About Carbon Trust
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.
Read MoreIn 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.
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.
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."
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