Today we are very lucky to have a guest blogger on our website. Ruby Clarkson is a freelance writer who is passionate about our planet and the animals that we share it with. When she is not writing, she is either out in the garden or wrapped up in a blanket with a good book. […]
Read our blog post to see what steps your business can take to tackle climate change.
All amends regarding the UK leaving the EU will only take place on the day of exit. The Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Miscellaneous Amendments etc.) Regulations 2019 Sections which have been amended are: Bathing Water Regulations 2013, the list of bathing areas has changed. The new list will be published. In addition, small amendments […]
Exiting the EU, means this month there are more environmental legislation updates than usual. All amends will only take place on the day of exit. There will be changes in legislative wording to fit in with domestic UK legislation. Most changes will be minor. The laws which will be affected are the following: The Air […]
The IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) recently announced that global temperatures need to be limited to 1.5oC above pre-industrial levels, as opposed to the previously calculated 2oC. The report warned that we have 12 years in which to turn things around. This has been a huge global call to action for worldwide decarbonisation to […]
Web Summit 2018 event Will, Charlie and Alex attended Web Summit in Lisbon this year as part of the launch of Compare Your Footprint, a software developed by Green Element that simplifies the process of carbon footprinting for organisations. While a tech conference showcasing some of the most innovative technologies in the world, there was […]
A carbon footprint is a measure of the impacts of an activity on global warming by calculating the greenhouse gas emissions of these activities, usually stated as a ‘CO2e’, or carbon dioxide equivalent. This is done to show all key greenhouse gases (carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide) expressed as a common unit, allowing easy […]
Adaptation and mitigation are the two key pathways taken to address climate change. Adaptation refers to actions taken to minimise the impacts of climate change across individual, local, organisational, and national levels. Essentially a ‘be prepared for the consequences’ approach, with a view to minimise vulnerability and increase resilience. Mitigation on the other hand, refers […]
