An Explanation of and the Business Implications of the Australian Carbon Tax

Aquarium Sustainability Manager Uses GobiSOFT Carbon Accounting Tool

Tara Schaufele, Sustainability Manager at The Vancouver Aquarium uses GobiSOFT for her sustainability reporting, and said the software is easy to understand - “The reporting mechanisms are clear and easy to read even for those who do not fully understand GHG concepts. Furthermore, GobiSOFT provides us with quick, responsive support and information when we need it – [...]

Scott Construction Group use GobiSOFT to Reduce its Carbon Footprint

Scott Construction Group uses GobiSOFT to reduce its carbon footprint at the corporate level and in everyday construction activities. “GobiSOFT lets us measure and report on our progress in this area and set targets for ourselves,” said Scott’s Director of Sustainable Building Practices, Susan Hildebrand. “Thanks to this, Scott can ’walk the walk‘ in its [...]

Gobi Carbon Management Solutions GobiSOFT Carbon Accounting Tool Launches in Australia

Gobi Carbon Management Solutions Inc. recently announced the launch of GobiSOFT into the Australian carbon accounting market. GobiSOFT is a web-based tool that enables small-to medium-sized businesses to easily and affordably measure, report and reduce their carbon footprint. Managing an organisation’s carbon footprint is an important aspect to fighting climate change, said Gobi’s co-founder, Dr. [...]

Benefits of Sustainability for Small Business Part 3

Building Confidence There are other flow-on advantages for a small business that demonstrates a commitment to sustainability in all aspects of its operations. I believe it builds greater confidence in it’s customers that they are dealing with a reliable company that is at the forefront of sound business practices. This fosters good relationships and creates [...]

Benefits of Sustainability for Small Business Part 2

A Climate of Change Over recent years there as been a very obvious increase in the media coverage of environmental issues and sustainability in general. This sort of media coverage is increasing through factors such as climate change; Al Gores’ movie An Inconvenient Truth; from factors closer to home such as Australia experiencing one of [...]

Benefits of Sustainability for Small Business Part 1

Sustainability is a rapidly growing field with more and more large organisations embedding sustainability into their corporate culture. Senior management are increasingly seeing the benefits of developing their Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) both now and into the future, and understanding that it can deliver real economic advantages as part of their triple bottom line. If [...]

Introducing the Elusor Environmental Accounting Tools Network:

Be part of a community at the cutting edge of environmental and sustainability performance. 8 October, 2010 – Today sees the launch of the Elusor Environmental Accounting Tools Network – a dynamic online community created to educate, connect and equip people with a passion for improving the environmental and sustainability performance of organisations, large and [...]

Elusor Environmental Accounting Tools & Sustainability Software web site knowledge base

Interesting site dedicated to environmental accounting tools and software www.environmentalaccountingtools.com It has reviews of the various environmental accounting software packages, and helps explain which environmental software applications are suitable for various industries and different business management and reporting requirements. The site covers the wide selection of software packages including Ecological Footprint, Life Cycle Assessment, Corporate [...]

Great entertaining video that explains environmental accounting (or full cost accounting)

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