Carbon Calculated’s Jess Vujovic discusses Trump’s recent withdrawal from the Paris Agreement, and argues that, with the help of business, hope of curbing climate change is not lost. On Thursday, 1 June 2017, Donald Trump announced the intention to withdraw the United States of America (U.S) from the Paris Agreement. At the twenty-first Conference of the … Read More
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Carbon Calculated’s newest recruit
Carbon Calculated is excited to welcome Robyn Ferrar to the team! With a strong, professional background in business and process analysis in the IT and telecommunications sectors, Robyn first turned her focus to sustainability in business 7 years ago. Her passion for the environment, particularly waste management, drove her to apply her analytical skills in a … Read More
Carbon Tax – the latest
During the annual Budget Speech, held on 22 February 2017, Pravin Gordhan announced that a revised Carbon Tax Bill will be published for public consultation and tabled in Parliament later in 2017. This suggests that carbon tax may come into play in early-2018. Carbon Tax will be administered as an environmental levy by SARS. It … Read More
Mediclinic’s Carbon Journey
Private healthcare company, Mediclinic, has been a working in partnership with the Carbon Calculated team for close to a decade. Over this period, Mediclinic has expanded the organisational and operational boundaries of their carbon footprint by 20 per cent, while the number of bed days sold – an indication of growth – has increased by … Read More
Why Science-based targets?
A new focus in corporate response to climate change is the setting of carbon reduction targets that are in line with scientific recommendation. Why is this a logical step? The reality If no action is taken, the average global temperature is on course to warm by 3.7–4.8°C by the end of the century. This is … Read More
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