Listed companies welcome mandatory greenhouse gas emissions reporting.

Stock Exchange-listed companies are to be forced to publish data on their greenhouse gas emissions form next year, deputy prime minister Nick Clegg has announced. This will link their share prices of the 1,800 or so firms listed on the main UK stock market to the cost of emitting climate-warming gases. They will have to include the data, in a universally consistent format, in their corporate earnings reports from next April. Two years later, the rules will be extended to include all large companies. The intention is to encourage them to improve their impact on the environment, their energy consumption, and to make public the link between profitability and greenhouse gas emissions growth. "Using resources responsibly is in business's own interests too. Pepsi depends on water, Unilever depends on fish stocks and agricultural land, and every firm relies on a stable fuel supply," Clegg wrote. "While nine out of ten chief executives say sustainability is fundamental to their success, only two out of ten record the resources they consume."

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Being Green is Key to a Happy Working Life

More than half of the UK’s workers feel they would be happier and more positive at work if the companies they work for were more supportive of their efforts to be green, a national survey has found. Commissioned as part of Avery Green Office Week, the new research demonstrates that companies who take their environmental responsibilities seriously are far more likely to benefit from a productive, happy and motivated workforce.

Despite the clear link between being green and being happy, 41% of workers said they had previously found themselves in an awkward situation with their bosses in the past simply for trying to positively implement green practices at work. A further 40% say they would avoid suggesting greener working initiatives because they wouldn't want to be seen as ‘nagging’, which could reflect badly on their career prospects. 

The importance of companies supporting their employees’ environmental efforts doesn't stop there. One...

Tree Planting With OxTreeGen Businessmen and women donned their wellies to plant trees in Lower Radley, Oxfordshire.  

Companies who have been working with OxTreeGen to reduce their carbon emissions attended the annual OxTreeGen out door networking event to enjoy a bacon sandwich and get thier hands dirty planting some trees. 152 trees were planted at the networking event, a mixture of Ash, Silver Birch, Sycamore and Oak.  Click here to read more....     ...

Four Pillars Hotels has also recently introduced another green initiative for companies concerned about the effect of their carbon footprint when it comes to hosting events and conferences. Through a partnership with OxTreeGen (who offer sustainable woodlands in the UK) Four Pillars has devised a solution to mitigate the effect of an event’s carbon footprint, by calculating what it would take to make the event carbon neutral and then planting the requisite number of trees. www.meetingsfouryou.co.uk has an online calculator tool to determine how many trees would need to be planted to offset an event or meeting. Click here to read the full story on how the Prime Minister, David Cameron, presents Four Pillars Hotels with Green Tourism Business Scheme silver award for all six hotels

In a first for the British High Street, Clinton Cards now offer the Help for Heroes tree dedication gift card which supports our service men and women as well as the environment.

OxTreeGen has produced a gift card available at Clintons Cards for just £10 with £2.13 of each sale going directly to the Help for Heroes.

In a first for the British High Street, Clinton Cards now offer the Help for Heroes tree dedication gift card which supports our service men and women as well as the environment.

OxTreeGen has produced a gift card available at Clintons Cards for just £10 with £2.13 of each sale going directly to the Help for Heroes.

Nick Thomas, OxTreeGen decided to take some time out inspecting trees planted last season.

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Mark, Director at OxTreeGen managed to overcome his fear of heights on Sunday by taking part in a sponsored Abseil from the top of the John Radcliffe Hospital. Mark said “ I felt it was probably the safest place to do it.......” Mark was helping to raise funds for The Fund for Children.  The Fund for Children supports: Oxfords Children's Hospital Children's Intensive Care Unit Newborn Intensive Care Unit Children's areas in the JR and Horton A&Es Plus other areas where children are treated or assessed Please if you have some spare cash, not much about now days I know, please help him raise more money for a great cause at   www.justgiving.com/Mark-Lay0    ...

Fitzharrys School Council have teamed up with Fone Twigs to recycle old and unwanted mobile phones. Not only are the old phones recycled in an environmentally friendly way, but for every phone received a tree will be planted thus helping to create new woodlands on sites throughout the UK. The aim is to create bio-diverse habitats that will help to reduce Co2 and provide enjoyment future generations to come.

Our first collection ran from 18-25 March and yielded 31 phones.   The ‘phones were collected from their boxes at lunchtime on Friday and by the beginning of the afternoon a group of Fitzharrys students were planting the saplings in the glorious sunshine.



To find out more visit Fitzharrys and OxTreeGen tree planting