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Carbon Reduction Commitment

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Feature

Clamping down on energy cash costs

Amid skyrocketing fuel prices and rigorous compliance reporting on energy consumption, there are ways to prevent energy costs consuming increasing amounts of cashflow, says Simon Corley

08 Sep 2011

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Analysis

Allowance theft halts carbon trading

Co-ordinated cyber theft casts doubt on market viability

18 Feb 2011

Analysis

CRC scheme becomes ‘green tax’

The decision to re-route scheme revenue into the public purse raises hackles

22 Nov 2010

Analysis

Stakeholder pressure will change business attitudes to carbon

Carbon Disclosure Project COO issues warning to FDs

25 Oct 2010

Analysis

FDs failing to perceive sustainability and profitability link

Strides made in regulating, reporting and managing a business’s impact on the environment have failed to engage the passion of FDs

27 Sep 2010

Analysis

CRC still too complex and ineffective

Carbon reduction legislation lacks punch while its protagonists lack leadership

22 Feb 2010

Analysis

CFOs must lead energy efficiency

CFOs should take control of their company’s energy policy and put carbon reduction legislation into practice

25 Jan 2010

Analysis

World Bank proposes back-dated emissions payments

The World Bank has proposed that large companies across the world should be forced to pay for emissions used in the past, in addition to those projected for use in the future.

19 Oct 2009

Analysis

IFAC puts down online marker

Web-based tool offers clear guidance on managing companies’ sustainability burden

24 Mar 2009

Analysis

British companies welcome umbrella standard – ISO14001

ISO14001 applications set to increase as companies seek shelter from a deluge of UK environmental laws.

23 Feb 2009

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Latest Opinion

Business' best friend

Finance people must be the critical friend of business, writes CIMA's John Windle

Cutting electronic systems down to size

To be more competitive, we need far less management in companies, government and our electronic systems

Markets are too addicted to repeated doses of cheap cash

Large injections of liquidity by the major central banks have played a key role in underpinning recent bouts of optimism, but danger is still lurking in the shadows

Latest Analysis

Practical implications of a GAAR

The lack of certainty may inhibit many arrangements which are currently felt to be part of everyday planning, writes Owen Clutton

IAS 39 problems flare up again

Pirc is advising shareholders to vote against Barclays’ annual report. Richard Crump finds out why

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