The Carbon Trust hosted a delegation of Indian parliamentarians as part of an international exchange trip to share approaches to promote low carbon growth. The visit was arranged by the Climate Parliament, an international cross-party network of legislators, with support from the UK government’s Foreign & Commonwealth Office.

New report examines how industries and industrial products can become greener while companies and countries maintain, and even increase, competitiveness

The Low Emissions Intensity Lime & Cement (LEILAC) consortium announced that the ground-breaking project to demonstrate an innovative carbon capture technology for the cement and lime sector, has completed the Preliminary Front End Engineering Design (pre-FEED) study for the pilot plant successfully and on time. The project will now enter the full Front End Engineering Design phase.

Four leading organisations have been recognised by the Carbon Trust for exceptional success in reducing their environmental impact. Capital and Regional, Angus Council, PwC UK and Pompeian are the 2016 winners of annual awards presented to top performers across different categories of certified achievements.

SMEs are now able to claim capital contributions of up to 30 percent of the cost for energy saving projects through the Carbon Trust’s Green Business Fund.

Around a quarter of the UK’s current carbon emissions comes from our homes. One of the biggest challenges we face is how to retrofit existing housing stock so that it is much more energy efficient. Social landlords are uniquely well-placed to lead the way to prove the case for energy efficiency and lay the foundations for broader action.