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CONTENTS
In this issue
COVER
STOR
INFORM
Y
05 ❘ Idle Thoughts
CONTRIBUTORS
06 ❘ Carbon Reduction
07 ❘ Built Environment
David Symons
08 ❘ Waste
WSP Environment &
Energy’s director, David
09 ❘ Corporate Strategy
Symons, explains how his
company’s personal carbon
10 ❘ Finance
trading scheme works. It is
20
the first example of a
company in the UK using
11 ❘ Transport
26
such a system to help
change behaviour both at
13 ❘ The Peter McManners Column
work and at home (p26)
14 ❘ Policy Tracker
REGULARS
16 ❘ Analysis
The Government has announced its
28
intentions for the Zero Carbon Definition,
but what does this mean in practice?
David Cheshire,from AECOM’s
David Strahan
Sustainable Development Group, explains
This month’s cover story is
written by David Strahan, the
18 ❘ Leaders
award-winning investigative
From the Teletubbies to Top Gear:
journalist. He is the author of
BBC Worldwide, the corporation’s
‘The Last Oil Shock: A
Survival Guide to the
commercial arm, is taking its
Imminent Extinction of
environmental impact seriously,
24
Petroleum Man’ and trustee
discovers Tom Idle
of the Oil Depletion
Analysis Centre (p20) 30 ❘ Diary 26 ❘ Carbon counting
Measuring the difference:
32 ❘ Market Intelligence WSP Environment & Energy’s
David Symons reports on how
FEATURES
DON’T MISS...
introducing a personal carbon allowance
scheme for employees outside the
SUSTAINABILITY
20 ❘ Cover story workplace has inspired them to change
The AD obstacles their lifestyles, raised awareness and
REPORTING
Organic waste has the potential to helped boost the funds of an
A special supplement
produce sustainable energy and mitigate environmental charity
on the art of reporting
climate change. But Britain risks
and using CR as a squandering this opportunity for a 28 ❘ Reduction warning
business-winning tool generation, reports David Strahan A case of too little, too late?
The business community needs
24 ❘ Future challenge to double its pace of cutting CO
2
Global Steve Building
analysis Millward perceptions
A comprehensive Jewson’s director of How Galliford Try
assessment of the sustainability explains is using sustainability
current state of why finding the right and expertise to win
Sustainable Business worldwide reporting voice is so important new business
Delivering new homes and transport emissions if we are to stand any chance ofMAKING IT HAPPEN October 2009
infrastructure in the face of stringent avoiding dangerous climate change,
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carbon reduction targets is going to be a according to The Carbon Disclosure
effective
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togetherthe theon in
itall huge undertaking for the public and Project’s latest report. Tom Idle gives theedge
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Bringing
communication
you
give Free with
private sectors. Rachel Skinner explains lowdown on a report that will make
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