carbon trust standard
There has probably not been a day in the past year when phrases like ‘in the
City’ and ‘City traders’ and ‘City practices’ have been out of the media. Whenever
they appear, there is never any need to qualify them by identifying the local
authority involved. When not referring by name to Bristol or Liverpool or Norwich,
for example, ‘City’ is always taken as shorthand for the City of London, the oldest
continuous municipal democracy in the world and the traditional home of financial
institutions: for Banking and Broking and Insurance, read the City.
The City of London Corporation itself is some- Given that track record, it perhaps understand-
thing of a paradox. With a history traceable able that the City of London Corporation was
back to the early 11
th
Century - and no doubt the first local government in the country to be
in existence before that - it presents an image awarded the Carbon Trust Standard.
of an institution rich in tradition with its Lord But it would be easy to see this early pur-
Mayor’s Procession, Guildhall banquets, and suit of the Standard in part as a PR exercise;
formal conventions such as the Sovereign an attempt by the City authorities to demon-
having to seek permission to pass into the City strate to a sceptical public that the Square
at Temple Bar. Mile is still capable of putting out ‘good news’
Behind the scenes, however. The City of stories into the press.
London Corporation is amongst the most mod-
ern local authorities in the world in terms of
its operational efficiency, and management
Natural progression for City
of energy resources. It has been awarded Bea- The City of London Corporation’s Energy Man-
con Status by the Improvement and Develop- ager, Paul Kennedy, saw the initiative in a
ment Agency (IDeA) for its efforts in tackling rather different light, however; not a knee-jerk
climate change. reaction, but an entirely natural progression
Key to the granting of that status were the of the authority’s commitment to the respon-
City’s efforts to engage the business commu- sible use and reduction of energy across its
nity in climate change management, and its footprint. The Corporation had participated in
pioneering climate change adaptation strategy. the Energy Efficiency Accreditation Scheme
Early pursuit of the Carbon Trust Standard could have been seen a PR exercise to demonstrate to a
sceptical public that the Square Mile is still capable of putting out ‘good news’ stories into the press.
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