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Clear About Carbon in European Financial Review Article

An article highlighting the Clear About Carbon project has been published by the European Financial Review:

Clear About Carbon: Leading Change in Procurement for Cornish Supply Chains

The European Financial Review is a leading business intelligence magazine, widely read by financial experts and the wider business community and designed to provide informed opinion on financial, business and lifestyle matters.

The article, which was published in the December/January 2012 edition of the magazine and which will also be available online, was written by the University of Exeter Business School team, and provides a broad outline of the project, its background, and explores some of the findings and challenges experienced over the past few months.

Private Sector Carbon Literacy E-Learning Resource

This free training resource can be used to develop awareness and understanding of the terminology and principles associated with the ‘greenhouse effect’, ‘climate change’ and ‘carbon footprinting’. With a move towards consideration of carbon in procurement practices it is becoming increasingly important to understand this new agenda and associated terminology.

In conjunction with staff from Glaxo Smith Klein, Wiles Greenworld, Microgeneration, Homegroup, ARM and KPMG, Clear about Carbon, Defra and Department of Health have adapted the course for the private sector. The private sector version is now available, free of charge.

The resource forms part of the DEFRA led National Sustainable Public Procurement Programme (NSPPP). It is available to public and private sector employees and anyone else interested in the subject. All materials have been tested with a range of stakeholders and industry groups following their adaptation from the IEMA approved ‘Carbon Literacy for Procurers’ 1 day workshop.

The Foundation and Enhanced Courses are typically relevant to everyone, whilst the Procurers Course has a greater focus on personnel involved in procurement and commissioning of goods and services.

Every effort has been made to ensure that the materials are intuitive, interactive and engaging. At the end of each course is a short test, following which a certificate can be accessed for personal development records.

The course takes about four hours in total; and as the system records and saves progress it is easy to complete the course in shorter sessions.

Please access the course via the following link: http://sd.defra.gov.uk/advice/public/nsppp/carbon-learning/