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On December 12th, representatives from 195 countries and the EU gathered in the French capital reached a universal agreement on global climate action as the outcome of the 21st United Nations Climate Change Conference, known simply as COP21. Ecometrica has...
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The 21st UN Conference of the Parties on Climate Change – or COP21 – is running in Paris from November 30 to December 11. But how is this Conference different from previous events, and what will a global climate change agreement mean for the private sector? Below is...
Analysis of historic drought in Australia shows how the Ecometrica Platform can help assess and model global water risk A new Ecometrica Platform Mapping application allows users to easily access and compare historical drought index records and anomalies for any area...
The following documents describe the methods and source data used to generate risk based reference levels for estimating the avoided loss of forest in three ICF programmes, as part of a methodology testing phase. This project was funded by the European Space Agency...
Since the introduction of UK Mandatory Carbon Reporting in 2013, voluntary disclosure has become ever more important amongst listed companies in the UK. CDP’s voluntary disclosure scheme is amongst the most notable and credible initiatives and Ecometrica has been...
Voluntary disclosure has become ever more important amongst listed companies in North America. CDP’s voluntary disclosure scheme is amongst the most notable and credible initiatives and Ecometrica has been accredited as a CDP Gold Software Partner since 2013. CDP...
At the end of January 2015, Ecometrica Client Manager Adam Leaver attended the World Resources Institute (WRI) launch of the new scope 2 guidance for the Greenhouse Gas Protocol in London. The WRI and others have been preparing for a revised reporting protocol for the...
On December 10th 2014, Ecometrica attended the launch of the CDP’s 2014 Canada report, entitled “Driving climate resilience through carbon mitigation”, at the Toronto Stock Exchange. The event attracted over 70 attendees representing leading reporting companies,...
Using advanced software tools to enhance data quality and tackle climate change challenges Ecometrica, in collaboration with CDP and two other partners, has launched a software roadmap to help companies to make smart purchases for better sustainability reporting. The...
On 25th November 2014, Ecometrica took part in a webinar, alongside Compass Group, hosted by the CDP entitled, "Catering for Sustainability". The full recording is available at the bottom of this page and the slides can be downloaded here. The webinar introduces...
As the number of companies reporting corporate greenhouse gas emissions and the diversity of organizations & applications using these results both increase, the need for independent verification of the data and systems underlying GHG assessments becomes...
Verification is a key step in the assessment process, providing the dual benefits of increased stakeholder confidence in assessment results and valuable feedback on internal data management & measurement processes. In recent years, the number of mandatory and...
London, October 2014: Ecometrica and Lord Stanley Fink were delighted to host more than 40 corporate sustainability directors, environment experts, investors, NGOs and government representatives to Lord Fink's penthouse apartment for an invitation-only, post-work...
Monitoring greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the supply chain is now routine practice in the oil and gas sector. But as stakeholders demand greater transparency and new forms of energy production emerge, how can the industry tackle the challenge of accurately and...
DEFRA have announced new legislation affecting all large businesses in the UK to come into effect next year: the Energy Savings Opportunity Scheme (ESOS). ESOS mandates large organisations (or “undertakings” in DEFRA speak) to carry out energy assessments and identify...
In blockbuster productions, Hollywood’s depiction of archaeologists stretches the truth more than a little. In reality, archaeologists are less like Indiana Jones or Lara Croft. Rather, they can be found living lives that are focused primarily on the academic impact...
Traceability is one of the major challenges facing the food industry because it relates to consumer trust. What seems to be a simple solution to consumer questions – "surely you can just put a pin on the map to show me where this was produced" – is actually quite...
The UK's Department for Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) has recently launched a consultation on how renewable electricity, biogas and biomethane (Biogas which has been treated to allow injection into the UK's gas distribution grid) are reported. This might sound like...