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Competitive Advantage from Climate Change

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Committed?

The Carbon Reduction Commitment is a mandatory climate change and energy saving scheme for the UK aimed at helping to achieve the goals set in the climate change Act of 2008.

Large public and private sector organisations across the UK will be legally bound to it such as supermarkets, water companies, banks, local authorities (including state funded schools) and all central government departments. Inclusion is based on the organisation's half hourly electricity usage.

Find out if your business is affected.

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Green shoots?

Does the recession affect our opportunities with climate change business innovation?

Here are some facts 

- you decide.

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Travel plans

Does your business have one?

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Top Tips Minimize
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Lots of organisations provide help free of charge; here are some:

DEFRA/Business link Top 10 Tips

Green grants information

Other organisations who can help

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Climate Change in The Daily Telegraph

Could Gordon Brown save the Earth from climate change?
A deal to halve global emissions of carbon dioxide by 2050 could be agreed in September says Geoffrey Lean.

Climate change makes sheep shrink
Climate change has caused a curious case of shrinking sheep on a remote British island.

Gordon Brown's bid to lead world on global warming
UK to provide £60bn for global fund to fight climate change.

Barack Obama's climate change bill passes first vote
Barack Obama's plan to force American industries to reduce carbon dioxide emissions has passed an important vote in Washington.

Government pamphlet urges people to walk to work to stop climate change
Catastrophic floods and droughts caused by climate change could be prevented simply by putting less water in the kettle according to new Government advice.

Coal freighter protests end as activists arrested
A daylong protest by climate change campaigners who boarded a coal freighter ended on Monday night after an injunction was served on the four remaining protesters.

The uncommon Common Swift
As the RSPB declares that the swift is in decline Horatio Clare writes in praise of an extraordinary bird.
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About ems2

Our mission is to make a difference by stimulating business growth relating to Climate Change.

There is a real chance to generate wealth whilst also reducing the emissions that cause climate change or helping to adapt to its effects.

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Retail savings Minimize

Retail loss prevention experts, The ORIS Group, are growing their consulting offerings.  Retail carbon footprinting can bring their clients undiscovered savings. More...

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Help adapt and grow Minimize

We provide some help for business to prepare for floods.

How can you grow your business by helping your customers adapt to extreme weather conditions?

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The Prince and the Frog - help save the carbon-busting rainforests

The Guardian on 2 degree rise

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Free!
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Register now for the FSB's roadshow Make Money from Climate Change, running April til October 2009 across Oxfordshire and organised by Ems2.  Be inspired by local case studies, expert panel and special speakers Amey.

Download flyer

Keep Tabs on the Roadshow!

Roadshow Review, May 2009

Roadshow Review, June 2009

Dowload Roadshow presentations (updated monthly with new ones - you need to register and logon for this)

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Get the edge

We work with business leaders to help them identify a new approach for a competitive edge in the emerging low carbon economy.

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Sixth form heroes Minimize

YE company POW wins Ems2 climate change award in Reading YE finals.  More...

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Climate Change from bbc.co.uk

G8 aims to halve greenhouse gases
World leaders at the G8 summit aim to set a target to halve carbon emissions by 2050 in an effort to tackle global warming.

Mayor quashes £25 C-charge hike
London Mayor Boris Johnson quashes the proposed rise in congestion charge for vehicles deemed high polluters.

UK to slow expansion of biofuels
The UK is to cut the rate of growth of biofuels because of "increasing questions" over their impact.

Australia 'needs carbon trading'
An Australian government advisor calls for a national emissions trading scheme to combat global warming.

Aviation impacts 'hotly disputed'
Green advisers tell the government airport expansion should be suspended pending an inquiry.

US city to charge polluting firms
The US city of San Francisco passes new rules requiring businesses to pay for the amount of CO2 they emit.

Next decade 'may see no warming'
Global temperatures may not rise for 10 years as natural cooling masks greenhouse warming, research suggests.

Slowing the biofuel bonanza
The Gallagher Review pours caution on the pace of biofuel development.

Japan waits on US for CO2 targets
Japan says it will not negotiate on CO2 emissions until it sees what the new US president offers on climate change.

Time to leave the comfort zone
Civic leaders must be willing to make tough choices if we are going to live in green cities.

No impact from Energy Saving Day
The UK's first Energy Saving Day ends with no discernible reduction in the country's electricity consumption.

Church to step up climate fight
Leaders of the influential US Southern Baptists decide climate change is real and they should fight it.

Tuvalu struggles to hold back tide
The nine tiny South Pacific islands of Tuvalu only just break the surface of the ocean - but for how much longer?

In depth graphical guide to climate change
Find out how the greenhouse effect works, and more...

Can America Go Green?
BBC's UN correspondent Laura Trevelyan explores how the US could retreat from its role as the planet's biggest polluter.

Q&A: Climate change
The BBC News website looks at the rapid human-induced warming that scientists believe the planet is facing.

Global energy guide


Q&A: The Carbon Trade
The Carbon trade

IPCC report: In graphics
Human activity is "very likely" to be the cause for Climate change, climate scientists have concluded.

Climate costs: The global picture
BBC correspondents give views on climate change from around the world, in the wake of a UK government report warning of dire costs.

UK and climate change


Earth - melting in the heat?
Are the poles melting? Are mountain glaciers disappearing? We take the temperature of the planet's ice.

Frontline global warming reports


Fuelling the Future


Newsnight's Ethical Man


Planet Earth Under Threat


Decide where the UK's energy comes from


Action Network: Nuclear Power
Ideas on how to improve your neighbourhood

How you can save energy
How to save money and the environment by turning off appliances instead of putting them on stand-by.

How to upgrade your house


Carbon calculator
A simple approach to determining your contribution to climate change.

Green home wish 'not granted'
Reader Nedira Yakir says her dream of making her house eco-friendly was frustrated by "red tape and apathy".
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