Carbon footprint Archives

Close-up of rusty metal chain running from bottom left to top right.

August 7, 2023 Jim McClelland

Will the supply chain be the scapegoat for Net Zero?

Net Zero: As clients get real about cutting carbon, Jim McClelland asks: Will it be their suppliers who pay the price and feel the pain?

Artist's impression of the Kuusakoski recycling plant to be located on the waterfront in Veitsiluoto, a port on the Northern Gulf of Bothnia, Finland

March 22, 2023 Jim McClelland

First carbon-free recycling plant for steel

News: Leading recycling services company plans to invest €25M in building a steel recycling plant in Finland to operate 100% carbon free.

Construction cranes barely visible through smog-like dust cloud.

November 9, 2022 Jim McClelland

Calculating true carbon footprint of the World Cup

News: The World Cup always has a huge carbon footprint, but analysis suggests FIFA has underestimated the impact of Qatar by almost 50%.

Tray with five new recyclable delivery bowls: three are round, two with lids stacked on top of one another, the third is open showing food; one oval bowl has lid, other displays food inside. Chopsticks and Wagamama branded napkins in foreground

August 17, 2022 Jim McClelland

Packaging: cutting plastic and carbon from katsu curry

News: Sustainable packaging launch by restaurant chain will cut 330 tonnes of virgin plastic from supply chain and waste stream every year.

CGI visualisation of Windship True Zero Emissions triple-wing rig installed on a ship and viewed from the bow end

February 15, 2021 Jim McClelland

Zero-emission ship design unveiled as ‘Tesla of the Seas’

News: Innovative zero-emission ship design could help cut carbon from global fleet of 37,000 vessels, responsible for 3% of world CO2.

Aerial view of Ene river, Cutivireni, Peru, home to the indigenous Asháninka people (Image credit: Cool Earth)

November 2, 2020 Jim McClelland

TV travelogue ‘Long Way Up’ certified by The Planet Mark

News: Carbon footprint of TV travelogue the ‘Long Way Up’ certified by The Planet Mark for epic road trip by electric motorcycle.

October 21, 2020 Jim McClelland

True cost of going digital: ‘Climate Change’ in The Times

Counting the climate cost: Article for report in ‘The Times’ newspaper explores the full environmental impacts of digital transformation.

BrewDog cans with branches out of tops, sat on conveyor belt

August 27, 2020 Jim McClelland

Tree-planting punks: First carbon-negative beer business

News: With 2,000-acre forest and £30M investment, Scottish craft brewer becomes world’s first carbon-negative international beer business.

Engine in Biffa livery hauling long freight train

August 19, 2020 Jim McClelland

Road to rail helps get decarbonisation of waste on track

News: Modal shift from road to rail saves leading UK waste management company 6,600 tonnes of CO2 in transportation of inert material.

July 10, 2020 Jim McClelland

New Index to calculate carbon footprint of cloud computing

News: Free Index launched to enable users to calculate the carbon impact of options for cloud-computing, to factor in environmental cost of their choices.

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