Sustainability Publications
Assessing your green fraud risks |
Sustainability yearbook 2011 |
What does the Cancun Agreement mean for business? |
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Carbon reporting: Communicating climate change action with Bartley O’Connor (This article was published in Accountancy Ireland December 2009) |
 December 2009 |
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EU Governments amend VAT treatment of carbon credits to prevent fraud Three EU governments have recently announced changes to the VAT treatment of the sale of carbon credits, driven largely by the detection of a number of 'carousel' type cases of VAT fraud. This change may impact the treatment of carbon credits for Irish VAT purposes and will be of interest to companies involved in electricity generation, using heavy volumes of electicity, trading in or are engaged in projects which generate carbon credits and in particular those industrial/ chemical companies generating carbon emissions from industrial processes. |
 August 2009 |
Assessing your green fraud risks A recent cyber attack on the world’s largest and most high profile emerging environmental markets - the European Union Emissions Trading Scheme - forced trading to be suspended. What fraud risks exist in the sustainability market? We start by looking at the background to the carbon markets (emissions trading, project based and voluntary). We examine the risks companies face when engaging in these markets, including reporting on them, and we consider the actions you can take to protect your business. We also look at potential new areas of green fraud risk. |
 February 2011 |
Sustainability yearbook 2011 |
 January 2011 |
What does the Cancun Agreement mean for business? |
 December 2010 |
Carbon disclosure report 2010 |
 September 2010 |
100% renewable electricity: A roadmap to 2050 for Europe and North Africa 100% renewable electricity: A roadmap to 2050 for Europe and North Africa (Executive summary) 100% renewable electricity - A roadmap to 2050 for Europe and North Africa, a report prepared by the European and international climate experts at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, the European Climate Forum, the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research and the International Institute for Applied System Analysis, examines the potential for powering Europe and North Africa with renewable electricity exclusively by 2050 and the opportunities this transformation to the power sector presents. |
 November 2010 |
Renewables deals*: 2009 annual review |
 April 2010 |
Greenhouse Gas Emissions Report: An illustration for business climate change and greenhouse gas emissions reporting |
 October 2009 |
The Sustainability agenda |
 January 2009 |
Renewables deals*: 2008 annual review |
 March 2009 |
Going green: sustainable growth strategies There are two main drivers of sustainability movement in the technology industry, both economic rather than altruistic: the potential to increase revenue through the increasing demand for greener products and services and the desire to decrease expenditures by reducing energy consumption. This report indicates that increasing sustainability will require collaboration all along the supply chain and that unique opportunities exist for both hardware and software companies. |
 January 2008 |
Carbon disclosure project report 2008 FTSE 350 |
 November 2008 |
Corporate responsibility reports: The role of assurance providers and stakeholder panels |
 August 2008 |
Carbon value: Robust carbon management – A framework to protect and enhance shareholder value in response to climate change |
 June 2008 |
