Emission control - Carbon Trust - China

Terry Macalister
The Guardian,
Wednesday July 2, 2008

The Carbon Trust, an independent company set up by the government to help Britain reduce its CO2 emissions, is to export its skills for the first time, opening an office in Beijing to help the fast-growing Chinese business sector reduce its carbon footprint.
A memorandum of understanding will be signed today between the Carbon Trust and the China Energy Conservation Investment Corporation to promote and lead the advance of the energy efficiency and environmental protection industries in the world's most populous nation. A first study will measure the carbon output in the supply chain of up to 10 Chinese manufactured products and put a product-labelling scheme in place based on a standard specification developed and used in Britain by the Carbon Trust, which assesses the carbon impact over the life cycle of goods and services.
Tom Delay, chief executive of the Carbon Trust, said: "China has a crucial role to play in accelerating the move to a global, low-carbon economy and represents an exciting new market for clean technology businesses." The move was welcomed by the foreign secretary, David Miliband, who praised the role played in the deal by the British embassy in Beijing.