 202030 – The Berlin Fashion Summit is organized by studio MM04, in cooperation with the Beneficial Design Institute. It is a part of Berlin Fashion Week, and is funded by the Senate Department for Economics, Energy and Public Enterprises Berlin. Learn more at https://202030summit.com/

The following article of the energy industry is: “COP28 Drives Momentum on Need to End Fossil Fuel Era” by Simon Retallack, Director, Net Zero Intelligence Unit and Director, Latin America at Carbon Trust

To reach Net Zero, we will need to step away from business models which rely on patterns of production and consumption that are fundamentally incompatible with a Net Zero world. We need innovative business models that embrace novel ways of designing, producing, and using products and services. In this episode, we explore the exciting possibilities of the circular economy with Andrew Morlet, Chief Executive Officer at the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, and Aleyn Smith-Gillespie, who leads the Carbon Trust's work on the circular economy and business model innovation.

To achieve Net Zero, we don't just need brand new technologies, we also need vast amounts more of the ones we've already created, such offshore wind, electric vehicles and solar power. This isn't just a case of doing more of the same; deploying these huge volumes, and quickly, demands a new approach. In this episode, we explore how innovation can help to scale existing solutions, with a focus on offshore wind. Nina and Simon are joined by Lyndie Hice-Dunton, the Executive Director of the US National Offshore Wind Research and Development Consortium, Simon Sharpe, the Director of Economics at the UN High Level Climate Champions and Megan Smith, the Head of Offshore Wind Advisory at the Carbon Trust to discuss the success story of offshore wind to date, and where efforts should focus now to take offshore wind to the next level.

The UK is focused on increasing ambition in accelerating the green industrial revolution. At every point in the lifecycle, opportunities exist for technology innovators and investors to partner to deliver the industrial sector of the future. Investments not only in infrastructure but in supercharging UK R&D and workforce skills that will give us a global competitive export advantage. This session presents a selection of briefings from Peter Bachmann (MD, Sustainable Infrastructure, Gresham House), Julia Reinaud (Senior Director, Breakthrough Energy), David Aitken (Director of Innovation, Carbon Trust), Kate Levick (Associate Director, Sustainable Finance, E3G), and Nathan Cooper (Director, Policy & Engagement, High-Level Climate Champions). The inaugural Innovation Zero Congress at Olympia London in 2023 convened 6,866 passionate, forward-looking experts who exchanged critical knowledge, debate and discussions around the implementation and scaling of the innovations needed to meet the Paris goals. Learn more via www.innovationzero.com.

Anastasiya Pak talks to Professor Wim Vanderbauwhede - lead of the Low Carbon and Sustainable Computing activity at the School of Computing Science of the University of Glasgow - about the carbon footprint of the ICT industry, misleading narratives around digitalisation, and why the notion of frugal computing is needed to move forward. 05:49 – The split of ICT emissions - 54% home, 19% data centres, 27% networks - is taken from the "Carbon impact of video streaming" white paper by the Carbon Trust, 2021. 07:13 – Problems with the claims about emission avoidance through digitalisation are discussed in "Digital Rebound – Why Digitalization Will Not Redeem Us Our Environmental Sins", Vlad C. Coroamă and Friedemann Mattern, 2019. 26:00 - The limited potential for offsetting of emission through biomass is discussed in "There aren't enough trees in the world to offset society's carbon emissions – and there never will be", Bonnie Waring, 2023. 34:37 – Wim discusses the notion of Frugal Computing in more detail in in his position paper "Frugal computing – On the need for low-carbon and sustainable computing and the path towards zero-carbon computing". A more academic version is available here. 37:09 - The potential for efficiency gains through better software is discussed in "There's plenty of room at the Top: What will drive computer performance after Moore's law?", Charles E. Leiserson et al. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In the last few months, three major projects in Europe and America have been delayed or canceled, thanks to rapidly rising costs.  Those projects make up more than 10% of current offshore wind capacity in the EU and US, according to Bloomberg. Another 9.7 gigawatts are at risk in America, as developers look to renegotiate contracts. The complexity of offshore wind magnifies the technical and financial risks. And the financial picture for some projects has worsened over the last two years as inflation has driven up the cost of materials and labor across the supply chain. This week: offshore wind is taking a hit. We'll talk with Jan Matthiesen, director of offshore wind and maritime decarbonization at The Carbon Trust, about whether financial challenges in the industry will encourage more technical innovation to bring costs down. Are you looking to understand how artificial intelligence will shape the business of energy? Come network with utilities, top energy firms, startups, and AI experts at Transition-AI: New York on October 19. Our listeners get a 10% discount with the code pspods10. The Carbon Copy is supported by FischTank PR, a specialized climatetech PR firm dedicated to bringing meaningful results for companies in sectors spanning grid edge, solar, energy storage, battery, EVs, alternative fuels, VC and green building. FischTank helps clients stand out in an increasingly competitive and noisy space. Visit FischTank PR to learn more. The Carbon Copy is brought to you by Savant Power. Savant's end-to-end power systems provide energy generation, inverter and battery storage, generator control, flexible load management for every circuit, and level two EV charging. Learn more about the only company that can deliver an integrated smart home and energy solution controlled via a single award-winning app at Savant.com.

The following article of the energy industry is: “To Achieve Net-Zero Emissions, Is Hydrogen Worth the Hype?” by Simon Retallack, Director, Net Zero Intelligence Unit and Director, Latin America of Carbon Trust

¿Las empresas están trabajando para cumplir metas de cero emisiones? Conocé el panorama en América Latina de la mano de Elizabeth Mosqueda, de Carbon Trust.

Alongside usual episodes from the BetaTalk Podcast, Nathan will be helping the Carbon Trust and the Department of Energy Security and Net Zero disseminate knowledge around the learnings from the Heat Pump Ready Programme with around 10 extra podcast episodes. This is episode 1 of these special Heat Pump Ready bulletins.  The Heat Pump Ready Programme is part of the The Net Zero Innovation Portfolio, which  is a £1 billion fund, announced in the Prime Minister's ten point plan for a green industrial revolution, to accelerate the commercialisation of low-carbon technologies, systems and business models in power, buildings, and industry.Nathan speaks to Nicola Lazenby who is the Energy Innovation Programme Manager, leading on the £60m Net Zero Innovation Portfolio Heat Pump Ready Programme at the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero. Nicola has nearly a decade of experience leading innovation and technical research projects to support Government net zero policies. Nicola's passion for innovation and research stems from her academic background in civil engineering, where her PhD focused on pile foundation heat exchangers. Previous programmes which Nicola has led includes the Energy Entrepreneurs Fund, Building for 2050 and the Energy Catalyst programme, in addition to her role in developing acceleration support services for the entrepreneurs supported by such funds. As an advocate for diversity in the heat pump sector, Nicola is the founding member of the Women in Heat Pump Network.Nathan also chats with Will Rivers from the Carbon Trust who leads Stream 3 of the Heat Pump Ready Programme and is Technical lead for the Green Homes Finance Accelerator. He also works on net zero strategies for social landlords. Support the show

In our latest podcast, we revisit the topic of decarbonisation from a packaging perspective – a topic that is becoming ever more relevant and urgent. Sarah Laidler, senior consultant at the Carbon Trust speaks to Elisabeth Skoda about the complexities around decarbonisation, the UN treaty to end plastic waste and how this ties in with carbon, the impact of different packaging materials and much more. We have a new podcast coming out at least once a month. Make sure you subscribe so you don't miss an episode.For more packaging news, interviews and multimedia content visit Packaging Europe.

Host Chris Adams is joined by Andri Johnston, Digital Sustainable Lead for Cambridge University Press and Assessment as they talk about using DIMPACT to calculate the carbon impact of digital publishing as well as news from the world of green software concerning one acronym; ESG and one portmanteau; LightSwitchOps. They also cover some upcoming events and we learn about Andri's love of books!

Supply chains are responsible for a quarter of the world's carbon emissions. Learn how to accelerate the move to a decarbonised future as Logistics Business Editor Peter MacLeod talks to Serene Esuruoso and Felix Prettejohn of the Carbon Trust, experts in hydrogen technology and transport. What new technologies can be used and what are the easy wins? Listen to find out. and understand the hurdles: cost, infrastructure and uncertainty. Subscribe today for free at https://www.logisticsbusiness.com/logistics-business-magazine-subscribe/ https://plus.acast.com/s/logistics-business-conversations-1. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Influences from around the worldBorn in Sri Lanka, David's father managed tea estates and David followed him around the world throughout the early years of his life. He lived in South India for ten years, then moved to Uganda for 3-4 years and finally to Canada. Throughout those years travelling, from the age of 8 David was flying back to the UK to go to boarding school.David shared that looking back, having these influences from around the world has shaped who he is today, his perspective on life and the way he does business. Visiting and living in all of these diverse countries, gave him the chance to experience the extreme differences between countries such as the climate and poverty.All in all, it taught him resilience, opened him up to influences from everywhere and gave him the ability to look at the world from a unique viewpoint. Leading peopleDavid became the joint Managing Director of ARGENT in 2006 and the sole Managing Partner in 2012. Almost half of that time has been spent in some sort of leadership position.Aside from the plethora of iconic projects that he has worked on within his career, David shares the part that he is most proud of is the business and its people. To be able to say that the values that he sees within the organisation today that are driving people to create great places are the ones that the business was built upon 30 years ago is something that he is extremely proud of.David shares that he has always wanted the business to be admired AND respected. He reveals he has instilled and maintained those values within the business by firstly articulating them to the key stakeholders within the business as well as hiring people into the business that share the same values and will flourish under them. Net Zero Carbon Building Standard InitiativeThis is something that David has always been extremely interested in, and a topic that Argent has been implementing in all their projects – to be as climate change friendly as possible.David became the Chair of the trustees of the UK Green Building Council in 2017 and to this day is a trustee. After having a discussion about what things are of critical importance within the property industry, David shares there was a unanimous agreement that the industry needed a single definition of what net zero carbon was for the entire market.They have now brought together a whole group of property professionals, including RIBA, RICS and the Carbon Trust to bring the initiative forward by the entire real estate industry. The initiative has been formulated by professionals with the intention of getting it adopted by everyone from the people that own the building, the people that build the building and the people that lend money to those people.David shares that if the industry has a single metric of what net zero really means, then we can all account for it, and that's the key. As soon as the industry can find a price for carbon and measure it, everyone will start to adapt their real estate to ensure they end in a net zero position. 

The following article of the energy industry is: “A Comprehensive Climate Approach for Financial Institutions” by Arturo Palacios, Deputy Director of Carbon Trust

FORCES OF NATURE: A talkshow miniseries featuring dynamic leaders from across food & environmental movements. Tune-in for a dose of optimism.   FORGING A STRONGER VALUE CHAIN w/ host: Aaron Niederhelman In a perpetual dance between value creation and supply chains, hear how Souberian pushes the envelop w/ Unilever's 400 in-house brands.  --- Eric Souberian Executive Director of Climate and Nature Fund, & Vice-President Business Operation Sustainability at Unilever ---  INTRODUCTION With over two decades of international work experience in sustainability, general management, sourcing, and M&A, Eric Soubeiran is a leading force behind Unilever's massive value chain. In his role as the VP Business Operation Sustainability, Eric manages the environmental impact of one of the largest CPGs companies in the world. Soubeiran is also the Executive Director of the € 1 billion Climate and Nature investment fund that Unilever launched to take decisive action, and support the collective efforts of their 400 in-house brands seeking to protect the health of the planet. Eric focuses efforts on building multi-stakeholder environments, and he leverages a convening capacity to bring key stakeholders together to drive transformation and establish impact at scale. Leadership skills that he's picked up throughout the years from mentors like Alan Jope and Emmanuel Faber. Prior to Unilever, Soubeiran was Chief Sustainability Officer and VP of Nature and water cycle at Danone, and he's currently a non-executive director of the Carbon Trust and The Gold Standard Foundation.   ---   RADICAL TRANSPARENCY Soubeiran talks about pioneering transparency, “It's about knowing where you are sourcing things from. We are investing quite a lot of time in traceability because our value chains are quite complex, and most of the world's supply chains are very complex too. For this to work you must do it in collaboration and with suppliers. We are dialoguing with our suppliers to put in place our climate action programs.” “Last year we piloted transparency initiatives with a group of 60 diverse suppliers. We looked at how we could connect our value chain -with- their value chains. This is being very transparent with key stakeholders; we all have to share what you know and what you don't know. The program has been successful, so we're scaling it up to 300 suppliers next year – which represents 65% of our (Unilever's) carbon footprint.”   ---   A BILLION € EUOR CLIMATE & NATURE INVESTMENT FUND To accelerate climate action, Unilever's brands will collectively invest €1 billion in a dedicated Climate & Nature Fund. These resources will be allocated over the next ten years to take meaningful and decisive action, with projects (likely) to include landscape restoration, reforestation, carbon sequestration, wildlife protection and water preservation.   "The climate & nature fund is to transform some of the key ingredients that we use in our products to a more sustainable manner. The objective is to fulfill the promise that the brands have to the world. We want to create a movement around this fund so that we're attracting the right partners along the journey.”     ---   ABOUT UNILEVER:  Unilever products are used by more than 3.4 billion people every day in over 190 countries. In 2022, Unilever had a total turnover €60 billion and employed 150,000 people. Unilever has more than 400 brands sold around the globe – with 14 reaching sales over €1 billion, and 81% of all brands being in the top two in respective markets.    

In this episode, Claudia talks tom to Tom Delay CBE, the CEO of the Carbon Trust. They start the conversation with Tom's career which started in a very interesting way, the world's first carbon tax and a just transition. Tom then walks us through the Carbon Trust, the way its mission drives what they do, Net Zero and how to recognize good Net Zero claims. They also discuss climate policy, the role of the demcratic process in it and the three roles consumers play in climate change. They wrap up the discussion with 2023 sustainability trends and Tom shares tips for climate enthusiasts who want to pursue a climate change career.   Please find more information on Tom and the Carbon Trust here: https://www.carbontrust.com/ 

De COP27 is ten einde en de stemming is somber. Wat moeten we doen om volgend jaar tevreden aan een nieuwe COP deel te nemen? Leo Meyer onderhandelde tijdens de totstandkoming van het VN-klimaatverdrag en werkte mee aan IPCC rapporten. Hij heeft de COP gevolgd en weet hoe de onderhandelingen achter de schermen er aan toe gaan. Pauline op de Beeck is associate director bij het bedrijf Carbon Trust. Zij adviseert bedrijven met science based targets richting net zero en heeft afgelopen twee weken op de 'corporate-site' van de COP doorgebracht. Je luistert Koplopers op BNR.nl, in de BNR app, via Change.inc, of op jouw favoriete podcastplatform.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

De COP27 is ten einde en de stemming is somber. Wat moeten we doen om volgend jaar tevreden aan een nieuwe COP deel te nemen? Leo Meyer onderhandelde tijdens de totstandkoming van het VN-klimaatverdrag en werkte mee aan IPCC rapporten. Hij heeft de COP gevolgd en weet hoe de onderhandelingen achter de schermen er aan toe gaan. Pauline op de Beeck is associate director bij het bedrijf Carbon Trust. Zij adviseert bedrijven met science based targets richting net zero en heeft afgelopen twee weken op de 'corporate-site' van de COP doorgebracht. Je luistert Koplopers op BNR.nl, in de BNR app, via Change.inc, of op jouw favoriete podcastplatform.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Number 1 best-selling finance book author, Andrew Craig, joins us live on the WealthTalk podcast this week.  During his career in finance, Andrew has met with the senior management teams of over one thousand companies and with several hundred professional investors and has regularly been involved in high profile stock market transactions. These have included the Kingdom of Sweden's sales of Nordea Bank AB in 2013 (totalling $7.6 billion) and the stock market flotation of several dozen companies including the likes of EasyJet, Burberry, Campari, Carluccio's, the Carbon Trust and lastminute.com. Andrew's view is simply that you really owe it to yourself to learn enough about money and investment to get your financial house in order. The rewards for doing this are life-changing. With simple investing and by managing your own money, you'll be able to achieve higher returns and save 1000s of pounds in fees and charges. Even if you only have £50 a month to learn how to invest better. “It is time to get your money working for you.” Andrew insists that investing is for everyone and that most people partake in the destruction of their wealth each year, by not investing, due to a lack of financial literacy.  His number 1 best-selling finance book, ‘How to Own the World' explains why you can and must learn about investment, and highlights the significant advantages you have over many finance professionals. Andrew believes the knowledge needed to grow your money isn’t complicated, just very poorly distributed throughout the population. Something he is trying to change.  Resources Mentioned In This Episode:>> Andrew Craig [LinkedIn]>> Plain English Finance [Website]>> How to Own the World: A Plain English Guide to Thinking Globally and Investing Wisely [Amazon] >> Register for the FRE Live Academy Webinar>> Join the WealthBuilders Academy>> REGISTER HERE FOR FREE RESOURCES ACCESS If you have been enjoying listening to WealthTalk - Please Leave Us A Review!

Según un informe de la Carbon Trust del 2011, que analizó los distintos sectores según el análisis del ciclo de vida y situó a la industria textil como la segunda más contaminante del mundo después de la petrolera. Nadia Lavroff nos habla entre otros datos cuántos litros de agua se utilizan para fabricar un jean o una remera de algodón. Además, habla sobre la economía circular como salida a la cultura del descarte en la industria textil.

Juliet Ermer and Sarah Laidler from the Carbon Trust talk with Innovation Forum's Ian Welsh about decarbonisation in the packaging sector, and what is needed to enable recycled plastic content to compete with virgin. They discuss the prospects for a legally binding UN plastics treaty by 2024 and consider legislation on extended producer responsibility, pros and cons of chemical recycling and what good policy on consistency in packaging design can look like.

This week: Sarah Laidler and Juliet Ermer from the Carbon Trust talk about the evolving impacts of packaging, what good policy looks like, and potential routes to packaging decarbonisation. They also discuss the significant challenges that remain preventing plastic packaging moving to truly circular reuse and recycling models.    Plus: CEOs expect recession in 2023 and contemplate pausing ESG programmes, according to KPMG report; Nestlé halts sourcing palm oil from Indonesian supplier accused of land and human rights abuses; how better waste management could enable net-negative emissions for cities; and, Tesco's plans to halve food waste in operations by 2025, in the news digest, compiled by Bea Stevenson.   Host: Ian Welsh

I was honoured to have Baroness Brown of Cambridge DBE FREng FRS, Julia King on the podcast to talk about adapting to climate change risk in real estate. She's currently Chair of the Adaptation Committee of the UK Climate Change Committee, which she has been a member of since it was formed in 2008. She also chairs the Carbon Trust, is a non-executive director of Ørsted and of Ceres Power and a member of the Government's Hydrogen Advisory Committee. Previous roles include as the UK's Low Carbon Business Ambassador, Non-Executive Director of the Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult and of the Green Investment Bank. So, she's extremely well-qualified to talk about climate change and what we need to do now to reduce its impacts, with a particular focus on housing. Key topics include: What risks we need to prepare for and how - including over-heating in homes, climate change ghettoisation and poorly adapted office to residential conversions Hazards, exposure and vulnerability Creating the right kinds of policy in pursuit of a clear vision so that we adapt and minimise climate change risks, without adverse consequences Guest website: https://members.parliament.uk/member/4565/contact / https://www.carbontrust.com/who-we-are/people/julia-king-baroness-brown-of-cambridge Guest LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/baroness-brown-julia-king-dbe-freng-frs-5a955319/ Sponsor website: immo.capital Sponsor LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/immoinvesttech/ Host LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/annaclareharper/ Host website: annaclareharper.com

Tiphaine Aries, consultant at the Carbon Trust, talks with Ian Welsh about how companies are responding to the pressures from stakeholders to plan for net zero emissions, set targets and be transparent on progress. They discuss the new Route to Net Zero Standard from the Carbon Trust, the specific challenges tackling scopes 1, 2 and 3 emissions and some pointers to look for that demonstrate success in terms of progress over the coming years.

The following article of the energy industry is: “Towards a Net-Zero Recovery” by Simon Retallack, Director, Net Zero Intelligence Unit and Director, Latin America of Carbon Trust

This week: Renata Nogueira from Cargill discusses how to work with suppliers in Brazil to prevent land conversion and report degraded ecosystems. And Tiphaine Aries from the Carbon Trust talks about corporate net zero planning and a new route to net zero standard. Plus: Selfridges builds its resale, repair, rental and refill model; brands still have cotton sourced from Xinjiang in apparel lines; the impacts of Antarctic krill fishing; and, new carbon credit insurance scheme, in the news digest. And, Innovation Forum's Emily Heslop gives an update on the future of plastics and packaging conference coming up on 11th and 12th October. Host: Ian Welsh   

Mais de 700 das 2.000 maiores empresas do mundo, se comprometeram publicamente a zerar suas emissões de gases do efeito estufa nas próximas décadas. Elas divulgaram suas metas de net zero ou carbono zero - termos que você deve ter começado a ouvir mais e mais recentemente. Por exemplo, a Nestlé e a Shell se comprometeram a zerar suas emissões até 2050, a brasileira JBS até 2040, o Facebook e a Siemens, até 2030.Mas o "net zero" está virando um daqueles termos que começam a ser repetidos,  como se todo mundo soubesse do que se trata. Nesse episódio você vai entender o que é exatamente o carbono zero - porque, pelo menos por enquanto, não é possível que empresas operem sem emitir carbono algum como o termo sugere. E nesse ambiente de pouca clareza, tem muita empresa divulgando metas de pouca credibilidade. Meu entrevistado é João Lampreia, diretor da Carbon Trust, uma consultoria sem fins lucrativos que ajuda empresas e governos na transição para uma economia   de baixo carbono. O João está na linha de frente, ajudando dezenas de empresas nesse processo de estabelecimento de metas para o net zero.Nessa conversa, ele fala não só dos esforços para medir e divulgar o efeito das empresas no clima como também o contrário: como os riscos climáticos afetam os negócios das empresas. Estima-se que 2,5 trilhões de dólares em ativos financeiros globais estariam em risco se as temperaturas aumentarem mais de 2,5 graus até 2100. Ou seja, se essas informações sobre o risco climático não entrarem nos cálculos de bancos e seguradoras, é a estabilidade do sistema financeiro que entra em risco. Para você que já está mais a par das novas regras de transparência para empresas, vamos falar aqui de SBTi, TCFD e a nova regulação do Banco Central sobre riscos climáticos. Mas se tudo isso é novo pra você, não se preocupe: o João é super didático e explica direitinho a sopa de letrinhas. –Críticas? Sugestões? Escreva para  podcast@economiadofuturo.comReferênciashttps://newclimate.org/resources/publications/corporate-climate-responsibility-monitor-2022https://www.reuters.com/business/sustainable-business/report-casts-doubt-net-zero-emissions-pledges-by-big-global-companies-2022-06-12/https://zerotracker.net/insights/pr-net-zero-stocktake-2022https://ca1-eci.edcdn.com/reports/ECIU-Oxford_Taking_Stock.pdf?v=1616461369Support the show

On this episode of Built on Regen, a community voices series of the Planetary Regeneration podcast, host Gregory Landua chats with Howard Sharfstein, co-founder and Board President of Kulshan Carbon Trust: a non-profit that promotes and enables regenerative natural climate solutions. Tune in to learn about carbon trusts, and what it means to take a multistakeholder approach to regenerative agriculture. Learn more at kulshuncarbontrust.org. Find the transcript for this episode here: https://tinyurl.com/047-kulshanct

The following article of the energy industry is: “Nature-Related Risks and Opportunities in Financial Disclosures” by Arturo Palacios, Deputy Director of Carbon Trust

How can people and businesses learn to adapt and live with climate change? What behaviours should be adopted, what conversations should be had and actions taken at a global, national and local level? In the third episode of our mini-series - Science, Policy & Climate Resilience - Host Emily So, Professor of Architectural Engineering, University of Cambridge, is joined by Professor Dame Julia King, Baroness Brown of Cambridge, member of the House of Lords, Chair of the Adaptation Committee of the Committee on Climate Change and Chair of the Carbon Trust. Plus Emily Farnworth, Co-Director of the Centre for Climate Engagement at Hughes Hall, University of Cambridge. -- Season 6 is produced in partnership with the research project Expertise Under Pressure, Centre for the Humanities and Social Change at the University of Cambridge. CSaP: The Science & Policy Podcast is edited and produced by CSaP Communications Coordinator Jessica Foster. Research for this series is supported by CSaP Policy Researcher Nick Cosstick. Podcast theme music by Transistor.fm. Learn how to start a podcast here. -- Further reading on this episode: The Climate Change Committee's website: https://www.theccc.org.uk/ Article on supply chain risks stemming from climate change. Second UK Climate Change Risk Assessment report (2017). Third UK Climate Change Risk Assessment report (2022). Government announcement regarding their planned phase-out of petrol and diesel cars. Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures website. The Economics of Biodiversity: The Dasgupta Review. Natural England blog: Biodiversity Net Gain - more than just a number. 9 things you can do about climate change - The Grantham Institute - Climate Change and the Environment. The National Digital Twin programme's Climate Resilience Demonstrator (CReDo): https://digitaltwinhub.co.uk/credo/ Sign up to our CSaP newsletter by clicking here.

On today's episode of Modern Idealist, we have a conversation with climate evangelist Gala Anania. After a successful career as a translator and interpreter, Gala took a leap into sustainability consulting, embarked on a zero-waste life, and found her own way of balancing the ever-present trade-offs between how she makes a difference in her personal life and through her work where she helps companies decarbonize. Gala is currently working at The Carbon Trust, a global sustainability consultancy, and previously she was at myFootprint, a carbon accounting start-up bringing climate action to SMEs. She holds a Master's in Sustainability Management and Innovation from Westminster Business School. In her past career life, she was a conference interpreter working mainly in finance and sustainability, where she attended COP22. She has now espoused the Zero Waste lifestyle for a few years, has lived in 6 countries, and speaks 4 languages. *SUBSCRIBE TO US!* ✅ @Modern Idealist on Spotify / Apple Podcast / Google Podcast ✅ Instagram: ModernIdealistPodcast *CONNECT WITH US!* Tell us what you enjoyed and what you want to hear more of! ✨ Email: ModernIdealistPodcast@gmail.com ✨ Guest: Gala's Linkedin ✨ Meryn's Linkedin ✨ Valerie's Linkedin --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/modernidealist/message

In our new Brand Practitioners Podcast Series, we invite brand leaders from organizations across different industries to discuss how they use brand marketing to drive growth and the role research plays in the overall brand and business strategy. In this fourth episode we're joined by Julia Nicoara, Marketing & Communications Director at the Carbon Trust. Julia discusses how they bring to life their brand promise of “to accelerate your mission to net zero” and how they have cut through the noise and raised brand awareness on a global scale.

The role of gas in South Africa's future energy mix in the context of our Paris and Glasgow commitments to reduce our carbon emissions on a pathway to net zero by 2050 is stirring some heated debate. In response to this imperative, the National Business Initiative, together with Business Unity South Africa and the Boston Consulting Group has worked with corporate leaders to assess whether the pathways exist for the country's economic sectors to decarbonise by 2050. Recently it released its third report in the series, focusing on the role of gas in South Africa's path to net-zero. Academics argue that pursuing gas could lead to stranded assets while critics rebuff that we cannot ignore the economic realities of energy security and ignore potential resource endowments that could bring massive economic benefit if responsibly exploited. As always with these energy debates its complicated and the truth generally resides somewhere between those two poles. ​ Keshlan Mudaly, Principal - Boston Consulting Group (BCG) is one of the reports authors and joins our roundtable along with Craig Morkel, Chair of SAOGA's Gas Economy Leadership Group and CEO of iKapa Energy & Jarredine Morris, Senior Manager at The Carbon Trust

By Samuel Greengard Communications of the ACM, Vol. 64 No. 12, Pages 23-25 10.1145/3490165 Modern life increasingly is defined by the activities we . Modern life increasingly is defined by the activities we engage in online: Zoom meetings at work, Netflix and Xbox marathons at home, and a steady stream of YouTube, TikTok, and Facebook video clips in the nooks and crannies in between. There are many benefits to life online, yet there are also undeniable social, economic, and environmental costs. While global emissions from video streaming and other digital activities comprise somewhere in the neighborhood of 3% of the total,a the voracious and growing appetite for bandwidth is raising concerns about sustainability—and prompting some to wonder whether it is possible to keep up with the demand. "We're seeing the digitization of everything—work, entertainment and shopping. There's a huge shift in lifestyle and it's sharpening the focus on how all of these devices impact things," says Eric Williams, a professor of sustainability at the Golisano Institute for Sustainability of the Rochester Institute of Technology. As bandwidth demand ticks upward and carries the demand for power with it, "There's an emerging discussion about the role of all the digital services we've come to rely on," says Mike Hazas, a professor in the Department of Information Technology at the University of Uppsala in Sweden. "It's an important discussion, because how we design and use systems will define our future." Back to Top Left to Our Devices There's a common assumption that life online is cleaner and greener than life in the physical realm. There is near-zero cost to sending an email message or viewing a YouTube video. While it is true a Zoom meeting consumes only a fraction of the energy of a commute to work or a flight across the country, it does require bandwidth and electricity. Of course, as millions of people venture online for billions of video calls, the energy and bandwidth requirements accumulate, and can spike. The ability to click and instantly watch videos—and even autoplay them in various apps—has changed behavior in profound ways. According to networking firm Sandvine, upwards of 60% of the traffic on the Internet is now related to consumer video streaming, and sites such as Netflix, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube carry the bulk of this traffic, which is growing at an annual clip of about 24%.b The Carbon Trust, an independent U.K.-based advisory organization comprised of experts in sustainability, reports that long-form video streaming accounts for 45% of all Internet traffic.c Artificial intelligence, machine learning, deep learning, cryptocurrency mining, Blockchain, and the Internet of Things (IoT) are poised to ratchet up the stakes further. "These systems will add huge volumes of traffic to the Internet, and much of this traffic is automated and not constrained by users," says Kelly Widdicks, a post-doctoral researcher at the School of Computing and Communications at Lancaster University in the U.K. The direct use of devices, and how they draw power and bandwidth, is not the only factor in understanding how they impact things, however. About 90% of the energy a smartphone uses during its life cycle is embedded in the manufacturing process.d This includes collecting rare materials for batteries, fabricating devices, and recycling and disposing of components. What's more, after a smartphone handset is produced, about 90% of the energy consumption takes place off the phone, including on the network and in the datacenter.e Further complicating matters: fast, persistent Internet connections modify behavior. A 2021 study conducted by a pair of researchers at the U.K.'s University of Sussex, Bernado Calderola and Steve Sorrell, found that the availability of telework may actually encourage people to move farther from their place of work and engage in additional non-work-related travel. The authors noted that such "results provi...

Find out more on our website: https://bit.ly/3Gm5htR Deforestation and other forms of land use change are a major cause of biodiversity loss and a large net source of anthropogenic GHG emissions, contributing about a quarter of the global total. Reducing deforestation is an essential contributor to meeting both climate and biodiversity goals. Reforestation, forest restoration and other “natural climate solutions” (NCS) are some of the few options available now to deliver negative GHG emissions at scale, relatively quickly and inexpensively. One credible estimate is that NCS could deliver 37% of the GHG reductions needed by 2030 to meet the Paris goals at less than $100/te. But NCS also raise serious concerns about the verifiability, sustainability and permanence of supply and about how NCS credits will be used and accounted for. The key questions are whether the concerns can be sufficiently addressed for the benefits of NCS to outweigh the risks. And whether voluntary or regulated markets are best placed both to manage the risks and attract the vast scale of investment that would be needed to realise the potential of NCS sustainably. Paul Jefferiss will offer his own perspective on those questions, based on thirty years' experience working at the interface between climate change and biodiversity. Speaker: Dr Paul Jefferiss has over thirty years' executive, non-executive, advisory and teaching experience in sustainability in the private sector, NGOs, government and academia. His interests lie at the intersection between energy, climate and biodiversity, and in mechanisms for valuing and controlling natural resource damage. He is currently a Non-Executive Director of the Carbon Trust and Programme Lead, Sustainability and Climate Change at the UK National Committee on China (UKNCC). He recently stepped down as bp's global Head of Policy and Partnerships, where he managed the company's positions and relationships on energy, climate and the environment for over a decade. Previously, he worked as Executive Director of the Green Alliance in London and as Energy Programme Director at the Union of Concerned Scientists in the US. He has advised the Clinton and Blair governments on energy and climate policy and was a UK Regulator of Renewable Fuels. He has given evidence on energy and climate to numerous Parliamentary committees and published and spoken and widely on these topics. He has degrees from Cambridge, Harvard and Tufts, where he lectured on Environmental Management for UNEP. He has been honoured by the Queen as a “Pioneer to the Life of the Nation” for services to the environment.

Hello and welcome to the Alcohol Alert, brought to you by The Institute of Alcohol Studies.In this edition:Upcoming eventsThis month’s IAS blogsBig change for alcohol duty but will public health win or lose?🎵 Podcast feature 🎵Alcohol industry funded websites spread misinformation on cardiovascular riskHow has minimum unit pricing in Scotland affected alcohol-related crime?The Lords discuss gambling evidence review and links to alcohol harmIreland must commence with alcohol labelling or risk further harmGovernment rejects call for alcohol to be considered a “less healthy product” and for better labelling of productsWhich studies came out?We hope you enjoy our roundup of stories below: please feel free to share. Thank you.Upcoming eventsJoin us on Wednesday 03 November, 14:00-15:30, to discuss alcohol’s impact on the environment, seminar 2 of our four-part sustainability series.IAS Chief Executive, Dr Katherine Severi, will introduce the seminar and give an overview of the topic, including how the production and distribution of alcohol can affect greenhouse gas emissions, water use and waste, and how climate change may affect alcohol production in future.Joining us is Dr Modi Mwatsama of the Wellcome Trust, who will go into more detail about how food and drink affects our environment, what individuals can do to reduce their impact, and how we need a food revolution to improve our practices.Tom Cumberlege of the Carbon Trust will round off the event by discussing the work they do in helping businesses to reduce their environmental impact, including a number of case studies of working with the alcohol industry.Please register for the event here and come prepared with lots of questions for our panel!This month’s IAS blogsBig change for alcohol duty but will public health win or lose?On 27 October the Chancellor Rishi Sunak unveiled the Government’s Autumn 2021 budget, which saw a big change to alcohol duties: from 2023 alcohol will be taxed based on its strength, so the stronger the alcohol the higher the tax.However, as many have said, the devil is in the detail.So what is the detail?Our current alcohol duty system is full of inconsistencies whereby different drinks are taxed at different rates according to both strength and volume. An overview of the current system is presented in chart 4A, which is taken from the Government’s Alcohol Duty Review consultation document. The new system proposed by the Chancellor will simplify the alcohol duty structures by reducing the number of strength ‘bands’, or Alcohol by Volume (ABV) ranges to apply duty rates to. These bands will be applied more consistently across alcohol product categories and are presented in chart 4B. The alcohol content bands that duties will now be applied to are: 1.2-3.4% ABV, 3.5-8.4% ABV, 8.5-22% ABV, and above 22% ABV.For the bands 8.5-22% ABV and above 22% ABV, all products across all categories will pay the same rate of duty. The duty applied to a bottle of rose wine, for instance, will come down by 23p per bottle while strong beer will attract more duty. Here’s an example from The Guardian of how some drinks will change in price.Draught beer duties will be reduced by 5% for containers over 40 litres, in an attempt to support the hospitality industry. The Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) said:“The introduction of a draught duty rate is a game-changer for cask beer drinkers, cider and perry drinkers and the great British local. This is something CAMRA has campaigned on for many years and we are delighted the Government has listened”.However the Society for Independent Brewers (SIBA) said it had called for the draught beer duty relief to apply to containers above 20 litres – so that it would benefit craft keg and cask. As the policy only applies to 40 litre containers, bigger companies will benefit more.One of the less rational aspects of the changes is the continuation of lower duty rates for cider. Under the new proposals, cider will attract less duty than other products of the same strength, until it reaches the higher band of >8.5%. As table 4B below shows, cider duties will be less than half of beer duties for the same strength products.The Government reasoning for this is that they are “mindful of the significant impact this would likely have on the cider industry. Apple and pear cider clearances have been in decline for the last decade, with volumes decreasing 28% since between 2009 and 2019”.In response to this, health economist Colin Angus, of the University of Sheffield, said:“All this does is encourages heavier drinkers to drink cider. Because it's much cheaper. And they do. The Treasury acknowledges the issue, but protests they can't fix the huge disparity, because it would involve there then not being a huge disparity... This is by far the biggest failing of the UK duty system and until somebody fixes it and taxes cider on a par with beer, heavy drinkers are going to continue to do themselves a huge amount of harm drinking incredibly cheap white cider.”Another announcement at the Budget that sparked concern amongst public health bodies was the freezing of alcohol duties once more this year. As the Treasury’s own figures show below, this will cost the UK Government over £0.5billion every year, as well as increasing harm, which the increase in affordability inevitably leads to.In response to the changes, IAS Chief Executive Dr Katherine Severi said:“We welcome the principles outlined in the Chancellor’s alcohol duties review to protect public health and simplify the system by tackling high-strength low-cost alcohol. It is common sense that stronger drinks should cost more, as they do more damage to the health of individuals, to families, and to wider society.Alcohol harms have been felt more acutely during the pandemic, with alcohol-related deaths increasing 20% in 2020. Unfortunately, today’s freeze on all duties over the next year will do nothing to alleviate these harms in the short-term, which represents a missed opportunity to achieve the public health goals set out by the Chancellor today.This means the new duty structures will need to work harder to improve public health and tackle inequalities across the UK. We will continue to work with government to push for changes to alcohol duty that result in meaningful health gains and reduce the cost of alcohol to society.”Professor Sir Ian Gilmore, of the Alcohol Health Alliance, said:“The decision to once again freeze alcohol duty is totally misguided. We are already at crisis point when it comes to alcohol harm. Deaths caused by alcohol reached record highs in 2020 and making alcohol even cheaper will only deepen the health inequalities that this government had promised to address.”In terms of next steps, the Government has launched a consultation on the duty changes, the deadline for which is 30 January 2022.Alcohol industry funded websites spread misinformation on cardiovascular riskResearch by the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine has found that alcohol industry (AI) and AI-funded groups misrepresent the evidence on cardiovascular (CV) effects of moderate alcohol consumption.The study looked at the accuracy and completeness of CV health information that the alcohol industry and funded groups disseminated, compared to 18 websites of non-AI-funded sources.The results of the study found:12 of 18 AI/AI-funded websites refer to CV impacts of drinking, with 9 of those (75%) stating drinking is associated with a reduced risk of at least one CV conditionIschaemic heart disease was the most frequently mentioned conditionAll non-industry groups surveyed referred to CV impacts from alcohol, with alcohol “almost exclusively cited as a risk factor (as opposed to a protective factor) in the development of such conditionsThe J-shaped curve theorises that low to moderate alcohol consumption represents optimum exposure to alcohol, with increased risk for non-drinkers and heavy drinkers – see graph below. However, this interpretation has been subject to much criticisim, for instance: moderate drinkers may be better off and have a healthier life in general, abstainers may do so due to various health issues, there are issues with self-reporting, and the curve does not include health externalities such as road deaths or death from partner violence due to alcohol consumption.The study found that 55% (10 of the 18) of the AI/AI-funded websites mentioned the J-shaped curve, with 5 of those caveating that the association is specific to age groups or using qualifying descriptors such as ‘may have a protective effect’.In contrast 33% (6 of the 18) of the non-industry groups mentioned the curve, and all who did so discussed associated qualifiers.The AI/AI-funded websites were much more likely to imply that there is a balance between the positive and negative effects of alcohol on CV risk. Further, the analysis showed that these websites used distraction by focusing on alternative risk factors other than alcohol, such as family history, environment, weight, and poor nutrition – a practice far less common by the non-industry funded groups.The researchers state that AI/AI-funded groups were more likely to emphasise the set of causes for CVD by discussing potential confounders of the alcohol-CVD relationship. They argue that this is “a common strategy among unhealthy commodity industries, including the tobacco industry, and risks obscuring that alcohol is an independent risk factor”.They go on to argue that the alcohol industry understands the negative impacts of alcohol on health, but that they frame it as “heart healthy”, and the information they provide does not reflect the best available evidence.An important point highlighted by the study was that Government-funded sources of information, such as the NHS, “should aim for greater rigour and transparency by using and citing the most up-to-date evidence”. And that NGOs linking to industry-funded websites, such as to Drinkaware, “implies endorsement that is ill-advised given the high risk of bias in health information provided”.How has minimum unit pricing in Scotland affected alcohol-related crime?As part of its ongoing analysis of the effectiveness of minimum unit pricing (MUP), Public Health Scotland released a report on 12 October that suggests MUP has had “minimal impact” on alcohol-related crime in the country.Researchers at Manchester Metropolitan University looked at Police Scotland data from January 2015 to January 2020 to understand the effect MUP had on alcohol-related crime, disorder and public nuisance.Dr Karl Ferguson, Public Health Intelligence Adviser at Public Health Scotland, said:“Understanding the impact of MUP on social harms including crime and public safety is an important aspect of the overall evaluation. The findings of this research are in line with previous Public Health Scotland studies which reported limited evidence of increased theft or illicit substance use as a result of MUP. These studies included research into how MUP affected small retailers, people drinking at harmful levels, and children and young people.”Dr Carly Lightowlers of Liverpool University and Lucy Bryant of IAS looked at the report’s limitations and will publish an IAS blog comprehensively explaining these. The limitations they highlight are:Further studies will offer additional insights regarding MUP and crime, such as ambulance callouts, hospital admissions and deaths, and MUP and illicit substance useThe Lords discuss gambling evidence review and links to alcohol harmFollowing September’s review by Public Health England (PHE) that showed the shocking harm of gambling in England, the Lords debated the issue.The Lord Bishop of St Albans introduced the debate and said that the gambling industry must pay more to reduce the harm it causes. He highlighted the pressure the industry puts on people to continue to gamble, pushing people toward huge debts and sadly some towards suicide. He argued that the Government must approach it from a public health perspective to prevent further harm.Lord Foster of Bath agreed with the Lord Bishop and added there is a wide range of gambling-related harms, including alcohol dependency. He argued that gambling harm should be tackled in a similar way to drug and alcohol harm – by giving it a higher profile, better resourcing, and a public health approach.Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle raised the issue of gambling and alcohol advertising, saying that we are “trailing on the global scale of controls on this out-of-control industry”. She highlighted how Sweden is “proposing restrictions on gambling parallel to its tight restrictions on alcohol advertising” and that Portugal “has just brought in a ban on advertising on TV and radio between 7 am and 10.30 pm”.Baroness Bennett went on to say:“It is interesting that so many nations are tying together alcohol and gambling advertising, because this review demonstrates that alcohol consumption is strongly associated with gambling. The noble Lord, Lord Robathan, talked about leaving it to individual responsibility, but that is obviously a problem when you combine gambling opportunities with alcohol.”Ireland must commence with alcohol labelling or risk further harmIn a letter to the Irish Journal of Medical Science, Dr Nathan Critchlow et al, argued that Section 12 of Ireland’s Public Health (Alcohol) Act 2018 should commence as soon as possible.Section 12 stipulates a number of mandatory packaging requirements for alcohol:Critchlow stated that as there is no scheduled commencement date for Section 12 it prolongs the reliance on the self-regulatory presentation of this health information to the public. He also argued that the initial COVID-19 lockdowns, due to increasing home drinking, would have provided maximum exposure to such health warnings, but that sadly this has been missed.Highlighting the reason why Section 12 needs implementing as soon as possible, Critchlow wrote that it is supported by the public, there is proof that it works in reducing harm, and that tobacco warning labels already provide a template on how best to design such labels. Discussing the tobacco industry and their use of litigation to attempt to prevent or slow public health changes, Critchlow warned that the alcohol industry is likely to use litigation too. However he said that the tobacco industry is “seldom successful”, inferring that the same may be true for alcohol industry attempts.Critchlow et al rounded off their letter by stating that: “Strong political leadership was key to the passage of the Act and will likely be needed to advance Sect. 12 if this policy is to fulfil its intended purpose.”Government rejects call for alcohol to be considered a “less healthy product” and for better labelling of productsA less healthy productThe Commons debated the Health and Care Bill on 26 October, including amendments to include alcohol as a “less healthy” product and therefore liable to the watershed ban on unhealthy product ads and online ad ban of such products.Labour MP Alex Norris argued that:“One of the few parts of the obesity strategy where we have departed from the Government’s view is the curious decision to remove alcohol, particularly with regard to calories and labels. We all know that alcohol is a less healthy product—I may well be the billboard for that, certainly when it comes to weight—so why has it been left out? Our amendments are more probing than an attempt to actually change the Bill, because I hope that alcohol has already been covered. However, in the obesity strategy in general, it seems to have disappeared, which seems very odd. I hope that the Minister can explain his thinking on that.”In response to Mr Norris’ argument, Conservative Minister for Health, Edward Argar, argued that the Government is committed to ensuring children are protected from alcohol marketing via rules in advertising codes.After listing out some of those codes – for instance that no more than 25% of audience can be children and ads must not strongly appeal to children – Argar said:“We do not believe it is necessary to consider alcohol a less healthy product in this context, or to apply the new restrictions to it”, going on to say that less healthy food and drink are unique and different to alcohol as they are not age-restricted when purchasing.Argar said that as the consultations on advertising restrictions didn’t include alcohol, we can’t be sure of the impact of the amendments on the advertising industry, regulator, alcohol industry or “wider public opinion”.He concluded that:“Material in the broadcast code and non-broadcast code relating to the advertising and marketing of alcohol products is already robust. That recognises the social imperative to ensure that alcohol advertising is responsible and, in particular, that children and young people are suitably protected. If new evidence emerges that clearly highlights major problems with the existing codes, the Advertising Standards Authority has a duty to revisit them and take appropriate action. For those reasons, I encourage the hon. Member for Nottingham North not to press the amendments to a vote.”As a recent report co-funded by IAS, AAI and SHAAP highlighted, the current self-regulatory alcohol advertising policy is anything but robust when it comes to preventing children from exposure to alcohol ads, particularly during sporting events. It showed ‘responsible drinking’ messages were only visible in 0.4% of the alcohol references during the 2020 Six Nations England vs. Scotland match. If 25% of the 120 million Six Nations audience were children, it would be acceptable, under the self-regulatory rules, for 30 million children to see this advertising. Better labellingOn 28 October the Commons debated an alcohol product labelling clause, that would ensure alcoholic drinks display:  Labour MP Alex Norris argued that people have the right to know what they’re consuming and the risks, highlighting research that shows 80% of people don’t know the calories in a large glass of wine.He went on to say that not enough people know of the dangers of drinking while pregnant, particularly around the issue of FASD and the profound impact that it has on a child’s development. Norris also highlighted a recent YouGov report that shows the public are in favour of more information on alcoholic products.Norris asked the Secretary of State to introduce secondary legislation to include this information, which he said is a “modest ask, but it promotes informed choice”.In response Conservative Edward Argar agreed that people have the right to accurate information but that the clause is unnecessary as the Government is about to launch a consultation on labelling and all stakeholders must be involved. He said if the decision is taken to mandate labelling requirements, the Government will do so through a new power in the Food Safety Act 1990.Norris said he respected the process although highlighted that the consultation shouldn’t be confused with action, and that there is a growing sense of impatienceAdditional studies published this monthThe UK Alcohol Alert (incorporating Alliance News) is designed and produced by The Institute of Alcohol Studies. 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Frontier IP Group PLC's (LON:FIPP) Neil Crabb talks to Proactive London about their full year results and the appointment of Professor Dame Julia King, Baroness Brown of Cambridge, and chair of The Carbon Trust to the board of directors as an independent non-executive director. Crabb takes viewers through the numbers with pre-tax profits up by 145 per cent to £10.2 million and the fair value of the portfolio up 64 per cent to £32 million. As he explains, largely driven by Exscientia, which completed two funding rounds in the year, and announced a collaboration with Bristol Myers Squibb, one of the world's biggest pharmaceutical companies. He goes on to express his delight at having Professor Dame Julia King on the board with her huge experience across industry, academia and government.

Professor Dame Julia King (Baroness Brown of Cambridge) DBE, FRS, FREng is an engineer, crossbench member of the House of Lords and Chair of The Carbon Trust.Julia started her career in academia as a Rolls-Royce fellow at University of Cambridge and was involved in teaching and research for 16 years, before moving to business. Between 1994 and 2002  she held a number of managerial positions at Rolls-Royce. In 2002 she became the Chief  Executive of the Institute of Physics. Between 2004 and 2006 Julia was the Principal of the Engineering Faculty at Imperial College London. After that, she was Vice-Chancellor of Aston University for a decade.  Julia has worked closely with the government on a number of climate, technology and education issues. She led the King Review of low-carbon cars (published in 2008) and sat on numerous government bodies, such as Climate Change Committee's Adaptation Sub-Committee of which she is the chair.  Julia was appointed a life peer in the House of Lords in 2015. In 1999 she was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire and promoted to Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 2012. 

En esta nueva entrega de Análisis BIVA ASG nos acompaña Arturo Palacios, Deputy Director, Carbon Trust México and Head of Green Finance Latam, quien nos plática sobre su estrategia para un futuro sostenible, los marcos regulatorios ASG, la importancia de mitigar los riesgos climáticos y las soluciones integrales para las emisoras.Conducido por Iker Vinageras. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Beanstalk Global is proud to be hosting a series of monthly Broadcasts for Healthy and Sustainable Food. In our October Broadcast, we discuss Eco Labelling - What it Means for Consumers & Businesses. A new Eco score is being piloted by major brands in the UK and Europe.  Currently, consumers don't have the information they need to make more sustainable buying choices.  Clear labelling on carbon and environmental credentials will help them support the brands and products doing the right thing by our planet. We discuss the pros and cons of eco labelling and what it means for consumers and businesses. Joining the panel will be: Tom Cumberlege, Director of The Carbon Trust. Tom leads the Carbon Trust's work on value chain analysis and strategy. He has extensive experience helping businesses to understand their climate change risks and opportunities, working across a diverse range of sectors including agriculture, food and drink processing, retail, FMCG, heavy industry, financial services, and luxury goods. His advice enables clients to realise low carbon investment opportunities across their value chains, optimise product design, set targets, engage suppliers, and evaluate financing solutions. Tom has supported a wide range of businesses and institutions, such as Coca-Cola, Bord Bia, the IFC, the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Nationwide, Quorn Foods, Nynas and Thyssenkrupp. He has also developed guidance for the GHG Protocol's Scope 3 Standard on behalf of the World Resources Institute. Juliane Caillouette Noble, Managing Director, Sustainable Restaurant Association. Juliane came to the Sustainable Restaurant Association as Development Director in 2016 after five years of running Jamie Oliver's programmes for improving school food and food education across the UK. The SRA is a not for profit membership organisation committed to accelerating change toward an environmentally restorative and socially progressive hospitality sector in the UK. As Development Director, Juliane's role included designing and developing strategic partnerships and campaigns, ensuring that the impact and influence of the SRA grows along with the size of the membership body. Juliane became the Managing Director of the SRA in January and looks forward to working with the industry to build back better and greener post Covid. Johnathan Sutton, Group Safety & Environment Executive, Westfalia. John is a leading food industry professional with high-level procurement, technical and commercial knowledge, gained over decades in the retail sector. In the newly-created role for Westfalia, he will be responsible for driving the company's sustainability efforts to greater heights. He is in charge of implementing protocols and refining the system to ensure optimal levels of compliance in matters related to environmental impact, food safety, and the health and safety of employees.

The Carbon Trust's director for implementation and e-mobility Myles McCarthy talks with Ian Welsh about some of the positive solutions emerging that can deliver decarbonisation at the rate necessary. They discuss some of the detail to look for from the outcomes of the COP26 meetings, how companies are becoming more sophisticated in how they are working to cut their emissions across scopes 1, 2 and 3, and the positive impact of science based targets. The Carbon Trust was a sponsor of Innovation Forum's future of climate action conference.

Several countries will soon make it mandatory for large companies and asset managers to calculate and publicly report their climate-related risks. It's a complex accounting challenge and many businesses aren't fully prepared. The governments of the U.K., New Zealand, Hong Kong and Switzerland, as well as the G7 group of nations, are among those backing mandatory reporting under the Taskforce on Climate-related Financial Disclosures, or TCFD, framework. The push towards compulsory TCFD reporting will put pressure on banks, businesses and asset managers that have yet to embrace such disclosure. A big reason why many companies struggle with TCFD implementation is because it's hard to collect, collate and analyze detailed emissions-related data in all areas of their operations. Companies also need to train their employees on technical aspects of reporting under the framework. Above all, TCFD implementation must be roundly embraced and instilled — all the way from the C-suite to product and client-teams — and that takes time. In this episode, we speak to Thora Frost, senior manager of green finance at the Carbon Trust, a London-based consulting firm that works on climate change and sustainability issues. And we interview Matthew Townsend, partner at U.K. law firm Allen & Overy. "You have a blizzard of regulation and policy coming down the line, certainly over the next five years, and I don't see it letting up in many jurisdictions," Townsend says. Photo credit: Getty Images

This week: Myles McCarthy, director for implementation and e-mobility at the Carbon Trust, talks about the big climate challenges for business in the run-up to COP26. He argues that while there are some big step-change targets being set across industries, the challenge now is in making the progress necessary at scale and pace, and developing the technology and models that will be required. And, Toby Webb and Peter Stanbury discuss the next steps in Innovation Forum's action research project into smallholder farmer resilience. Plus: implications of IPCC's latest report; New York pension fund reviewing fossil fuel assets; Lidl UK to be carbon neutral by 2022; Barry Callebout, Nestlé and Proforest develop sustainable coconut supply chain scorecard; and, new apparel transparency pilot involving Next, New Look and H+M Group, in the news digest. Host: Ian Welsh For an extended conversation between Toby Webb and Peter Stanbury on Innovation Forum's smallholder resilience research, click here.

Emma Spruce is a Teaching Fellow at the Department of Gender Studies, at the London School of Economics. Floriane Ortega is a manager at the Carbon Trust, an international consultancy helping businesses, governments and local authorities to reduce their carbon emissions. In this episode, Emma and Floriane explore and question the links between gender inequalities and urban resilience, discussing how gendered power relations play out in urban spaces and how they might increase in the aftermath of disaster.

Viele Artikel und Veröffentlichungen prophezeien einen stark ansteigenden Stromverbrauch des Internets. Aber wie viel Strom benötigt der Betrieb des Internets eigentlich? Kann man das überhaupt mit Gewissheit bestimmen? In dieser Episode geht es genau um dieses Thema. Mehr zu Neulich im Netz auf https://www.neulich-im.net/ music by scottholmesmusic.com Quellen: “Ein vielsagender geheimer Vertrag mit Facebook”, “Vom Kanzleramt zu Facebook: Wechsel von Dorothee Bärs Büroleiterin stößt auf Kritik”, Sustainable Development Goals der UN, Nachhaltige Entwicklung in Deutschland - Indikatorenbericht 2021, Deutschen Gesellschaft für Ernährung, Stuart McMillen, Energy Slaves, Comic, Unser Strommarkt für die Energiewende, BMWI, SMARD Strommarktdaten, Monitoringbericht 2020, Bevölkerungsstand, Statistisches Bundesamt, Energy Intensity, Definition, Telekom CSR Bericht 2020, Telefonica Deutschland CSR Bericht 2020, AT&T CSR Bericht, Vodafone CR Bericht - Operations, International Energy Agency Report, Umweltbundesamt, CO2 pro kWh, Powering a Google Search, Netflix CO2 pro Stunde Watchtime, The Carbon Trust on Streaming, Masanet, E. et al., “Recalibrating global data center energy-use estimates”, Bundesverband der Energie- und Wasserwirtschaft, Stromverbrauch der Haushalte 2019, The overlooked environmental footprint of increasing Internet use --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/neulich-im-netz/message

As we build a sustainable infrastructure, how can it be scaled up to be commercially viable? Hear from our panelists as they give you their quick takeaways from our 'Scaling Up Investments in Southeast Asia's Sustainable Infrastructure' webinar. Thank you to our expert panel: Mark Florance, Co-Chair Britcham Energy and Utilities Committee and Investment Committee, at Climate Investor One Fund, Climate Investor Two Fund, William Hudson, Head of South East Asia at The Carbon Trust, Kow Juan Tiang, Deputy Executive Director of Infrastructure Asia, Wu Lawrence, Co-Founder of Sunseap Group, Ted Low, Chief Operating Officer at Clifford Capital, Tom Moody, Regional Director SE Asia, Climate and Energy of UK Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO), Nitin Prasad, Chairman at Shell Companies in India and Tim Rockell, Managing Director and Founder, Energy Strat Asia.

The Carbon Trust are an expert partner for businesses, governments and organisations around the world – supporting them in realising ambitious plans for a sustainable, low carbon future.  They believe that environmental sustainability and economic prosperity can go hand-in-hand as we address the climate crisis. Their mission is to accelerate the delivery of a sustainable, low carbon economy by helping businesses, governments and organisations across the globe to reduce carbon emissions and increase resource efficiency. We will be joined by Sajeev Mohankumar, who is the Agricultural Footprinting Expert for The Carbon Trust to discuss how farming and the fresh produce sector businesses would benefit from working with them.

Glenhawk, a provider of short-term real estate finance, has become the first bridging lender to achieve a carbon neutral certification from the Carbon Trust.   In this podcast, group treasurer Daron Kularatnam tells EG deputy editor Tim Burke about the work it took and why he wants the lender to be at "the front of change" as a corporate and as an example of how real estate finance can bolster its environmental credentials – and the next steps for the company on its ESG journey.

At Innovation Forum's recent future for climate action conference, Julia King, Baroness Brown of Cambridge, chair of the Carbon Trust, and chair of the adaptation sub-committee of the UK's Committee on Climate Change – the statutory non-departmental body set up to advise the United Kingdom and the devolved UK governments and parliaments on tackling and preparing for climate change – speaks with Innovation Forum's Ian Welsh. Their wide-ranging discussion includes prospects for the upcoming COP26 meeting in Glasgow, the urgent need for business to adapt to climate change and the possible implications for public policy around corporate greenhouse gas emissions. 

This week: Julia King, Baroness Brown of Cambridge, chair of the Carbon Trust and from the UK’s Committee on Climate Change, talks about what business should hope for from COP26. Strong policy measures are necessary for the acceleration to net zero, but companies need to be ready to adapt to changes that will come even within a 1.5C pathway. Baroness Brown was speaking at Innovation Forum’s Future of Climate Action conference. Plus: Pina Gervassi, FSC’s climate director, discusses how visibility and transparency in supply chains can deliver on climate and deforestation targets. She gives insight into how rubber suppliers, for the apparel sector and others, are working hard to lower impacts. And she outlines how businesses – for example in the wine sector – can access value from ecosystem services. Host: Ian Welsh Sign up for the free weekly Innovation Forum newsletter here: https://www.innovationforum.co.uk/sign-up-to-our-newsletter

Ian King speaks to Ruth Gregory from Capital Economics about a fall in unemployment between January and March this year. Plus, hear from the chair of the Carbon Trust, Baroness Brown of Cambridge, about how the cost of decarbonising the economy could be done much cheaper. And the president of Discovery International - Jean-Briac Perrette - joins the show to discuss the $43bn merger that could help create a new streaming giant.

Find out more on our website: https://bit.ly/3sKT9PW In this webinar, Andy will explain another concept which is arguably even less well known and even more important for your ability to build wealth over time: Something called "sequence risk". As you will hopefully gather from this presentation, this is one of the very most important ideas to understand if you want to succeed with investment. Amazingly, it is also an idea that is hardly ever contemplated or even discussed by most of the finance industry, which means that the vast majority of “normal” people will have no idea about it at all. Join this webinar to hear Andy's techniques on how to combat this risk and help fortify your personal investments. Speaker: Over twenty years in the city, Andrew Craig has met with the senior management teams of over one thousand companies and with several hundred professional investors. He has regularly been involved in high profile stock market transactions including the Kingdom of Sweden's sales of Nordea Bank AB in 2013 (totalling $7.6 billion) and the stock market flotation of several dozen companies including the likes of: easyJet, Burberry, Campari, the Carbon Trust and lastminute.com. Andrew's mission is to spread financial literacy as far and wide as possible. He believes that everyone owes it to themselves to learn about money and investment because doing so is life-changing. Since founding Plain English Finance and releasing his book, he has appeared in numerous publications including: The Mail on Sunday, The Telegraph, The I, CityAM, The Spectator, Shares Magazine, MoneyWeek, YourMoney, This Is Money and Money Observer. He has been interviewed on Bloomberg and Shares Radio and on IG TV, was featured in Russell Brand and Michael Winterbottom's 2015 film “The Emperor's New Clothes” and interviewed by Eamonn Holmes for the Channel 5 programme “How the Other Half Live”. Andrew Craig is the author of No. 1 best-selling finance book, “How to Own the World: A Plain English Guide to Thinking Globally and Investing Wisely”, founder of personal finance website, www.plainenglishfinance.com, fund manager of the VT PEF Global Multi Asset Fund and a partner at boutique life sciences investment bank, WG Partners. Dr Ariel Sergio Goekmen-Davidoff After an uninterrupted, successful and exciting banking career spanning over 34 years in Switzerland and Liechtenstein, which took him from the level of office clerk to Member of the Executive Board and CEO of prestigious private banks, Ariel is now self-employed as a partner in a law firm, where he looks after the interests of an international UHNW entrepreneur clientele. He holds positions on several boards of directors in the Swiss wealth management industry and others. He serves inter alia as Vice Chair for the Swiss Capital Market Forum and is an expert for the annual STEP Awards in London. He is a Doctor of Business Administration (Australia), holds an LL.M. degree (Switzerland) and is a STEP member. Ariel is a regular speaker, panelist and moderator at (web-) conferences about the wealth management industry, its trends as well as risk management and wealth protection for the UHNW investor. Itching to hear Andrew present? Watch a previous presentation he gave to the Financial Services Club on "Immunising Your Investments: Sensible Investing Through A Global Pandemic (And Everything Else Besides)" below:

In 2017, Andrew was honoured to contribute a guest chapter to Harriman House's prestigious “New Book of Investing Rules” alongside investment greats such as John Bogle, Anthony Bolton and Gervais Williams. The title of the chapter was: “How to invest so that crashes don't matter." Andrew believes that the unprecedented volatility in so many financial market so far in 2020 have served as a reminder of how important this idea is. It is crucial that we calibrate our investments for all seasons - that we “immunise” them. In this timely talk, Andrew will explain how anyone can build a suitably “immunised" portfolio by using two fundamental and elegant approaches to how they invest: First, broadly optimised asset-allocation based on the idea of “100 minus your age”. Secondly, ensuring that you “own the world” - that is to say that you ensure that you have investments in all major asset classes and in all major regions of the world. When used together, these two broad approaches to investment will maximise your chances of making consistent and significant investment returns and, arguably even more importantly, minimise your stress levels along the way. As part of his talk, Andrew will explain how important it is to invest rather than to trade and the importance of completely and utterly ignoring "the news” as part of that process. He will also explore the role of technology and the importance of "Moore's law" for your thought process - arguably the most important theme in human history - for investment and for lots else besides. Speaker: Over twenty years in the city, Andrew Craig has met with the senior management teams of over one thousand companies and with several hundred professional investors. He has regularly been involved in high profile stock market transactions including the Kingdom of Sweden's sales of Nordea Bank AB in 2013 (totalling $7.6 billion) and the stock market flotation of several dozen companies including the likes of: easyJet, Burberry, Campari, the Carbon Trust and lastminute.com. Andrew's mission is to spread financial literacy as far and wide as possible. He believes that everyone owes it to themselves to learn about money and investment because doing so is life-changing. Since founding Plain English Finance and releasing his book, he has appeared in numerous publications including: The Mail on Sunday, The Telegraph, The I, CityAM, The Spectator, Shares Magazine, MoneyWeek, YourMoney, This Is Money and Money Observer. He has been interviewed on Bloomberg and Shares Radio and on IG TV, was featured in Russell Brand and Michael Winterbottom's 2015 film “The Emperor's New Clothes” and interviewed by Eamonn Holmes for the Channel 5 programme “How the Other Half Live”. Andrew Craig is the author of No. 1 best-selling finance book, “How to Own the World: A Plain English Guide to Thinking Globally and Investing Wisely”, founder of personal finance website, www.plainenglishfinance.com, fund manager of the VT PEF Global Multi Asset Fund and a partner at boutique life sciences investment bank, WG Partners. Interested in watching our webinars live, or taking part in the production of our research? Join our community at: https://bit.ly/3sXPpb5

Three key industry professionals have come together to create a unique Group called, Healthy and Sustainable Food. This is to constantly examine what would be the results if people from different sectors were to collaborate on solutions to produce healthy, sustainable food ongoing. The Founders are: Barbara Bray MBE – Director – ALO Solutions Mark Driscoll – Director – Tasting the Future Jacqui Green – Director Viridis Associates Their aim is to improve nutritional quality of food and availability for all socio-economic groups in the UK. They will do this by bringing individuals from different sectors together for projects on sustainable nutrition. Beanstalk Global is proud to be hosting the fifth in the series of monthly Broadcasts for Healthy and Sustainable Food. In our March Broadcast we discuss how, as the UK Prepares for COP26, the farming and food sectors can work towards becoming Carbon Negative. We are joined by Pete Ritchie, Executive Director of Nourish Scotland, Carolina Hock, Senior Analyst at the Carbon Trust and Ian Wilkinson, MD Cotswold Seeds and Founder and Director of FarmED.

Welcome to Ep.65 where we talk to Neil Luo, Head of Growth from Airwallex, an international transactions company with a strong focus on helping ecommerce businesses. Airwallex is not a bank, they're way better. Airwallex gives business people who are trading internationally, a simple, efficient and cost effective way to make and receive payments in local currencies. When receiving payments for your goods and paying suppliers, the advantages for progressive online businesses are huge. Visit Airwallex here Contact The Cut here This Shopify interview will be interesting and valuable for every ecommerce business that is transacting internationally. That might mean you're selling your products into multiple countries and receiving payment from all over the world, and / or that you are having your products produced internationally and you're paying manufacturers and suppliers in other countries. Airwallex gives your businesses a beautifully simple platform from which to transact in local currencies to reduce FX fees and save time with optimised processes. For ecommerce businesses, and all international companies, the Airwallex approach is a game changer. Airwallex started because the founders knew there was a better way to make global payments happen. Since 2015 they have been driven by a simple goal - to simplify and improve the lives of the people and businesses they serve by connecting them through smart cross-border payment technology. Neil is Head of Growth at Airwallex, he started in 2019 and is based in Melbourne, he has an impressive digital resume, having worked with Seek, Hotels.com, Expedia and The Carbon Trust. Big thanks from us to Neil Luo, Head of Growth at Airwallex, for giving us his time and sharing the ways Airwallex is helping global business gain more advantages with FX and international transactions. If you're a Shopify business owner or work in digital marketing, come and guest on this podcast. Get in touch anytime.

In this episode, Martin introduces us to an exciting new project called Let's Go Zero 2030 which will be launched in November 2020 at the Youth Climate Summit. This national project aims to get UK schools to become net zero by 2030. The project has been developed by Ashden but it is explicitly collaborative. Ashden have already started working with an impressive group of people including Global Action Plan, Ecoschools, Fairtrade, WWF, Sustrans, Soil Association, UKSCN, Salix and Carbon Trust. Martin gives an overview of Let's Go Zero 2030 and then offers some perspectives based on his years with London Sustainable Schools Forum. In the final part of the podcast Martin discusses how Proyecto Peru, a project in his own school, will participate in Let's Go Zero and provide case study evidence to the Youth Climate Summit. As part of this, Martin discussed a school food project based on circular economy principles that he has started working on with Martin Morales. During the podcast Martin mentioned this report by the London Mayor. IT IS RECOMMENDED READING: How London Schools and Early Years Settings can Adapt to Climate Change Martin also mentioned a charity he is working with called Project Peru. Martin's recommendations: Safety first, fun second, learning third 1. Safety - do your best to make your school more climate resilient (see Mayor's report above) 2. Fun - try to make lessons fun - the subject is serious but you are more likely to engage people for longer if they enjoy what they are doing 3. Learning - find the approach that you excel in or that interests you the most and start there At the end of the episode, Martin shares not one but 37 free lesson plans (climate actions), suitable for a range of age groups, to help you engage in London Climate Action Week. Find this episode's 37 supplementary lesson plans here. Start your school's journey into sustainability: Outdoor Classroom Day Eco-Schools London National Park City Schools Network Great resources at Transform Our World Find out more about London Sustainable Schools Forum + London Climate Action Week This podcast was produced by The Pod Farm.

Episode 62 of the Sustainable Business Covered podcast sees Matt and Sarah deliver interviews outlining how big-name companies in key sectors facing a climate tipping point are radically decarbonising their business to help spur climate action and transition to the low-carbon economy.

All beer is made from four ingredients - water, carbohydrates, hops and yeast. In ancient Babylonian times, they would use bread as the carbohydrate source as a way to preserve a food prone to spoilage. When Tristram Stuart, founder and CEO of Toast Ale, first heard about this recipe he realized he had found the perfect project to go all in on. Toast takes leftover bread from bakeries and sandwich shops and turns it into delicious beer. The company has open sourced its recipe and encourages franchises and partnerships in other cities and countries. They have partnerships in New York City, Iceland, South Africa, and Brazil, with further plans to expand. All proceeds go to Tristram's charity Feedback. Louisa Ziane is the Chief Financial Officer and Brand Manager for Toast Ale UK. She went from working in finance to the Carbon Trust and eventually landing the opportunity to help Tristram start Toast from the ground up. Louisa shares with us some incredibly inspiration stories about how she chose her current career path and how she made huge pivots in her life. Resources mentioned in this episode: Waste: Uncovering the Global Food Scandal The Carbon Trust Farmaggedon Impossible Burger WASTED! A Story of Food Waste Dan Barber of Blue Hill WastED London Regrained Tea People Snact Change Please Moon Cups Toast Ale is hiring in the UK and across their global partners. Check it out. We're also gearing up for our screening of WASTED! A Story of Food Waste that Toast and Tristram Stuart are featured in. The screening will be held on Tuesday, April 10th at the Kickstarter HQ in Greenpoint Brooklyn. Tickets include Toast beer and other sustainable beverages and food. We will have special early bird pricing specifically for Trash Talking listeners, so sign up for the mailing list and be the first to know. There are limited spots and we anticipate the event selling out. Join the conversation on Facebook, follow us on Instagram, and try our repurposed coffee body scrub. Don't forget to subscribe, review, and share this podcast with other eco-warriors. We read all of your reviews and your positive ratings help us spread the word and spur more eco-warriors to action. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/trashtalking/support

The Green Climate Fund (GCF) is beginning its first readiness funding to Malaysia in partnership with Carbon Trust. Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Dato Seri Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar and CEO of Carbon Trust Tom Delay explain how the country's first GCF Readiness project will be rolled out.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In brief,  they want more drinking fountains in London so we don't have to throw away so many plastic bottles.  Someone's come up with a plastic container that you can eat. I wonder what you wrap it in.  Should you be entitled to a doggy bag in Scotland?  Your clothes are probably polluting the oceans, but some people have the balls to solve this problem.  Plastic Planet is a pressure group seeking to banish plastic from the planet, or a lot of it anyway. They are targeting supermarkets.  The Local Government Association is targeting chewing gum manufacturers. Let's aim for Zero Waste to Landfill. The Carbon Trust has a document that tells us how. On the energy front,  there's trouble at Drax and  there's a new renewables project in the wind on the Outer Hebrides. Scientists have discovered a material which absorbs CO2. Good news, maybe, for Al Gore who launches An Inconvenient Sequel in July. Finally, a word from a concerned citizen, writing to my local paper.

The countdown to Christmas has begun, and this week edie brings you a cracker of a podcast episode, featuring exclusive interviews with car sharing service Zipcar, advisory firm the Carbon Trust and green innovation group Climate-KIC.

Top story this week was going to be the announcement from DECC about changing subsidies for solar power, but that has been pushed off the front page by a major speech from Minister Amber Rudd. Are you ready for ESOS - the Energy Savings Opportunity Scheme? Get advice from the Carbon Trust, and advice from The Energyst magazine on Financing Energy Efficiency. Meanwhile, Sustainable Brands offer 46 Tips for Better Sustainability Storytelling! You remember that last time we talked about the carbon-positive house just opened in Wales? This week we have the building industry urging the Chancellor not to scrap the zero carbon buildings standard. Cuadrilla have confirmed that they will appeal against the rejection by Lancashire Council of their application for test fracking. No surprise there, and the case should be interesting! In Australia, if you can believe it, there are fears that renewable energy might run out.  

This week, two reports. One from the Royal Institute for International Affairs, one from the Carbon Trust. Also, the latest update of Jeremy Leggett's the winning of the carbon war is out. You can download that free of charge from his website which is jeremyleggett.net.    Making the headlines this week has been the Greek economic situation. We won't say anything at all about that. And the UK chancellor's budget. We'll start with that!  

In this interview with Anthony Day, Harry Morrison, General Manger of the Carbon Trust Standard Co, talks about a new standard for organisations and compares it with the Carbon Reduction Label for products. One organisation that has already adopted the Standard is Citrica, a specialist cleaning contractor.Registration for the Carbon Reduction Commitment is now well under way and there is a user guide available from DEFRA here. The Mayday Climate Change Summit is almost upon us - you can register at www.bitc.org.ukSee www.anthony-day.com for more on sustainable business.

The Low Carbon Best Practice Exchange visits Newcastle on 2nd April - register at www.carbon-innovation.com. Don't forget the Prince of Wales"s Mayday Summit on Climate Change, and have a look at that survey of consumer attitudes by the Carbon Trust. I'm Anthony Day. More at www.anthony-day.com