Tom Delay - CEO of the Carbon Trust

Carbon Trust is a private company set up in 2001 by government in response to the threat of climate change, with the aim of accelerating the move to a low carbon economy. To achieve this aim the Carbon Trust works with business and the public sector in five complementary areas: Insights, Solutions, Innovations, Enterprises and Investments which in turn explain, deliver, develop, create and finance low carbon enterprise.

Information about climate change is often contradictory, difficult to grasp and can change rapidly. Confusion and uncertainty can lead to a lack of action, which we cannot afford.

Carbon Trust Insights provides objective analysis that helps businesses and government to make better decisions and to take action. Recent reports have, for example, looked at how businesses can develop robust carbon offsetting strategies as well as reviewing the European Union Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS) to help businesses understand its impacts and develop appropriate and timely responses. This, like much of our Insights work, can be downloaded or ordered free of charge from the Carbon Trust website.