The birth of Aequilibria S.r.l.
Aequilibria makes a small but important evolutionary step, moving from a one person company to a Ltd. For a reality of five people in continuous expansion it was, in fact, necessary to change the scope, adopting a corporate structure and an organization that went beyond the group of good consultants supporting a freelancer. The increasingly […]
Amazon wants half of its shipments to be carbon-neutral by 2030
Even the largest online retailer has adopted a new emission reduction initiative. Amazon’s first concrete commitment to reducing its carbon footprint, “Shipment Zero” commits the company to carbon neutrality for half of its package deliveries by 2030, with a broader vision for entirely carbon neutral deliveries in the future. Amazon also announced that it would […]
Diesel and petrol cars will be soon off the road?
For the first time, internal combustion engine car sales are dropped off in the three main world markets: China, Europe and the USA. On the other hand, this trend is balanced by the greater sales of electric cars. For example in China, the main cars market, it has been recorded the first decline of fossil-fuel […]
The first Carbon Footprint Italy mark has been released
On February 25th, the first CFI mark has been released to Magic Line cleaning trolley by TTS. The new national Carbon Footprint program allows companies to communicate, in a structured way, the Carbon Footprint of their products or their organization, in possession of an accredited third-party verification statement, concerning the quantification of their GHG emissions. […]
Worldwide trend to clean up electricity
The “Energy Revolution Global Outllok” report, published by Drax and written by experts from the “Imperial College London” and E4tech, ranks the progress in 25 major world economies. These countries account for 80% of global population, 77% of global GDP and 73% of the world’s CO2 emissions. The report provides a league table regarding the efforts […]
Change to the UNEP leadership
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres appointed Inger Andersen, Denmark, as the new Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) . Inger Andersen, since 2015 Director General of the NGO “International Union for Conservation of Nature” (IUCN), has previously worked for the World Bank, recently as Vice President of the Middle East and North […]
The FDIS of the new ISO 14064-3 standard has been approved: what will change for the verification of GHG?
On Friday 1st February, was formally communicated the outcome of ISO/FDIS 14064-2 and ISO/FDIS 14064-3 vote, concerning respectively the projects of reducing GHG emissions (and increase of removals) and the verification and validation activities of GHG emissions. The first edition of the two documents were published in 2006, and they are now completing the review process in […]
A new Accreditation Body from the USA…looking at Carbon Footprint of Product!
Two major accreditation bodies, ANSI and ANAB, have recently merged to form the new main reference for guiding the development of accreditation process in the US. The new subject has maintained the name of ANAB, but the acronym takes on a different meaning (ANSI National Accreditation Board), in order to symbolize the intimate fusion between […]
The EEA Renewable Energy Report
The recent EEA (Energy Environment Agency) report on Renewable Energy in Europe, highlighted the development in the energy sector and related areas. The rate of renewable energy has doubled from 2005 to 2016, but has to be recorded a slight decrease in recent years as a result of the increase in the energy consumption and […]
The carbon management ISO standards at COP 24.
The Katowice Climate Change Conference (COP 24) has concluded Saturday night, with the final negotiation outcome characterized by lights and shadows (for further details click here, Italian only). Among the numerous official side events within the COP, there was also a dedicated event to the carbon management ISO standards. Daniele Pernigotti, coordinator of the ISO […]