How Best-in-Class Companies Are Ranked In Energy Management

August 19th, 2011, 1 Comment

By: Tiffany Richmond
Recently the Aberdeen Group released a study on energy management business practices that compared laggard, industry average and best-in-class organizations against one another. These results were uncovered through a survey of 254 executives earlier this year.
The survey classified the three levels – laggard, industry average and best-in-class –based upon practice and performance. [...]

Core Business Strategies That Drive Social And Environmental Benefits

July 23rd, 2011, No Comments

By: Tiffany Richmond
I recently came across an article about corporate growth strategies that can produce both social and environmental benefits. Below is a highlight of the key business strategies discussed in the article.
To read the full article click here.
The topics of greenhouse gases (GHG), climate change and environmentally responsible growth occupy the media and political [...]

How Climate Change can Influence your Investment Portfolio

April 25th, 2011, No Comments

By: Tiffany Richmond

Climate change risk is embedded in every investment portfolio, as companies worldwide face regulatory, legal, physical and competitive risks. Climate policies, such as, regulating greenhouse gas emissions can influence an organization’s cost structure, create new market and product opportunities, affect competition and alter demand patterns. Climate change policies can also influence an organization’s [...]

CFOs Taking Strategic Leadership Role in Carbon Management Programs

September 14th, 2010, No Comments

54% of public companies are not familiar with regulations related to carbon emissions.
Energy Advantage and Canadian Financial Executives Research Foundation just released its research study on carbon management. Below is the media release and a link to download a copy of the study.
Toronto, Ontario, September-14-2010 – Faced with increased regulatory reporting, companies are making investments in [...]

WCI Proposed Cap and Trade System to Start January 2012

July 30th, 2010, No Comments

By: Tiffany Richmond
The Western Climate Initiative (WCI) and its partner jurisdictions released a comprehensive strategy on Tuesday, including a robust cap and trade system, to address climate change in North America. The program’s objective, culminated from two years of work, is to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 15% below 2005 levels by 2020.
The program includes:

A [...]

United States Energy Bill Collapses in Senate

July 28th, 2010, No Comments

By: Luke Takeuchi  
On Monday July 26th the Democrat’s climate change legislation was pulled from the senate in an attempt to spare the embarrassment of a fourth cap and trade bill failing to pass. With the entire Republican Party in opposition of the legislation and wavering support from fellow democrats the bill lacked ample support [...]

5 Steps To Take To Prepare For Carbon Regulations

June 22nd, 2010, No Comments

By: Tiffany Richmond
With a number of carbon use centric statutory and regulatory actions taking shape across North America, such as US American Clean Energy Act, Western Climate Initiative and sustainability reporting requirements from the Ontario Securities Commission, carbon use transparency will have an increased level of business impact on many organizations.
It’s crucial for organizations to [...]

A New Approach to Carbon Management: Cap and Dividend

March 24th, 2010, No Comments

By: Shane Pepin
Over the past few years there has been a tumultuous relationship between science, politics, and economics when it comes to climate change. The on-again, off-again relationship is difficult to predict at best and dysfunctional at worst. For example, the recent developments concerning one proposed solution to mitigating climate change in North America, [...]

Financial Mechanism to Reduce Carbon Emissions

March 4th, 2010, No Comments

By: Peter Rowles
The topic of climate change has been hotly debated for the past 20 years. Until recently, scientists, politicians and business leaders, especially in North America, have not been able to agree on the existence of the problem let alone what measures should be taken to mitigate it. It is only recently that consensus [...]

The Impact of Climate Change and Supply Chain Management

March 1st, 2010, No Comments

By: Tiffany Richmond
Organizations are prompted to take a holistic view towards carbon management with the issue of greenhouse gas emission constantly topping government agendas and compelling scientific evidence indicating that climate change is real(1). Organizations are not just looking at their own operations and how to manage their own emissions but now are looking at [...]