Arthur D. Little launches Global Carbon Advisory Service.LONDON London, city, Canada London, city (1991 pop. 303,165), SE Ont., Canada, on the Thames River. The site was chosen in 1792 by Governor Simcoe to be the capital of Upper Canada, but York was made capital instead. London was settled in 1826. -- Today Arthur D. Little Arthur D. Little, Inc. is the world's first management consulting firm. Founded in 1886 by Arthur Dehon Little, an MIT chemist who discovered acetate, and co-worker Roger Griffin, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Arthur D. Little pioneered the concept of contracted technology research. (ADL), the global management consulting Noun 1. management consulting - a service industry that provides advice to those in charge of running a business service industry - an industry that provides services rather than tangible objects firm, launches a dedicated Global Carbon Advisory Service (GCAS GCAS Ground Collision Avoidance System GCAS Global Customer Assistance Service GCAS Greater Cincinnati Aquarium Society GCAS General Conference Auditing Service (Seventh-Day Adventist Church) GCAS General Conference Auditing Service ). The service will strengthen the leading-edge capabilities of the firm's Industry and Functional Practices and consolidate some 40 years experience in advising clients in climate change, sustainability and the carbon agenda. Arthur D. Little's GCAS will help clients take a broad view of carbon issues, from value creation through to addressing risk and step-changes in customer requirements. The announcement follows the launch of the new Bloomberg Bloomberg A major global provider of 24-hour financial news and information including real-time and historic price data, financials data, trading news and analyst coverage, as well as general news and sports. , Carbon Winners Equity Index, by - E. Capital Partners (ECPI ECPI European Council for Plasticisers and Intermediates (European plasticiser trade association) ECPI Electronic Crime Partnership Initiative ECPI Electronic Computer Programming Institute ECPI Early Career Principal Investigator ), the financial investment advisory firm. ADL worked with ECPI to develop the index and calculate the carbon intensity ratings (carbon emissions over turnover) for the selected companies. The findings of this research reveal that less than 20% companies out of the selected 1000 published defined targets for the reduction of carbon emissions. Carbon Winners companies are performing 20% better than the average as monitored by Bloomberg (see accompanying graph). Richard Clarke Richard Clarke may be
The findings of the Carbon Winners' Index and the launch of this global service reinforces the work behind ADL's recent sustainability publication, 'The Sustainability Value Formula', which examines how leading companies are building long-term Long-term Three or more years. In the context of accounting, more than 1 year. long-term 1. Of or relating to a gain or loss in the value of a security that has been held over a specific length of time. Compare short-term. sustainable performance through an intense focus on integrity and innovation. The GCAS launch will consolidate the support ADL already provides to clients with a range of pragmatic solutions to carbon related issues. Recent examples include: Benchmarking strategies and approaches for carbon management across the chemical industry; supporting a multi-national manufacturing conglomerate conglomerate, in business conglomerate, corporation whose asset growth, often very rapid, comes largely through the acquisition of, or merger with, other firms whose products are largely unrelated to each other or to that of the parent company. in development of its carbon management strategy and management system; helping a company investing in low-carbon technologies to identify opportunities for investment through a review of the patent landscape. Further details of the Carbon Winners index can be found at www.adl.com. About Arthur D. Little Arthur D. Little (ADL), founded in 1886, is a leading global management consulting firm that links strategy, innovation and technology to master complex business challenges, while delivering sustainable results to our clients. Arthur D. Little has a collaborative client engagement style, exceptional people, and a firm-wide commitment to quality and integrity. ADL is proud to serve many of the Fortune 100 companies globally, in addition to many other leading firms and public sector organisations. Arthur D Little has over 30 offices worldwide, employing over 1,000 people. If you would like additional information on the firm, please visit www.adlittle.com. For further details on Arthur D. Little's Carbon Advisory Service (www.adl.com/GCAS) please contact: Davide Vassallo, vassallo.davide@adlittle.com Justin Keeble, keeble.justin@adlittle.com David Lyon Lyon English Lyons City (pop., 1999: city, 445,452; metro. area, 1,348,932), east-central France. Located at the confluence of the Rhône and Saône rivers, it was founded as the Roman military colony Lugdunum in 43 BC (see , lyon.david@adlittle.com Richard Clarke, clarke.richard@adlittle.com For further details on E. Capital Partners' Carbon Winners Index please contact: Davide Vassallo, vassallo.davide@adlittle.com |
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