News archive 2009

Well, on a very wintery, cold, dark afternoon we want to wish all our readers a very happy festive period and New Year. 2009 has been a good year for BFF despite the economic challenges, although the Copenhagen Accord has been somewhat deflating for the wider movement. However, we can but try...

BFF has been commissioned by RSSB to undertake a whole lifecycle carbon footprint analysis of the national rail network. BFF will be developing an emissions profile that includes traction energy, offices, rolling stock and infrastructure such as track, stations, depots and signalling equipment. The rail industry is undoubtedly complex... Read More

BFF are warning aviation operators that they only have until 31 December 2009 to submit a monitoring plan if they want to be eligible for free allowances under the EU Emissions Trading Scheme. The allowances will be allocated anyway – so overall emissions are not affected – but the initial cost to aviation companies will be higher... Read More

Over the autumn BFF undertook a recruiting campaign to add new skills and resource to the team. We had a tremendous response to our advertisements, and have recruited three excellent new staff. In keeping with the international flavour of the company, our new recruits hail from China, Scotland and Australia. Luhui has joined our software team ...

SEEDA have published an innovative interactive Guide aimed at providing local authorities within the South East the tools, information, ideas and inspiration they need to reduce their footprint and the footprint of their administrative area. Developed by BFF, in collaboration with Roger Levett (of levett-therivel) and Colin Tingle (of theNRgroup)... Read More

Best Foot Forward are supporting the UK’s 10:10 campaign to get businesses, government and individuals to reduce their carbon emissions by at least 10% in 2010. As well as offering technical assistance to the 10:10 team, BFF are pleased to make available a FREE version of their popular Footprinter software (now Footprint Reporter) ...

BFF has been commissioned to look at the carbon footprint of satellite communications, such as television and internet services. Having previously footprinted various types of passenger and freight aircraft, helicopters and hot air balloons, the prospect of investigating the rocket-powered transport of satellites held no fear for our analysts... but it did yield its fair share of surprises... Read More

Today is a big day at Best Foot Forward. We are launching our latest Footprinter carbon accounting software (now Footprint Reporter) and supporting website. Footprinter (now Footprint Reporter) has been in development for over three years now and has been used by many of our clients including Hertfordshire County Council and the Forestry Commission. We have also produced dedicated, standalone editions...

Personal travel and particularly flying are major sources of greenhouse gas emissions, as we know. Winter ski trips are hugely popular, but from the UK the most common mode of travel is still by plane even when many European resorts can be readily reached by train....

Daniel Elkan is a journalist who has been writing for several years about better travel options ... Read More

Apologies, it has been a prolonged absence from our ‘regular’ blog so we thought Friday 13th was a perfect date to start posting again. The period of silence (approaching two months now!) has been caused by a furious flurry of activity within the company. We have recruited two new consultants to add skills and capacity...