Sentences with phrase «part of your carbon footprint»

Keurig Green Mountain implemented strong efficiency and carbon management efforts, but recognized that due to current limits, part of the carbon footprint would remain.

Keurig Green Mountain recognized that despite their emissions reduction efforts, part of the carbon footprint would remain.

Be aware, however, that while not using plastic bags is very good for the environment, it actually only makes up a small part of your carbon footprint.

But sheds are more than just cute; they can be a major part of a carbon footprint reduction strategy.

The resources used may be different, and the type of waste created different as well, but from a carbon perspective, at the individual level how you read your news is not a big part of your carbon footprint.

Not exact matches

«Sustainability is part of the Electrolux business strategy and we are dedicated to innovate for more sustainable products and to reduce our carbon footprint,» Henrik Sundstrom, vice president, sustainability at Electrolux, said.

Get ahead of the «going green» curve by showing your customers, many of whom want to reduce their own carbon footprints, that you are also doing your part.

The move is part of an ongoing effort by Anheuser - Busch (bud) to reduce its carbon footprint.

We work hard to continually reduce our carbon footprint by taking the necessary steps to minimize the existing amount emitted each year in every part of our supply chain.

Tesco has begun displaying carbon footprint labels on milk bottles as part of a series of measures designed to reduce the environmental impact of milk production.

As part of its commitment to reduce the carbon footprint of its products by a third by 2020, the company has committed to recycle more packaging than it uses.

The greatest part of keeping track of my green acts and pledging to do things that save me money and reduce my carbon footprint I am able to see the difference I am making and what others are doing!

Part of it may be a new environmental consciousness; if you really want to lower your carbon footprint, forget about buying a Prius and think instead about having just one kid, says New York Times environment blogger Andrew Revkin.

Tony Blair joined with big business leaders in London today as part of a new campaign to encourage individuals to reduce their carbon footprint.

Insofar as it replaces carbon - intensive coal and oil power, natural gas is a huge gain in cutting the country's carbon footprint, all while creating new jobs and bringing power to isolated parts of the country.

The banks made their pledges on renewable energy as part of a campaign called RE100, an effort organized by environmental advocacy groups to get leading companies to commit to shrinking their carbon footprints.

The session was part of a two - day conference tied to a National Research Council study aimed at developing a research agenda for reducing aviation's carbon footprint.

The highest carbon footprints shown here are in the UK and in parts of Greece.

But bamboo now constitutes one leading edge of his portfolio, in part because the bikes, he notes, have «the lowest carbon footprint on the planet.»

For example, a large body of research has found switching to an entirely vegetarian diet would make a huge difference on the carbon footprint of our food system — the Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security research program reports that if the global population were to reduce or cut its meat intake, it would halve the cost of mitigation actions needed to stabilize carbon dioxide levels to 450 parts per million by midcentury — but for many people that is not in the cards.

Mike Hightower, a senior researcher at Sandia National Laboratories in New Mexico, cautions that reducing carbon emissions, while crucial, is just one part of the energy equation: Virtually every time you lower the carbon footprint in industrial energy production, he says, «you end up with a bigger water footprint.»

BALANCING the need to travel while minimising your carbon footprint can present a challenge for scientists whose research takes them to far - flung parts of the world.

Final word goes to Gavin Skipsey, who remarks that the experience of the two Plymouth schools is «by no means uncommon as education providers become more highly informed about the role of boiler optimisation as part of a broader commitment to reducing their energy bills and carbon footprints.»

Small and large manufacturers alike are going green as the owners of these companies have made it their mission to do their part to reduce their carbon footprint.

«It also helps reduce our carbon footprint, an important part of our sustainability model.»

Part of the mitigation strategy for climate change is to reduce carbon footprints.

Global shipping isn't yet counted as part of a nation's carbon footprint.

A new software app for your phone takes all the calculating part out of figuring your carbon footprint.

We concluded that if you live in a part of the world with relatively clean electricity, then an electric induction range is greener, both for its carbon footprint and because of indoor air quality.

This is great news for us Treehugger's who have been working hard to do our part in the reduction of our own carbon footprint.

As he points out, electricity consumption is one of the key drivers behind a corporate carbon footprint and switching to green energy and committing to RE100 or Science Based Targets goals can be an important part of an emissions reduction strategy.

It is reasonable to conclude that China's rising carbon footprint is in no small part attributable to the consumer demands of its trading partners and points to the challenge of apportioning blame responsibilities on a geographic basis, as the current international climate negotiations attempt to do.

You are the ones that are part of the solution, not part of the problem: transporting yourselves with virtual zero carbon footprint.

Best of all, you can feel good about shrinking your carbon footprint and doing your part to protect the planet.

Interfaith Power and Light is asking us to provide that support by sending to the UN conference in Paris our pledges that we as individuals will do our part to meet the goals of significantly reducing our own carbon footprints.

Consequently, the next time a serious drought takes hold of some part of the world and the likes of Al Gore blame it on the «carbon footprints» of you and your family, ask them why just the opposite of what their hypothesis suggests actually occurred over the course of the 20th century, i.e., why, when the earth warmed - and at a rate and to a degree that they claim was unprecedented overthousands of years - the rate - of - occurrence of severe regional droughts actually declined.»

«The 80m - high turbines will be installed at the company's plant at Whittlesey, in Cambridgeshire, as part of a drive to lower the company's carbon footprint and move its operations towards sustainability.

As a result of the 2007 law, written by Democrats, a significant part of that effort is now focused on developing advanced biofuels like those made from algae with reduced carbon footprints.

Part of that responsibility is reducing our carbon footprint and working to offset what we can't reduce.

«We are able to procure that many wind credits... there is a natural carbon footprint benefit through utilization of wind, so therefore part of our 650 tons of offsetting comes from that purchase of wind credits.»

«Mapping a company's carbon footprint, or the emissions it produces, and measuring its progress in this area is an important and growing part of our portfolio analysis.

Columbia is part of a growing movement of colleges and universities striving to shrink their carbon footprints.

While many of the newly announced commitments were in fact issued before, part of the White House campaign is designed to reinforce the image that the United States is increasingly serious about making significant reductions in its carbon footprint.

Twenty per cent of its energy needs, it says, will come from such sources, while allowing some flexibility for countries such as France, which is dependent on nuclear power, to count that as part of their contribution to reducing the Continent's carbon footprint.

«It is somewhat embarrassing for me to admit this, but part of the problem is that a small minority of my [scientist] colleagues, people who should know better, are feeding the extreme - weather / climate hype in the mistaken belief that by doing so they can encourage people to do the right thing — lessen their carbon footprint,» wrote Mass in a blog post, which derided attempts to connect the recent frequency of extreme weather events — superstorms, deep droughts, historically bad winters, etc. — to manmade climate change.

People in other parts of the world usually have a smaller carbon footprint.

The amount of carbon dioxide emissions from transport each day is part of a person's carbon footprint..

It then provides an illustration of practical intervention models and tools for climate adaption and mitigation which advance social protection floor, reduce the carbon footprint of enterprises and create decent work as part of a just transition for all.

Thanks in part to rapidly falling solar costs, which for commercial projects has dropped almost 30 % over the last three years, and which hit a low of just a hair over $ 3 per watt earlier this year, going solar is a cost - effective method of not only reducing a company's carbon footprint, but also reducing its overall costs.

Water Usage and Toxicity The carbon footprint of tar sands is just part of the problem.