A-Z of Products

AMEE: The Carbon Data Aggregator: Following a Series A funding round in November 2008, Verdantix met with Gavin Starks, the CEO of AMEE, to hear about his vision for the development of a massive carbon data aggregation and analytics platform. AMEE is a software as a service (SaaS) that captures activity-based energy and emissions data and provides an emissions calculation engine to analyze the data. More accurate and detailed carbon data will enable AMEE to offer valuable analytics.
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ArcelorMittal Begins To Tackle Climate Change: This case study is one in a series of Verdantix reports on corporate climate change strategies. ArcelorMittal is the largest steel company in the world with operations in 28 countries. In 2008, ArcelorMittal launched a climate roadmap which includes targets for greenhouse gas reduction and a commitment to work with the EU steel industry on investment in technologies that will reduce the sector’s carbon emissions.
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BA Operates Defensive Climate Change Plan: This case study is one in a series of Verdantix reports that analyzes the defensive climate change strategies implemented by companies in energy intensive sectors. The aviation industry is currently responsible for 2% of global carbon dioxide emissions, a figure which is expected to rise to 5-6% by 2050 through passenger growth.
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BAE Systems Wakes Up To Climate Change: Since 2003 BAE Systems, the global aerospace and defence contractor, has submitted a report to the Carbon Disclosure Project but until 2008 its climate change strategy was limited to energy efficiency and regulatory risk management. By appointing a Managing Director for CSR with a strong general management background, investing in an enterprise carbon footprint and engaging with customers and suppliers on sustainability the firm has now pushed its plans out of the hangar onto the runway
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Best Practices For Building Management Systems: Resurgent energy prices, national legislation and corporate brand risks have bought energy efficiency to the forefront of private and public sector climate change and sustainability strategies. For many firms, reducing building electricity consumption is a top priority initiative and the operation of an efficient Building Management System (BMS) is often an integral element of the project.
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Best Practices For Carbon Management: Economy-wide emissions targets set under the Kyoto Protocol have existed for decades. Greenhouse gas reporting regimes like the EU Emissions Trading Scheme have existed for over 5 years. Back in 2007, hundreds of CEOs launched a frenzy of carbon footprinting projects. Despite this long timeline, very few examples exist of firms with carbon management strategies that actually reduce CO2 emissions.
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Best Practices For The Carbon Reduction Commitment: From April 2009 the carbon dioxide emissions of at least 5,000 private and public sector organizations in the UK must be measured and reported by law under a scheme called the Carbon Reduction Commitment. Many organizations are woefully unprepared for this legislation. Individuals responsible for CRC compliance — in energy, finance, environment and CSR roles — need to understand the best practices. Otherwise they may face the wrath of the CEO due to unbudgeted costs and reputational damage.
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BHP Billiton Climate Plan Focuses On Compliance: This case study is one in a series of Verdantix reports that analyses defensive climate change strategies implemented by companies in energy and fuel intensive sectors. Climate change presents financial and operational risks to BHP Billiton, predominantly through increasingly stringent environmental regulations. To combat this, the firm has developed a short-term sustainability plan built on executive leadership, 5 year carbon reduction targets and broad stakeholder engagement.
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BP Hedges Against An Uncertain Future Climate: This case study is one in a series of Verdantix reports that analyse corporate climate change and sustainability strategies. BP is the third largest integrated oil and gas company in the world, providing around 2% of the world’s primary energy and generating revenue of $246 billion in 2009. BP references rising energy demand to justify and forecast a large share for its fossil fuel resources in the world’s energy mix over the next 20 years.
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Business Case For Carbon Management Software: This report helps individuals in energy, carbon, finance and IT roles to understand the business case for carbon management software. Firms face increasing scrutiny of their energy usage due to higher prices, GHG reporting legislation and CEO commitments to cut CO2 emissions. But most firms lack a system for secure, auditable energy and carbon data management and analysis.
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Business Case For On-Site Renewables (forthcoming): Around the world, governments offer incentives for investments in renewable energy power generation. One segment of the renewable energy market that is just getting off the ground is on-site deployments by large corporates. Policy-makers have low expectations for the total contribution of small-scale, on-site renewables to the overall power mix. This report clarifies the business value of investments in on-site renewables.
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Business Case For Wind (UK): A strong policy environment since the introduction of feed-in tariffs in the UK, lower operating costs, reduction in firm emissions and the strengthening of stakeholder relationships is fostering interest in investments in wind energy. This report helps decision makers involved in energy procurement and meeting environmental goals to assess the financial and environmental business case of investing in wind energy in the UK.
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Business Implications Of The Copenhagen Accord: Released on December 19, 2009, the Copenhagen Accord is a three page political declaration that is intended to frame future UN climate change negotiations and codify national policies on adaptation and mitigation. Verdantix believes that the most meaningful elements of the deal are the increased potential for US involvement in a global climate change regime, inclusion of developing country reduction plans in global reporting, and larger pledges of financial support for developing countries.
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Buyer's Guide To Sustainable Business Software: The pressure on firms to collect, store, audit and report accurate sustainability data is growing. Tighter regulations, stakeholder pressure and potential cost savings drive firms to look at better alternatives to existing systems. With so many providers offering solutions in what appears to be a fairly amorphous market, Verdantix surveyed 65 suppliers to clarify and define purchase options for buyers.
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Canada: Sustainable Business Spending 2009-13 (forthcoming): Chief Sustainability Officers, practice leaders, product managers, cleantech entrepreneurs and investors require climate change and sustainability market structure, size and forecast data to support commercial and strategic decision-making. To help resolve these problems, Verdantix created the Critical Moments model — a globally-capable platform for climate change and sustainability budget analysis and market forecasting.
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Carbon Emissions Reduction Value Chain (forthcoming): The Kyoto Protocol created a new market from a vacuum where value is created by reducing carbon emissions. This new market has incomplete market infrastructure, untested business models, evolving regulatory rules and volatile prices. Market participants need to understand each step in the value chain to secure confidence in their future role. Based on interviews with value chain players across the globe this report provides a detailed step-by-step assessment of the value chain.
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Carbon Management Software Market Explodes: Software applications to help organizations better measure, analyse and manage their greenhouse gas emissions have been available for over 5 years but recently exploded into life as blue-chip investors and billionaire entrepreneurs entered the market. Five unstoppable mega-trends will turn this fledgling market into a multi-billion dollar eco-system by 2020.
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Carrefour Needs Sustainability Objectives: This case study is one in a series of Verdantix reports that analyses the business benefits of corporate climate change plans. Carrefour is the second largest retailer worldwide with 495,000 employees and €85bn revenues in 2009.
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Case Study: Better Place Electric Vehicle System: Verdantix met with Josh Steinmann, VP Global Development of Better Place to hear about the roll out plans for the Better Place electric vehicle network. Better Place is a new value chain for road vehicle transport not just a new cleantech venture. The firm has a multi-country roll out plan, government and city partnerships and has raised $400 million in funding. The Better Place business model integrates six operational capabilities.
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Cisco Seeks Green Shoots In Sustainability: Cisco is well-positioned to benefit from climate change and sustainability trends that will influence firms to switch from flights to telepresence and to seek networked software solutions to manage energy demand. To hear more about the plans Verdantix spoke with members of the Cisco EcoBoard. The firm already has a substantial climate change programme underway with strong leadership involvement and clear strategic positioning.
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Citigroup Is Ready To Compete Over Sustainability: This case study is one in a series of reports that analyses the climate change and sustainability strategies of large corporates. Citigroup posted revenue of $80 billion in 2009, the firm has 265,300 employees and was formally the world’s largest bank. Backed by a $50 billion pledge in 2007, Citigroup’s sustainability strategy focuses on reducing internal emissions and financing climate change related projects.
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Climate Change & Sustainability Spending: How To Size And Forecast The Market: Quantifying climate change and sustainability spending is a challenge. The proprietary Verdantix Critical Moments model provides sustainability leaders with a framework to benchmark their spending and a detailed market sizing and forecasting model to understand the size, shape and future direction of spending on sustainability initiatives. The analysis is based on company financial data, sustainability maturity assessments, a comprehensive initiatives map and multiple change drivers.
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Coalition's Impact On The UK's Low Carbon Plans: The first two months of the UK’s coalition government have now passed. The government has made its intention to support the development of a low carbon economy in both the June budget and its ‘Programme for Government’ clear. At the same time, it has made tackling the UK’s deficit a priority, with £6.2 billion of spending cuts announced across Whitehall.
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Commercial Realities Of Sustainable Business: If asked, “What do energy, climate change and sustainability trends mean for your business?” most executives respond that these are long-term trends with the potential to impact the firm’s profitability in the future. But does this perspective maximize shareholder value? This report finds that uncertainty on global and national climate policy, the impact of the Great Recession and recent criticism of climate science block the development of sustainability governance and vision.
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CRC Inspires Carbon Management Leadership: To help organizations succeed in the low-carbon world and claim a top spot in the UK government’s Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC) league table, we interviewed 202 carbon management experts in the UK’s largest organizations; 55% of which have revenues above $1 billion. Verdantix found that the cash flow impact of the CRC, the brand risk implications and the compliance requirements put the spotlight on the CEO and CFO.
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Dry Washing Innovation Nears Commercial Market: Water scarcity risks will impact most of the world’s population within the next fifteen years. Combined with greater emphasis on sustainability in business and consumer markets, demand for innovations that offer alternatives to water-intensive processes, like the ‘almost waterless’ washing machine developed by UK-based start-up Xeros, will soar.
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Econcern Receivership Highlights Cleantech Risks: Econcern, a Netherlands headquartered energy and cleantech group with 1,000 employees, filed for the Dutch equivalent of receivership on May 26, 2009. The firm had plans for massive expansion through its five business units in consulting, renewable energy projects, small-scale solar power implementation, carbon projects and cleantech venture capital. The financial crisis wrecked the firm’s growth plans.
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Encana Plans For A Carbon Constrained Future: This case study is one in a series of Verdantix reports that analyze corporate climate change and sustainability strategies. EnCana Corporation, the North American integrated oil and gas giant, generated revenues of $30 billion in 2008 and had 8000 employees. Emerging from the split of EnCana Corporation in November 2009, Encana, the pure play natural gas provider based in Calgary, delivered revenues of $3.5 billion in the first quarter of 2010 and has 5000 employees.
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Enecore Carbon: CDM Shake-Out Survivor: Founded in 2006, Enecore is a Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) consulting firm with offices in Beijing and London. By aligning its professional services with the needs of European carbon credit compliance buyers like RWE and Nuon, avoiding negative financial impacts from carbon credit price volatility and diversifying its revenue streams, Enecore has emerged as a survivor from the brutal market shake-out.
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Enviance & CH2M HILL Partner For GHG Solutions: Enviance and CH2M HILL partnered to accelerate the delivery of GHG solutions. This partnership responds to market demands triggered by state-level regulations on GHG reporting. Verdantix believes that customers will benefit from the combination of Enviance’s proven software-as-a-service platform with CH2M HILL’s market leading implementation support. The hosted solution is more cost-effective than licensing an enterprise application.
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EU Sets Cap On Phase 3 ETS Allowances: The European Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS), which was launched on January 1, 2005, is the largest multinational trading scheme in the world. It caps the emissions of more than 11,500 energy-intensive installations, driving the bloc’s 27 nations towards complying with Kyoto Protocol targets. The EU Commission set the cap on emissions for Phase 3 of the scheme, which runs from 2013-2020, although it is not final.
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FedEx Prepares For Oil Price Risks: This case study is one in a series of Verdantix reports that analyses corporate climate change and sustainability programmes. FedEx first implemented strategic plans to reduce fleet atmospheric emissions and improve fuel efficiency over a decade ago and cemented this commitment in 2008 with the release of its ‘20 by 2020’ relative emissions reduction targets. With a fleet of over 50,000 owned motorized ground vehicles and 660 aircraft, fuel costs account for 10.7% of FedEx’s revenue.
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Financial Crisis Triggers Climate Change Shake-Out: The financial crisis will trigger a recession in developed economies which has negative implications for the climate change sector. The epicentre of the financial crisis is property, banking and consumer markets — none of which directly impact spending on climate change. But nobody escapes the effects of a recession. CFOs will block discretionary spend on voluntary offsets, CEOs will stall climate strategy development, investors will avoid high risk propositions.
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First RGGI Auction Is A Crucial Proof Of Concept: The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) is a cap-and-trade scheme covering the emissions from approximately 230 electricity generating units of 25 MW capacity or more in ten north-eastern US states. On September 25, 2008 RGGI successfully completed its first auction of CO2 allowances in preparation for the start of the first compliance period in January 2009. RGGI is a crucial proof of concept for a federal cap-and-trade scheme.
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Five Pitfalls Of Sustainable Business Software: New compliance requirements, pressure from customers and the potential to achieve energy cost savings drive organizations like Intuit, Marsh Supermarkets, Metcash and New York City to implement sustainable business software designed to help firms achieve business objectives linked to energy and fuel efficiency, carbon emissions, water consumption, social impacts and environmental compliance.
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Focus: Arreon Carbon And CDM In China: Arreon Carbon is a carbon credit developer focused on Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) opportunities in the Chinese market. This report provides a detailed assessment of the Arreon Carbon business, explains the CDM value network, digs into the core capabilities of this carbon credit developer and points to the future of the industry.
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Focus: IBM Repositions Big Green: In May 2007 IBM announced that it would “redirect” $1 billion per year to dramatically increase the energy efficiency of data centres. The success, or lack of success, of IBM’s Big Green strategy is important for the market because it sets the tempo for the rollout of similar strategies from other IT services firms. What has IBM learnt after investing its first $1 billion?
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Focus: Symantec's Climate Change Innovation Opportunity: Symantec is one of the world’s largest software firms with 17,500 employees and a focus on IT security and infrastructure software. The firm recently announced new solutions to help customers improve energy efficiency in the data centre and reduce its own carbon emissions. Verdantix believes that the time has come for the software industry, which lags many other sectors, to shift gears on climate change.
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Focus: The FSA Identifies Emissions Trading Risks: On March 31, 2008 the Financial Services Authority’s Commodities Group published a report assessing the risks associated with trading in the emissions market. The FSA identifies unique risks in emissions trading due to the political basis of the market and the lack of an underlying trade-able physical commodity. What are the specific risks that emissions market participants need to be aware of and what does the FSA risk assessment mean for the market?
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Focus: What JP Morgan's Climate Care Acquisition Means: On March 26, 2008 JP Morgan announced the acquisition of UK-based Climate Care for an undisclosed sum. The 40-strong Climate Care team will become part of JP Morgan's Environmental Markets team with a decision to be made in the future about the Climate Care brand. The rationale for the deal includes investing in large-scale emissions reduction, supporting the voluntary market and strengthening JP Morgan's commodity business. But what does the acquisition mean for other carbon markets players?
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France: Sustainable Business Spending 2009-13 (forthcoming): Chief Sustainability Officers, practice leaders, product managers, cleantech entrepreneurs and investors require climate change and sustainability market structure, size and forecast data to support commercial and strategic decision-making. To help resolve these problems, Verdantix created the Critical Moments model — a globally-capable platform for climate change and sustainability budget analysis and market forecasting.
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Fresh & Easy Starts Sustainable Software Journey: This is one in a series of Verdantix reports on corporate sustainability strategies and the use of sustainable business software that analyses the business drivers behind Fresh & Easy’s selection of a Verisae application. Fresh & Easy is a $302 million US retail firm that committed itself to an ambitious climate change plan, outlined by its parent firm, Tesco.
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Future View: Dongtan And Masdar Eco-Cities: The municipal governments of Shanghai and Abu Dhabi have launched plans for multi-billion pound eco-cities called Dongtan and Masdar respectively. But do these low carbon city plans really matter in the fight against climate change? This report presents the most recent information on the dimensions of the eco-city plans, their current state of development and assesses their meaning for the transformation of existing cities.
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Green Quadrant Environmental NGOs (UK): This report provides executives responsible for Corporate Social Responsibility with an in-depth, fact-based assessment of 12 leading Environmental NGOs. NGOs like The Climate Group and WWF are key stakeholders who influence, validate and advise on corporate environmental and climate change strategies. They also influence the standards and new policy frameworks which shape future markets.
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Green Quadrant Sustainable Engineering 2010 (US) (Forthcoming): Firms and cities in the US face a melee of engineering issues concerned with ageing infrastructure, sustainable energy and water supply and use, carbon management and physical damage to property. CSOs, Heads of Procurement, Global Energy Managers and those in municipalities like directors of sustainable growth are turning to engineering firms to deliver sustainable, cost effective and innovative solutions. Which firms will be able to deliver the best sustainable solutions?
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Green Quadrant: Carbon Brokers Assessed And Compared (forthcoming): Carbon brokers like CantorCO2e, Evolution Markets, MF Global and TFS play a crucial role in the carbon markets linking project developers with compliance buyers. The expansion of cap-and-trade systems combined with tougher reduction targets will keep deal structuring centre stage. But which broker should compliance buyers turn to for help? This report applies the Verdantix Green Quadrant methodology to provide a detailed evidence-based comparison of carbon brokers.
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Green Quadrant: Carbon Funds Assessed And Compared (forthcoming): Carbon funds like Carbon Capital Markets, Cargill Environmental Finance, Climate Change Capital and Kommunalkredit raise funds and make investments in CDM and JI projects. In this fast growing market, with new funds estabished every month, which firms are the key players and how do they compare in terms of fund size, invested portfolio, structure and returns? The Verdantix Green Quadrant methodology offers a detailed evidence-based assessment of carbon funds.
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Green Quadrant: Carbon Management Software (Global): This report provides individuals responsible for carbon and greenhouse gas (GHG) data collection, planning, forecasting, reporting and reduction projects with an in-depth, fact-based analysis of 22 carbon management software solutions. Whether in the private sector or public sector, Energy Managers, CSR Directors, Sustainability Officers and Facilities Directors need to switch from utility bills and Microsoft Excel to a more robust and auditable software-based carbon management process.
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Green Quadrant: CDM Project Developers: The Clean Development Mechanism value chain is complex, opaque and immature. Carbon credit buyers like banks, funds and utilities want certainty about the delivery of Certified Emission Reductions and low prices. To help them understand which CDM project developers they should turn to this Green Quadrant analysis assesses and compares 23 leading project developers on a wide range of evaluation criteria.
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Green Quadrant: Climate Change Business Consulting (UK): The corporate market in the UK is gradually moving into a period where action on climate change is a necessity. As a result, demand for climate change business consulting services is growing. Today’s buying trends focus on understanding the scope of the problem. To assist climate change leaders in their selection of an external adviser this Green Quadrant compares 16 consulting firms against 74 criteria grouped into three dimensions: service completeness, market momentum and global presence.
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Green Quadrant: Climate Change Consulting USA: In the US market demand for advice on climate change and sustainability is growing due to a dramatic shift in US climate change policy, the cost reduction potential of “green” programs and competitive pressure to implement a climate change strategy. This Green Quadrant report helps buyers of consulting services to shortlist and hire consulting firms that best meet their needs for external expertise.
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Green Quadrant: Emissions Trading Exchanges Assessed And Compared: The global emissions market has grown from nothing in 2004 to a market with traded volume worth about €25 billion in 2007 according to Barclays Capital. This rapid development has seen a raft of product launches, partnerships, acquisitions and investments by leading commodities and derivatives exchanges. Over the next 2 years the complexity will increase as more exchanges spring up around the world and additional climate-change linked derivatives such as disaster and weather risk are traded.
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Green Quadrant: Energy Consulting UK: In the UK demand for energy consulting is growing driven by volatile energy markets, the carbon and sustainability agenda and new regulations. This Green Quadrant report helps buyers of energy advisory services to shortlist consulting firms that are best positioned to meet their needs. Based on interviews with 15 customers and 12 practice leaders and executives, the analysis applies 43 criteria to understand the capabilities, market success and UK coverage of 17 firms.
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Green Quadrant: How To Select A CSR Assurance Provider: Firms are under pressure from stakeholders, investors, competitors to enhance CSR reporting and invest in CSR assurance. But CSR directors and the executive team face a bewildering choice of assurance providers, international standards and project scopes. This report provides a detailed assessment of Acona, Bureau Veritas, Corporate Citizenship, Deloitte, DNV, Enviros, Ernst & Young, KPMG, LRQA, SGS, The Reassurance Network, The Virtuous Circle, URS Corporation and WSP Group.
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Green Quadrant: Sustainability Communications Agencies (US): In the last 12 months Chief Marketing Officers, Brand Directors and Chief Sustainability Officers have taken on the mantle of corporate sustainability marketing, building on the successes of CSR directors and corporate citizenship leaders. This is new territory for marketing and sustainability leaders, so to whom can they turn for help and guidance?
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Green Quadrant: Sustainable IT Services (forthcoming): Technology consulting firms have ramped up their marketing of "Green IT" services. But CIOs and IT directors face a real challenge to cut through the marketing communications and find the most appropriate supplier for their needs. This report assesses the technology consulting provided by firms like Accenture, Atos Origin, BT Global Services, Capgemini, Deloitte, Gartner, HP, IBM, Infosys, Orange Business Services and Wipro.
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Green Quadrant: Sustainable Telecoms (Europe) 2009: This report provides a detailed assessment on 53 criteria of the internal sustainability credentials and customer-facing sustainable telecoms solutions of AT&T, BT, Deutsche Telekom, Orange, Telecom Italia, Telefonica, TeliaSonera, Verizon and Vodafone. The key conclusion of the report is that customers want more sustainability innovation from telecoms operators and show much less interest in telcos' own sustainability achievements. Orange leads the market on sustainable telecoms solutions.
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Green Quadrant: Sustainable Telecoms (Europe) 2010: Telecoms services, such as smart meter connectivity, telecommuting, fleet telematics and video collaboration play an important role in delivering sustainability programme targets such as fuel efficiency, energy cost reduction and travel substitution. This Green Quadrant report provides a detailed, fact-based comparison of nine sustainable telecoms solutions provided by the 17 largest telecoms operators in the European market.
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Hara Fund Raising Pressures Competitors: Hara Software, a California headquartered software firm focused on solutions for energy, carbon and environmental management raised a $14 million Series B round from Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Nth Power and JAFCO Ventures. To hear more about the rationale for the additional investment and business plans Verdantix spoke with the CEO, Amit Chatterjee and the CMO Chris Farinacci on the day the deal was announced.
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Hilton Worldwide Begins To Tackle Strategic Risks: This case study is one in a series of Verdantix reports that analyses corporate climate change and sustainability strategies. Hilton Worldwide is a privately owned global hotel franchise with revenues of $7.7 billion, 130,000 employees and 3,600 hotels in 81 countries. In 2008, Hilton Worldwide announced targets of a 20% reduction in CO2 emissions, waste production and energy use, and a 10% reduction in water consumption by 2014 compared to 2008 levels.
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How To Establish A Carbon Reduction Capex Budget: CFOs need a mechanism to set up a carbon reduction capex budget due to CEO commitments on GHG reductions, reduced acceptance of offset strategies and a lack of existing budget for energy efficiency and carbon management. Seven steps define a transparent mechanism for raising funds from business units and functional groups with energy consuming assets. Existing carbon footprints should drive contributions based on an internally agreed price of carbon.
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How To Improve Sustainability With Telecoms Solutions 2010 (Webinar): Based on our new Green Quadrant study of the sustainability solutions from 17 telecoms operators such as AT&T, BT Group, Cable & Wireless, Deutsche Telekom, Orange and TeliaSonera this webinar provides insights for customers to leverage telecoms innovations to accelerate sustainability performance. Solutions covered by the analysis include sustainable telecoms consulting, smart grid connectivity, telepresence, machine-to-machine sensor networks and recycled mobile handsets.
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How To Refresh Your Climate Change Strategy (Webinar): Many climate change strategies were set in the 2005-2007 period. Much has changed since then. Verdantix research has identified that firms are moving towards a strategy refresh from 2011. This webinar provides insights on how to get the strategy refresh right in the context of new regulations, energy trends and competitive environment. We will also address the options for choosing a management consulting firm to support your strategy development process.
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HP Achieves Leadership On Carbon Reductions: This case study is one in a series of Verdantix reports that analyse corporate climate change and sustainability strategies. Hewlett-Packard (HP) is one of the world’s largest technology firms with revenues of $118.4 billion in the most recent financial year delivered by 321,000 employees worldwide. Due to its manufacturing roots and the outlook of the company founders, HP has had a constant emphasis on environmental performance.
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HSBC Needs To Reduce Emphasis On Climate Change: HSBC is one of the largest banking and financial services organizations in the world, with revenues of $78.6 billion and 302,000 employees in 2009. In 2005 HSBC kick-started its sustainability programme at its internal global environment conference and in 2007 the firm established its corporate sustainability department.
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I.T. Will Power Boom In Energy Managed Services: The carbon management agenda is driving a new wave of entrants into the more established managed energy services market. Software suppliers, specialist consultants and technology services firms are all targeting the growing market of combined carbon and energy managed services.
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IHS Builds Environmental Software Powerhouse: On September 17, 2009, the $844 million annual revenue information services firm IHS, announced it had acquired Environmental Support Solutions (ESS) for $59 million. This deal follows on the heels of the acquisitions of EnvironMax, Dolphin Software and Environmental Software Providers (ESP) in 2007 and 2008. To hear more about the rationale for the deal and future plans, Verdantix spoke with the IHS VP Environment, Scott Lockhart.
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Innovation: Drax Group's Big Biomass Strategy: Drax Group, the operator of Europe’s largest coal-fired power station, has diversified its power generation business into biomass. By mid-2010 the firm expects to have 500MW of co-fired coal/biomass generation capacity. The firm is investing £2 billion to build three 300MW dedicated biomass generation facilities with a target operational date of 2014. The carrots and sticks of climate change policy have driven the business logic behind the investment plans.
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Innovation: Tesco's Eco-Store Strategy: In January 2007 Tesco’s CEO, Sir Terry Leahy, announced a climate change strategy which included cutting carbon emissions from stores by 50 per cent by 2020 relative to 2006. After 2 years of trial projects, the firm recently announced the opening of its first fully-fledged eco-store in Cheetham Hill, Manchester.
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Innovative UK Industrial Symbiosis Model Exported: The UK National Industrial Symbiosis Programme (NISP) is an innovative example of industrial symbiosis, where one firm’s waste becomes another firm’s input. International Synergies coordinates the NISP membership network, using regional workshops and a proprietary database to identify opportunities for members to gain mutual value by repurposing waste streams.
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Insider View: Building The Next Climate Change Regime: Climate change is rarely out of the media spotlight but are businesses taking action? Among experts there is agreement on the scale of the economic transformation required, the policy framework and the sticks and carrots to effect change. There is also awareness of a plethora of blocking factors including insufficient mindshare outside the HQs of the largest corporates, too much expectation placed on carbon markets and limited business expertise in implementing climate change programmes.
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Integrated Reporting Think Tank Launched: On 2 August, 2010 The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) and the Prince’s Accounting for Sustainability Project (A4S) officially launched the International Integrated Reporting Committee (IIRC). This new think tank aims to bring together international stakeholders to develop a global reporting standard that incorporates environmental, social, governance and financial information within a single report, under the concept of ‘integrated reporting’.
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Intel's Sustainability Vision Focuses On Smart Grid: This case study is one in a series of Verdantix reports that analyses corporate climate change and sustainability strategies. Intel is the world’s largest semiconductor chip maker generating revenues of $35.1 billion in 2009. Intel aims to integrate sustainability into all facets of its business strategy, and sets absolute and relative targets for GHG emissions, energy, and water consumption from its own operations.
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Investment Manager Survey: Renewables, Environment & Cleantech: This report provides insights into the future of investments in the renewables, environmental assets and cleantech (REC) sector. Based on interviews with 26 investment managers across the funding value chain and discussions with 7 industry experts the study concludes investors, funds and executives who successfully traverse the 2009 to 2010 funding gap will benefit from a positive investment environment from 2011.
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Irrelevant Prices: Global Carbon Regulations: Policy-makers obsess about the price signal from carbon prices as a driver of change in the business world. But Verdantix research finds that the price of carbon is irrelevant as a material financial issue except for a tiny minority of emissions intensive firms. This report provides a synopsis of global regulations for carbon reporting and reduction.
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Is Google A Sustainability Leader In Hiding?: This case study is one in a series of Verdantix reports that analyse corporate climate change and sustainability strategies. Google is an internet search engine provider, generating revenue of $21.8 billion in 2008 with 10,000 employees worldwide. Google’s sustainability goals include water management and a commitment to carbon neutrality.
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Lack Of Funding Blocks Amtrak's Sustainability Path: This case study is one in a series of Verdantix reports that analyses corporate climate change and sustainability strategies. Amtrak, or the National Railroad Passenger Corporation, was founded in 1971 and has 20,000 employees. The United States’ sole intercity passenger railroad company is owned in majority by the US Federal Government and is funded through the Department for Transportation.
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Logica Benefits From Sustainability Creativity: Logica is positioning itself to benefit from climate change trends through the delivery of innovative solutions and internal cost cutting sustainability measures. To hear more about their actions Verdantix met with the CEO of Logica Iberia and the Chairman of their Global Utilities Board. As a first port of call the firm has used sustainability as a core means of cutting back internal operational expenditure.
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M&S Brand Benefits From Its Climate Plan: This case study is one in a series of Verdantix reports that analyze the business benefits of corporate climate change plans. Marks & Spencer is one of the UK’s largest retailers with sales in the 2007/08 financial year of £9,022 million. In January 2007 the CEO announced a 100 point eco-plan dubbed “Plan A”. Brand benefits are the most readily identifiable achievements from the plan for Marks & Spencer. But in the midst of a recession and new regulations “Plan A” needs a refresh.
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Market Size & Forecast: Climate Change & Sustainability Consulting UK (forthcoming): This report provides a detailed analysis of spending on consulting to support climate change and sustainability initiatives by 450 UK firms with revenues of more than $1 billion from 2008 to 2013. The findings are based on company financial data, sustainability maturity assessments, a climate change and sustainability initiatives map, a fact base of more than 1,000 initiatives and 400 interviews with budget-holders. Forecast drivers include energy prices, regulations and industry dynamics.
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Novacem Develops Carbon Negative Cement: The cement industry is currently a major contributor to climate change, responsible for 5% of global carbon emissions. Innovation within the sector has unearthed the possibility of turning this greenhouse gas source into a carbon sink. To hear more about developments Verdantix spoke with the CEO of Novacem, a start-up developing carbon negative cement.
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Orange Targets Sustainability Leadership: Over the last 2 years Orange has accelerated its internal and customer facing sustainability initiatives and ranked in the Leaders Quadrant of the Verdantix analysis of sustainable telecoms operators in Europe. To hear more about the Orange strategy, Verdantix met with Marc Fossier who in February 2009 was appointed Executive Vice President and Chief Corporate Social Responsibility Officer.
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Recession Requires Carbon Strategy Refresh: The 2008 credit crunch caused deep falls in business activity, energy demand and consequently carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. On March 25, 2010 the UK Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC) announced that the UK’s CO2 equivalent emissions from the six greenhouse gases covered by the Kyoto Protocol fell by 8.6% in 2009 compared to 2008 emissions. But what does this one-off fall in CO2 emissions mean for individuals responsible for carbon strategy?
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Renault's Electric Vehicle Ecosystem Charges Ahead: This case study is one in a series of Verdantix reports that analyses corporate climate plans. Since 1998, Renault has targeted improvements throughout the life cycle of its vehicles, which resulted in the firm cutting carbon emissions by 17.4% between 2004 and 2008. Industry leadership on end-of-life vehicle recycling saved Renault €400 million in 2007 alone, with the firm seeking to meet the ambitious target of producing 95% recyclable vehicles by 2015.
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Riversimple Drives For Cost-Effective Hydrogen Car: Oil prices, taxes, pollution controls and climate change legislation will result in a long-term shift from petroleum fueled vehicles to cleantech alternatives powered by electricity, hydrogen and biofuels. To hear more about this emerging sector Verdantix attended the July 2009 launch of the hydrogen fueled car from start-up Riversimple. By integrating multiple proven cleantech vehicle innovations into the car’s design Riversimple intend to commercialise the car at a low price point.
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Samsung Electronics Stares At Bright Solar Future: This case study is one in a series of Verdantix reports that analyses corporate climate change and sustainability strategies. Samsung Electronics is the largest firm in the South Korean conglomerate, or chaebol, Samsung Group. The firm, which employs 161,700 people, delivered revenue of $131 billion and accounted for 16% of all South Korean exports in 2009.
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Smart Grid Innovation Ecosystem (forthcoming): From electric vehicle charging points to corporate demand response IT solutions, from on-site wind power to green mobile base stations, smart grid decision-makers face a complex mix of evolving energy infrastructure, telecoms connectivity issues, network operations centres and energy-consuming endpoints. This comprehensive analysis of the smart grid innovation ecosystem classifies, compares and connects the multiple areas of development.
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Smart Innovators: Cleantech Vehicles (forthcoming): Road transport accounts for a sizable percentage of greenhouse gas emissions. The problem? Emissions from oil-powered cars, trucks and buses is growing and cleantech substitutes are far from meeting consumer requirements for performance, price and comfort. Fleet managers are likely to drive this market, not consumers. This Smart Vendors report provides a detailed market view of cleantech vehicle systems to clarify purchase options for fleet managers, sustainability leaders and the CFO.
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Smart Innovators: Specialist Sustainability Consultants: During the last five years the breadth and complexity of sustainable business strategies have increased significantly. At the same time, Chief Sustainability Officers (CSOs), their executive colleagues and strategy directors face new challenges in areas such as risk identification, stakeholder engagement, renewable energy investment and innovation for sustainability or cleantech markets.
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Smart Vendors: Biomass Supply Chain (UK): Verdantix selected the biomass supply chain in the UK for a Smart Vendors report as resurgent oil prices and national renewable energy targets will see biomass become an increasingly important resource. This paper analyses the role of fourteen companies in the supply of biomass to three different UK market segments.
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Smart Vendors: Carbon Management Software: Verdantix selected carbon emissions management software for a Smart Vendors report because the measurement, management, analysis and reporting of carbon dioxide emissions is an increasingly important business issue. A dozen firms have identified the future opportunity to create value for their customers by enhancing carbon management capabilities with software. Key functionality includes energy data aggregation, emissions calculation engines, business intelligence and multi-regime reporting.
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Smart Vendors: Sustainability And Climate Change Risk Consulting: Firms face a new set of risks triggered by regulatory responses and market reactions to climate change. But the identification of sustainability risks is far from most directors’ minds. This Smart Vendors reports helps risk officers get to grips with climate change risk management by assessing the services provided by ten leading consultancies. Based on interviews with a dozen practice leaders the report offers a detailed assessment of the business case for climate change risk identification.
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Survey: How Equity Analysts Link Climate Change And Company Valuation: What is the link - if any - between climate change and company valuation? Based on 50 in-depth interviews we reveal how equity analysts in the world's leading investment banks account for climate change risks and opportunities in their financial models. This report is essential reading for equity analysts, investor relations, strategy consultants and CSR directors who need independent research on trends in financial analysis of climate change.
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Survey: The State Of Climate Change Strategies: Based on 50 interviews with climate change leaders in the UK's largest firms this ground-breaking report provides rich data and analysis of trends in climate change strategy, governance, funding, implementation and business results. Essential reading for individuals responsible for climate change in large corporates and for suppliers who need to understand the current state of UK firms' thinking and investments.
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Survey: Which Suppliers Benefit From Climate Change?: Which suppliers are being prioritized by the UK's largest firms as part of their climate change initiatives? This document drills down into the survey data from interviews with 50 climate change leaders and explains where climate change spending will come from and on what products and services during 2008 and 2009.
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The Business Case For Telepresence (forthcoming): Around the world, large firms such as Accenture, Aviva and PepsiCo install telepresence rooms from equipment providers like Cisco, HP and Teliris to cut travel costs, improve productivity and explore new avenues for customer intimacy. This report provides a detailed analysis of the telepresence revolution sweeping through firms who have understood the business case for high-quality, immersive video collaboration. The analysis points the way to global deployment of telepresence systems.
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The Energy Efficiency Imperative: Increasing oil and electricity prices, the hidden cost of carbon, growing risks from energy supply disruption and board-level climate change compliance issues make energy efficiency a new imperative for the CFO. Verdantix analysis of energy and carbon trends indicates that finance executives need a multi-year energy efficiency plan to maximise cost savings, help the CEO meet carbon reduction goals and make financial decisions based on total cost of ownership.
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The Future Of Sustainable Telecoms, 2009 (Webinar): Based on the recent Green Quadrant analysis of sustainable telecoms providers in Europe this webinar combined our view on sustainability drivers, customer needs for sustainable telecoms solutions and our analysis of the competitive positioning of nine of Europe's leading telecoms operators to explain what the future holds for this sector.
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Toolkit: Business Case For Carbon Management Software: This toolkit contains the financial analysis for the business case on carbon management software. Verdantix clients can download the Excel spreadsheet and change assumptions to calculate their own business case or to support clients' decision making.
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Toolkit: Business Case For Wind (UK): This toolkit contains the financial analysis for the business case for wind in the UK. Verdantix clients can download the Excel spreadsheet and change assumptions to calculate their own business case or to support clients’ decision making.
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Top Ten Growth Opportunities In Sustainable Business Consulting (Webinar): This webinar features the most recent Verdantix Critical Moments market sizing and forecasting data on spending by 2,340 firms with more than $1bn in revenues on sustainable business consulting. The webinar drills down into the top 10 growth opportunities for consulting firms in the UK and the US markets across initiatives such as sustainability strategy development, climate change risk assessment, CSR and environmental assurance, verification and certification.
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Total Portfolio: Carbon And Energy Services: This Total Portfolio analysis clarifies the sustainability benefits, business value and maturity of thirty-nine low carbon and energy services. The sustainability rating tool cuts through greenwash with a fact-based assessment of each service. Executives and managers responsible for maximising energy efficiency and reducing carbon emissions should use this structured assessment to prioritize spending decisions and shortlist service providers.
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Total Portfolio: Electricity Metering Systems: This Total Portfolio analysis clarifies the sustainability benefits, business value and maturity of fourteen types of electricity meters and displays. The sustainability rating tool cuts through “greenwash” with a fact-based assessment of each solution’s sustainability benefits, maturity, investment case and future prospects.
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Total Portfolio: Energy Efficiency Solutions: This Total Portfolio report clarifies the sustainability benefits, business value and maturity of 30 energy efficiency solutions. The solutions are plotted on three product lifecycle curves based on a fact-based assessment of each solution’s maturity, investment case, future prospects and sustainability benefits.
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Total Portfolio: IT Sustainability Solutions: This Total Portfolio analysis clarifies the sustainability benefits, business value and maturity of twenty-four IT sustainability solutions. The sustainability rating tool cuts through “greenwash” with a fact-based assessment of each solution’s sustainability benefits, maturity, investment case and future prospects. Executives and managers responsible for implementing technology-based sustainability programs should use this structured assessment to prioritize spending decisions.
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Total Portfolio: Smart Grid Technologies (forthcoming): This Total Portfolio analysis clarifies the sustainability benefits, business value and maturity of the rapidly emerging universe of smart grid technologies. The sustainability rating tool cuts through “greenwash” with a fact-based assessment of each smart grid solution’s sustainability benefits, maturity, investment case and future prospects.
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UK Climate Change & Sustainability Spending 2009-13: Chief Sustainability Officers, practice leaders, product managers, cleantech entrepreneurs and investors require climate change and sustainability market structure, size and forecast data to support commercial and strategic decision-making. To help resolve these problems, Verdantix created the Critical Moments model — a globally-capable platform for climate change and sustainability budget analysis and market forecasting.
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UK Climate Change & Sustainability Spending 2009-13 (Webinar): In this Verdantix Webinar I will present the results of our 6 month study into spending by 457 UK firms with revenues above $1 billion on 28 different climate change and sustainability initiatives. This webinar will help CSOs, practice leaders, product and marketing directors to understand growth trends and opportunites in 19 industries from 2009 to 2013.
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UK Feed-In Tariff Energizes Business Case: In April 2010, the UK government introduced feed-in tariffs (FITs) for small-scale low carbon electricity. FITs are payments to energy producers for every unit of renewable electricity they generate whether it is for direct use or to be sold to the grid. The rationale behind this policy is to increase the level of electricity from renewables in the UK, building towards a target of 30% by 2020.
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UK Offshore Wind: Broken Economics?: This report helps individuals seeking to understand the future of the UK offshore wind market following announcements by oil majors, utilities and financial investors about problems with the economics of the sector. Offshore wind power generation is a crucial part of the UK government’s plan to generate 15 per cent of electricity from renewables by 2020. For European utilities with fossil fuel generating plants, climate change policy enhances the investment rationale for offshore wind.
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Uncertain Subsidies Delay Drax Biomass Plans: Drax Group, the operator of Europe’s largest coal-fired power station and supplier of 7% of the UK’s electricity, has shelved plans to diversify its power generation business into biomass. The firm had planned to invest £2 billion to build three 300MW dedicated biomass generation facilities with a target operational date of 2014.
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URS Wins Bid To Acquire Scott Wilson: On June 28, 2010, URS made an initial bid of 210 pence per share for Scott Wilson. Following a 245 pence per share bid by CH2M HILL, URS closed the deal with a final price of 290 pence per share. This deal values Scott Wilson at £233 million ($359 million). URS cites the reasons for this purchase as increased UK operations, greater global reach and promising short and long-term growth opportunities.
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US Climate Change & Sustainability Spend 2009-14 (Webinar): Verdantix will share the results from the Critical Moments market sizing and forecasting study of 1,833 firms with US revenues above $1 billion. We will provide unique data to target high-growth segments, understand why the market will take off in 2013 and increase your understanding of market drivers across energy prices, regulations, innovation, competitive factors and risk drivers.
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US EPA Fires Starting Gun For GHG Reporting: The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released its proposed Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Mandatory Reporting Rule on March 10, 2009. The proposed regulation has been in the works since 2007. It fires the starting gun for mandatory reporting of GHG emissions and the implementation of a federal cap-and-trade scheme possibly in 2013. Mandatory measuring and monitoring would start in January 2010 with the first GHG report due as early as March 2011.
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US Firms Need A Carbon Strategy Refresh: In 2009, US GDP declined by 2.4% due to the recession. As business activity fell, energy demand and the associated carbon emissions also dropped. The US Energy Information Administration has revealed that in 2009, CO2 emissions were 7% lower than 2008 levels. Falling GDP, the economy’s decreasing energy intensity, and declining carbon intensity of energy supply drove this reduction.
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US Sustainable Business Spending 2009-13 (forthcoming): Chief Sustainability Officers, practice leaders, product managers, cleantech entrepreneurs and investors require climate change and sustainability market structure, size and forecast data to support commercial and strategic decision-making. To help resolve these problems, Verdantix created the Critical Moments model — a globally-capable platform for climate change and sustainability budget analysis and market forecasting.
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Voltalis Disrupts French Electricity Market: Founded in 2007, Voltalis provides a distributed electricity demand reduction service to the French grid operator RTE. The technology consists of the Bluepod wireless transmitter and electricity modulator which are linked to centrally-controlled “smart grid” software. The Voltalis revenue model disrupts industry practices for peak demand management because it requires payment for reducing demand rather than boosting supply.
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Wal-Mart Sustainability Plan Requires An Upgrade: This case study is one in a series of Verdantix reports on corporate climate change plans. In January 2005 Wal-Mart launched its “Sustainability 360” plan. This plan contains commitments to source 100% of energy from renewable power, to achieve zero waste and to sell products that sustain Wal-Mart’s resources and the environment. The climate change elements of Wal-Mart’s plan focus on brand enhancement.
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What Copenhagen Delay Means For Business: On November 15, 2009 US President Barack Obama put the final nail in the coffin of the UN climate change negotiations to take place in Copenhagen in December. There will be no Copenhagen Protocol to succeed the Kyoto Protocol which terminates on December 31, 2012. A legally-binding treaty will likely be agreed at the Mexico City summit in December 2010, rather than the more proximate UN conference in Bonn, Germany in June 2010.
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What US Climate Change Entrepreneurs Should Learn From Europe (forthcoming): European governments started their transition to a low carbon economy between 5 and 15 years before the United States. Even when US firms struggle with the uncertainty of the global and federal regulatory environment, ambitious climate change and cleantech entrepreneurs seek to build great companies of the future. Many European ventures failed in this new market, so what can US entrepreneurs learn from the winners and losers in Europe?
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Who Should Be The Chief Sustainability Officer?: Global firms like Cisco, The Dow Chemical Company and Orange have appointed senior execs to lead their organisations’ climate change and sustainability (CC&S) initiatives. Whilst the job titles vary the responsibilities are similar: improve sustainability governance, develop climate change strategy, launch climate change and sustainability products and implement policies that move the organisation on a global basis towards strategic sustainable business goals.
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Who Should Be The Chief Sustainability Officer? (Webinar): In this Verdantix Webinar I will present the results of our analysis of the role, responsibilities and requirements of the Chief Sustainability Officer (CSO). This is a new role, designed to address the management deficit that results from middle managers in energy, environment and sustainability roles who do not have the budget and authority to implement transformation programmes.
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Why Tesco Needs Carbon Management Software: Tesco is one of the world’s largest retailers with 470,000 employees and annual revenues of £59.4 billion. In 2006 the firm set aside a £500 million budget to implement its climate change plan which covers a wide range of activities including IT, stores, refrigeration, distribution, waste, sourcing and compliance. Tesco has committed to a market-leading carbon reduction plan and its managers are now under pressure to deliver.
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WSP Product Ecology Democratizes LCA Software: In August 2010, WSP Digital, the software solutions business unit of WSP Environment & Energy, launched a new web-based software application called Product Ecology. The software enables industrial designers and product designers to cost effectively assess high-level life cycle environmental impacts on three metrics: carbon emissions, water consumed and waste created.
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