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23 October 2008

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Business environmental news

New this month:

• environmental futures 08
  Dont miss our national conference. EU Commissioner Stavros Dimas and Boris Johnson, Mayor of London, join the line-up. Business Forum attracts top speakers.
• Businesses can’t afford to ignore increasing flood risk
  With climate change likely to increase the risk of extreme weather events and floods, the Environment Agency is advising all businesses to take some simple steps to prepare for flooding.
• National auction in November
  The Treasury has announced the UK’s first auction of carbon allowances under the EU Emissions Trading Scheme.
• Is your business healthy?
  Healthcare businesses risk unnecessary costs and fines by failing to comply with green laws.
• Profit from a good environment
  In September we released a revised version of Best Farming Practices, a free booklet giving farmers simple, practical ideas to help them profit from a good environment.
• UK business has saved £1 billion in energy costs
  The Carbon Trust that has helped UK business save millions of pounds in energy costs is spreading its expertise abroad to combat climate change.
• Carbon offsetting: Having your cake and eating it?
  In these troubled times, the carbon offset industry seems to one of the few areas of the economy that's actually booming. But as allegations of greenwash continue, Esther Maughan McLachlan, Director of Strong Language, takes a look at whether offset can actually deliver.
• Dates for your diary
  What's coming up in October and November
• In the courts
  TG Commercials of South Yorkshire fined over £17,000 for polluting Bramley Brook. Plus: Anglian Water pays over £16,000 for two pollution incidents near Ely and Renoir Shoes Limited was fined £10,000 with costs of £4,000 for packaging waste offences.

Did you know...

Business and the environment can benefit from foresight:

• It is business that can exercise the fastest degree of change by seeing the opportunity rather than the threat. - Christopher Hune MP
• Sustainability is about profit ...it is the opportunity of the century. - Ben Clark, Kraft Foods
• There is a simple rule about the environment. If there is waste or plooution someone along the way pays for it. - Lee Scott, Wal-Mart
• Sustainability underpins future profits. - Sir Neville Simms, Carillion
• Caring is a powerful business advantage. - Scott Johnson.

 

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