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BPIF prepares carbon calculator The BPIF is close to launching two products developed to help members improve environmental performance. The first to be launched has been devised in conjunction with Envirowise and deals with how a company should handle its waste streams. In trials companies were able to uncover improvements where Issue Date: August 2008
CEPI starts carbon label plan CEPI’s 10 elements for determining a carbon footprint for paper and board products start with carbon sequestration in forests: how much trees capture when growing and therefore secondly how much carbon is stored in forest products, such as timber and furniture. However more realistically, CEPI conti Issue Date: August 2008
Checklist for offset projects The CarbonNeutral Company has drawn up a 10-point checklist to assess the validity of any offsetting project. The questions to ask include: is there third-party verification to check emission figures; do any assumptions conform with agreed standards; are offsetting projects externally verified; is t Issue Date: August 2008
CNC provides carbon neutral quality The CarbonNeutral Company is the best known of a number of consultancies able to help implement a carbon reduction strategy. Print is among the most popular sectors it has worked with. As the name suggests, where it cannot reduce carbon, it supports a range of carbon offsetting projects. These inclu Issue Date: August 2008
How CO2 works C arbon dioxide is reckoned to be the most important of man-made gases implicated in the greenhouse effect or global warming. The gas is naturally present in the atmosphere at minor levels. If the level increases, the effect is to trap heat which would otherwise be radiated or reflected into space Issue Date: August 2008
Offsetting carries questions Carbon offsetting schemes can vary from highly effective to being of dubious quality and many have been criticised. In concept, a company or individual responsible for carbon dioxide generation invests in a project, which removes that amount of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Tree planting is a Issue Date: August 2008
Paper key to carbon footprint Other than power, print’s biggest impact on carbon dioxide comes through the choice of paper. How and where paper is produced has a significant impact on the carbon generated. On-site biomass generation is effectively carbon neutral as the fuel is from parts of the tree that will not be used in pape Issue Date: August 2008
PAS 2050 takes first step to a standard PAS 2050 is a first step in developing either a BSI or ISO standard to cover the carbon footprint of a product or process, including printing, across its entire life cycle. A PAS (Publicly Available Specification) is more pliable than a set standard and can be seen as work in progress before present Issue Date: August 2008
Steps to cut emissions The purpose of the carbon calculator is not to levy a carbon added tax to fund offsetting schemes, but to help identify areas where a company can reduce its creation of carbon dioxide. This will include looking at energy sources and to what extent these depend on fossil fuel power, then at raw mater Issue Date: August 2008
The Carbon Trust drives reduction T he Carbon Trust is the body set up with Government support to migrate the UK to a low-carbon economy. Its main role is educational, to help businesses and individuals understand the role played by carbon dioxide, and supporting initiatives to create low-carbon technologies and renewable energy co Issue Date: August 2008

BPIF prepares carbon calculator

The BPIF is close to launching two products developed to help members improve environmental performance. The first to be launched has been devised in conjunction with Envirowise and deals with how a company should handle its waste streams. In trials companies were able to uncover improvements where
Issue Date: August 2008

CEPI starts carbon label plan

CEPI’s 10 elements for determining a carbon footprint for paper and board products start with carbon sequestration in forests: how much trees capture when growing and therefore secondly how much carbon is stored in forest products, such as timber and furniture. However more realistically, CEPI conti
Issue Date: August 2008

Checklist for offset projects

The CarbonNeutral Company has drawn up a 10-point checklist to assess the validity of any offsetting project. The questions to ask include: is there third-party verification to check emission figures; do any assumptions conform with agreed standards; are offsetting projects externally verified; is t
Issue Date: August 2008

CNC provides carbon neutral quality

The CarbonNeutral Company is the best known of a number of consultancies able to help implement a carbon reduction strategy. Print is among the most popular sectors it has worked with. As the name suggests, where it cannot reduce carbon, it supports a range of carbon offsetting projects. These inclu
Issue Date: August 2008

How CO2 works

C arbon dioxide is reckoned to be the most important of man-made gases implicated in the greenhouse effect or global warming. The gas is naturally present in the atmosphere at minor levels. If the level increases, the effect is to trap heat which would otherwise be radiated or reflected into space
Issue Date: August 2008

Offsetting carries questions

Carbon offsetting schemes can vary from highly effective to being of dubious quality and many have been criticised. In concept, a company or individual responsible for carbon dioxide generation invests in a project, which removes that amount of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Tree planting is a
Issue Date: August 2008

Paper key to carbon footprint

Other than power, print’s biggest impact on carbon dioxide comes through the choice of paper. How and where paper is produced has a significant impact on the carbon generated. On-site biomass generation is effectively carbon neutral as the fuel is from parts of the tree that will not be used in pape
Issue Date: August 2008

PAS 2050 takes first step to a standard

PAS 2050 is a first step in developing either a BSI or ISO standard to cover the carbon footprint of a product or process, including printing, across its entire life cycle. A PAS (Publicly Available Specification) is more pliable than a set standard and can be seen as work in progress before present
Issue Date: August 2008

Steps to cut emissions

The purpose of the carbon calculator is not to levy a carbon added tax to fund offsetting schemes, but to help identify areas where a company can reduce its creation of carbon dioxide. This will include looking at energy sources and to what extent these depend on fossil fuel power, then at raw mater
Issue Date: August 2008

The Carbon Trust drives reduction

T he Carbon Trust is the body set up with Government support to migrate the UK to a low-carbon economy. Its main role is educational, to help businesses and individuals understand the role played by carbon dioxide, and supporting initiatives to create low-carbon technologies and renewable energy co
Issue Date: August 2008