Press Release - 29 May 2008

Global Businesses rush to assess their emissions with carbonfootprint.com.

In just a month, in excess of 1,000 businesses have made the first step in the fight against climate change by assessing their carbon dioxide emissions with carbonfootprint.com.

Since carbonfootprint.com – the Web’s leading emissions calculation site – launched their Business calculator in April, companies & other organisations the world over have logged on and completed a free appraisal of their environmental impact and are making commitments to implement management plans to reduce them.

Carbonfootprint.com launched a business version of their phenomenally popular CarbonFootprint Calculator last month. Since then, there has been an extraordinary response from businesses in over 50 different countries across the World.

Backed by internationally recognised metrics, the CarbonFootprint Calculator – For Business TM, is entirely free for businesses to use

Said Carbonfootprint.com’s Managing Director, John Buckley, ” Climate change is just about the most important challenge we all face – and for businesses, reduction of emissions to meet their customers & supply chain partners needs is as important as compliance with new legislation”

The CarbonFootprint Calculator – For Business has so far been used by companies across a full range of market sectors – including construction, finance, logistics & retail in countries from UK, N America and Australia through to the rapidly growing economies of China & India .

Added Buckley, “It’s fantastic to see the phenomenal response we have had to date & know these companies are now taking steps to reduce their own carbon emissions. The CarbonFootprint Calculator – For Business is easy to use & can be completed in just a few minutes. We want to see 1 million companies globally join in by using the calculator this year – this will really make a difference to the climate change challenge“