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About the Carbon Trust
What we do
Our achievements
Our achievements
Since our launch in 2001 the Carbon Trust has:
Helped our customers to
save around
23MtCO2
Helped our customers to make around
£1.4 billion
of direct cost savings
Catalysed around
£1 billion of third party investment
into the development and deployment of low carbon technologies, markets, products and services
Supported the development of over
250 new low carbon technology projects
and companies in the UK
Certified the
carbon footprints of over 5,000
products
Certified over
200
companies
to the Carbon Trust Standard
Provided
insight to inform policy decisions
, leading to:
the new CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme for large organisations
improved support for emerging technologies under the revised Renewables Obligations
a deeper understanding of the competitiveness impacts of the EU Emissions Trading Scheme
In 2008/09 alone we:
Provided direct support to around
30,000
customers
Saved our customers up to
2MtCO2
and up to
£227 million
in direct cost savings
Catalysed around
£300 million of private investment
into carbon reduction and low carbon technology projects
Provided
£22.3 million
of
interest-free Energy Efficiency Loans
to businesses
Launched three major projects to
accelerate the deployment of low carbon energy technologies
including a £30 million project with the offshore wind industry aiming to cut the cost of offshore wind energy by 10%
Defined a new approach
for the UK to commercialise low carbon technologies, gaining widespread support to capture the economic opportunities highlighted by our Focus for Success report
Delivered carbon savings cost effectively at
£4-6
per tonne
of carbon saved
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