The Carbon Trust is a not for dividend company limited by guarantee created by the UK government to help businesses and public organisations to reduce their emissions of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, through improved energy efficiency and developing low carbon technology. The Carbon Trust has a three stage approach to reducing businesses' carbon emissions - firstly increasing energy efficiency and reducing direct carbon emissions, secondly by identifying and reducing carbon emissions in the supply chain and when the first two have been maximised where relevant by considering offsetting the remaining emissions through a valid and additional source. In British or Irish company law, a Limited Company is a person on its own right. ... Carbon dioxide is a chemical compound composed of one carbon and two oxygen atoms, and is in a gaseous state in the atmosphere of the Earth. ...

In the year ending March 2006, the trust received grant income of £79.2 million from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, the Department of Trade and Industry the Scottish Executive, the National Assembly for Wales, and Invest Northern Ireland. It is partly funded from the Climate Change Levy, a tax on electricity, gas, and coal.^[1] The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) is the United Kingdom government department responsible for environmental protection, food production and standards, agriculture, fisheries and rural communities in England. ... The Department of Trade and Industry is a United Kingdom government department. ... The Executives logo, shown with English and Scottish Gaelic caption The term Scottish Executive is used in two different, but closely-related senses: to denote the executive arm of Scotlands national legislature (i. ... Type Unicameral Presiding Officer Dafydd Elis-Thomas Members 60 Political groups (as of May 3, 2007 elections) Labour Plaid Cymru Conservative Liberal Democrats Meeting place Senedd, Cardiff, Wales Web site http://www. ... The United Kingdoms Climate Change Programme was launched by the British government in response to its commitment to the Kyoto Protocol on global warming. ...

The current Chief Executive is Tom Delay, who came to the trust after a career with energy company Shell and management consultancies McKinsey and A.T. Kearney. The current Chairman is Ian McAllister, who is also Chairman of Network Rail. The current Director is Peter Hambly who came to the trust from the NSPCC. Royal Dutch Shell PLC is a multinational oil company (oil major) of British and Dutch origins. ... McKinsey & Company is a privately owned management consulting firm that focuses on solving issues of concern to senior management in large corporations and organizations. ... A.T. Kearney is an international management consulting firm, dating its origins back to the early days of the management consulting profession. ... Network Rail is a British not for dividend company limited by guarantee whose principal asset is Network Rail Infrastructure Limited, a company limited by shares. ... The National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC) is a UK charity working in child protection and the prevention of cruelty to children. ...

A carbon label - which shows the carbon footprint embodied in a product in bringing it to the shelf was introduced for the first time, in the UK in March 2007, by the Carbon Trust. Examples of products featuring their carbon footprint are Walkers Crisps, Innocent Smoothies and Boots plc shampoos. Carbon label is a form of isotopic labeling where a carbon-12 atom has been replaced with either a carbon-13 atom or a carbon-14 atom in a chemical compound so as to tag (i. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Boots is the dominant pharmacy chain in the United Kingdom, with outlets in most high streets throughout the country. ...

See also

• Energy use and conservation in the United Kingdom
• Energy efficiency in British housing
• Green Alliance

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References

1. ^ The climate change levy package. HM Treasury (March 2006).

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External links

• The Carbon Trust
• Carbon Trust Innovation Awards 2007
• Carbon Label [1]