Climate Change Background

Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Climate change and global warming are emotive topics for the general public but represent enormous challenges for industry as it faces the 21st century. It is becoming compulsory for many industries to have their CO2 emissions verified. This is where c:sense can help you.

Kyoto Protocol
The Protocol commits industrialised countries to reduce their collective greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by at least 5% compared to the 1990 level by the period 2008 - 2012.

Climate Change Levy (CCL)
The CCL is an energy tax that adds 15% to typical energy bills. However, companies which are intensive users of energy can mitigate the cost of this tax by reducing emissions.

UK Emissions Trading Scheme (UK ETS)
The UK ETS enables larger greenhouse gas emitters to buy allowances to meet emission reduction targets or sell any over achievements.

EU Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS)
The EU greenhouse gas trading scheme (EU ETS) is a EU-wide scheme for trading CO2 allowances, established on 23 October 2003.

“ it was essential that our appointed verifiers had first class technical abilities in order to appreciate some of the process related nuances. We felt that in GASTEC at CRE Ltd, those qualities were well established"

Malcolm Jepson
Environmental Manager

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