Latest Carbon News
Tuesday, March 2nd 2010
Ed Miliband Unveils Loans Scheme For Green Home Improvements
The energy and climate change secretary, Ed Miliband, today announced details of a "green loans" scheme to help people pay for improvements to their homes to make them more energy efficient. The scheme, which would see loans remain attached to the ... click here to read more »
Monday, March 1st 2010
Spring Is Back To Normal – After 15 Freak Mild Years
Spring begins today, Monday 1 March, and it is running about three weeks to a month late compared to recent years. The coldest winter since 1981 has kept the natural world locked up tight, substantially setting back the blossoming of trees and sprin... click here to read more »
Thursday, February 18th 2010
UK's Greenest Office - The Greenshop Group
Following a countrywide search to name the UK’s Greenest Office, Gloucestershire based Greenshop Group have been announced as the Overall Winner of the “Cartridge Word’s Greenest Office competition. co2balance have been working in ... click here to read more »
Professional Associations
co2balance is a Founder Member of the International Carbon Reduction and Offset Alliance (ICROA)
ICROA is a not-for-profit alliance of leading carbon reduction and offset organisations. It provides leadership and a unified voice advocating for rigorous industry standards. ICROA members support a reduce-andoffset approach to carbon management, and they all comply with the ICROA Code of Best Practice.
ICROA will:
- Support rigorous standards for the international voluntary carbon-management industry
- Establish best practice, through the promotion of the ICROA Code of Best Practice and adherence to that Code among its members
- Provide a credible industry voice on carbon reduction and offset policies, strategies, products, and services to governments, non-governmental organisations, policy-makers, businesses, and the media
Carbon Tracker Network is a voluntary, cooperative effort to promote the goals of quality, reliability and transparency in the voluntary carbon offset market. This international collaboration is the first of its kind in the voluntary offset market. It is an online source for information about high-quality carbon offsets and reliable offset vendors! It serves as an information clearinghouse about:
- Climate change and greenhouse gases
- Carbon offsets and their role in combating climate change
- Reliable carbon offset providers
- Carbon offset standards and their implementation
- The latest offset-related news.
co2balance is a member of the Manchester Chamber of Commerce
