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"We all have our habits, and changing habits is not easy. Too often, we make our personal changes too late, like improving our diet after a heart attack, or seeing the mistakes made by an ailing friend. Other times, it is the iconic force of something we closely relate to that can make us take the first step. For sailors, that could be the program being devised by the Carbon Challenge’s Race Against Global Warming, and its entry in the Volvo Ocean Race 2008-09."
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Carbon Challenge aims for starting line
A syndicate with environmental issues at the heart of their campaign has emerged as a potential eighth entry for the 2008-09 race.
Known as Carbon Challenge, the objective of the campaign is to raise awareness of the harmful effects of global warming as the team travels the globe by significantly reducing their carbon footprint.
(…) Sailing matters will be in the hands of the former Mascalzone Latino America’s Cup project manager Tom Weaver.
“We will have already saved an incredible amount of energy compared to a team that builds a new boat. In theory at least, we don’t have to sacrifice a lot of performance versus the other teams as my research indicates that we can be reasonably competitive, investing our personal energy in making the boat fast. (…)
“Using a pre-campaigned boat, our crew will have a harder job keeping up with the rest of the field. But that is part of the challenge – to outperform expectations by being carbon conscious.”
Read the full story at volvooceanrace.com
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The World Business Council for Sustainable Development released a press statement about its support of the Carbon Challenge Boathouse project.
To view the release "EEB Project Shares Knowledge to Support Carbon Challenge" on their website click here.
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The WBCSD’s Energy Efficiency in Buildings Project is a three year initiative to assess the environmental impacts of buildings and develop means to achieve zero net energy use for residential and commercial buildings.
The study "Business Realities and Opportunities" has been published in August 2007 and highlights opportunities to promote green building know-how and technologies as the WBCSD pushes for zero net energy construction worldwide. Zero net energy buildings will reduce demand by design, be highly efficient and generate at least as much energy as they consume.
Progress can begin immediately because knowledge and technology exist today to slash the energy buildings use, while at the same time improving levels of comfort. Behavioral, organizational and financial barriers stand in the way of immediate action, and three approaches can help overcome them:
Continue reading ‘Energy Efficiency in Buildings: Download study’
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All of us as individuals, households, workers generates a personal footprint. All of us, through our energy usage, mobility, habits and actions create carbon emissions which accelerate the rate of global warming. Discover your carbon footprint and practical ways to reduce it with EarthLab.com’s Carbon and Lifestyle Calculator.
All Carbon Challenge employees use the calculator regularly and their carbon scores are listed in their profiles.
EarthLab.com is one of many new, user-driven channels set up to make an impact in the race against global warming. Informative and easy to use, it has already been used by nearly two million users and is the sole carbon measuring tool recommended by both the Alliance for Climate Protection and Live Earth.
Once you know your carbon balance, investigate the many pledges you can make to improve your carbon performance.
But remember that in addition to modifying our own behaviour, each of us has the power to influence the adoption of new technologies and new practices which help the world to tackle the threat of climate change.
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The European Business Summit has become Europe’s number one dialogue between business leaders and policy makers. With the theme Greening the Economy: new Energy for Business, the EBS wants to focus on how Europe can turn the “carbon challenge” into a business opportunity, giving new energy to growth and jobs. At the 6th EBS in 2008, business and political leaders, NGOs, media and academics from numerous countries are sharing visions and solutions in the area of climate change, energy and (eco-) innovation.
On the occasion of the EBS in Brussels on Feb 21-22 there will be a special presentation by Carbon Challenge for the media by
Olivier Lefebvre, Supervisory Board Chairman, Carbon Challenge Holding AG
Frederik Leloup, CEO Carbon Challenge Academy
Uwe Sasse, Member of the Supervisory Board, Carbon Challenge Holding AG
Feb 22, 2008, 11.30 am
Conference Room next to Press Room
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The Code of Coolness is a Carbon Challenge model for updating thinking, personal lifestyles, business models and policies to align with the urgent need to reduce the rate of global warming. The Code of Coolness is also a statement of Carbon Challenge’s commitments in respect of carbon management and the practices and policies it employs to achieve these commitments.
Mobility, energy use, boat management, infrastructure, management and supply chain are the primary areas for which CO2 reduction measures need to be implemented to ensure emission reduction targets can be reached as quickly as possible.
Carbon Challenge makes use of the most up-to-date assessment systems and works with experts from PricewaterhouseCoopers on their on-going development. Carbon Challenge’s emission values are continually independently surveyed and annual carbon balance will be posted on the group’s website. Carbon Challenge offers its assistance to partners wanting to develop their own Code of Coolness tool.
Download the Code of Coolness here.
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From the Sailing Team’s Logbook:
There’s been an impressive response to Carbon Challenge on our first day after launching the site. Thanks for all the mails of support.
We have confirmation that we have an exclusive option to buy the boat that finished second in the last Volvo Ocean Race – famously known as Pirates of the Caribbean.
It’s a cool idea for Carbon Challenge to get on board a pre-campaigned boat. On day 1, we will have already saved an incredible amount of energy compared to a team that builds a new boat Plus, in theory at least, we don’t have to sacrifice a lot of performance versus the other teams as my research indicates that we can be reasonably competitive, investing our personal energy in making the boat fast. More on that later…
In the short term we need to inspect the boat and determine a timetable for a re-fit with design engineers and boatbuilders, we will then look at a new complete sail inventory, I have an outlet to recycle the old ones! Then when we push the button we can get the sailing team on the water early so by race time they will be up for the challenge.
In the meantime we put some pictures up of her on the site for visitors to enjoy.
Tom Weaver, Carbon Challenge Campaign Director
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“As a global alliance of business schools and companies, CEMS has a major role to play to promote new values and management practices among business students and executives. We are proud to be the international education platform supporting Carbone Challenge”.
François Collin Executive Director CEMS - Community of international Management Schools and international Companies
Find more statements of Carbon Challenge’s strategic partners in the "Experts" section.
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In todays issue the renowned German news paper "Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung" writes on Carbon Challenge in both their business and sports section: "Carbon Challenge is supposed to provide an opportunity to corporations and brands to demonstrate their engagement in ressource management and CO2 reduction - as well as experience these requirements hands-on."
Im Sport- und Wirtschaftsteil berichtet die "Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung" heute über Carbon Challenge: "Die "Carbon Challenge" soll großen Konzernen und Marken die Möglichkeit geben, ihr Engagement beim Schonen natürlicher Ressourcen und in Sachen Schadstoffreduzierung darzustellen, die neuen Ansprüche aber auch zu erfahren."
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Carbon Challenge Press Releases are now available in the "Download" section both in English and German
Read the latest short version here:
By participating in a globally visible sporting event, Carbon Challenge aims to add the ‘performance dimension’ to the CO2 discussion, making it more relevant to global business.
A concept that merges sporting ambition, environmental responsibility and management training to demonstrate leadership in CO2 reduction to businesses.
Wind, high tech, emotions … and an on-board mission that will be heard around the world: “We can win the Race against Global Warming”. Carbon Challenge (www.carbonchallenge.net) has been accepted as preliminary entry in the Volvo Ocean Race, starting on October 4 in Alicante, Spain and continuing through nine stopovers around the world before finishing in St. Petersburg, Russia in June, 2009. However Carbon Challenge is much more than a sailing team. “It is a 360 degree carbon reduction platform. It serves international companies and top management who want to highlight their commitment level and leadership position in carbon management and climate protection” explains Commercial Director, Jacqueline Sasse.
At sea, on land and in minds: The Carbon Challenge project will consist of
Continue reading ‘Press Releases available to download’
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