Chair Our Chair for the climate change group is Kate Craig-Wood, Managing Director of Memset, an award winning web hosting company. Kate has a long track record in seeking out and delivering environmentally friendly solutions to customers. Kate also sits on Intellect’s Main Board and therefore provides a very useful link between activity and governance.
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Our first meeting took place – auspiciously or not! – on the morning of Friday 13th November at Intellect where a member of DECC – the Department for Energy and Climate Change, was present to explain how the CRC will work both from a policy perspective and in practical terms and answer questions from members. For copies of papers or other outputs please contact This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
About the group:
The topic of climate change has moved up the business agenda to the extent that it has become a board-level issue viewed both as a risk and as an opportunity. At the same time we have seen a dramatic increase in the attention paid to climate change by policy makers and by customers which is changing the business environment. Intellect has been very active in the debate and has promoted the view that our sector's technologies have a critical role to play not only in mitigating emissions but also in underpinning the move to a low carbon economy (see High Tech: Low Carbon case studies).
The objectives of Intellect's Climate Change Group are to explore this topic from the perspective of the technology sector, to help identify business opportunities for members and to share information and best practice. This is a speaker-led group which will discuss topics relevant to our sector within this important agenda. So for instance we will cover issues like the CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme (previously known as the Carbon Reduction Commitment), funding opportunities for cleantech or low carbon technologies, business opportunities for the sector, access to mechanisms to help stimulate demand - such as the Energy Technology List, carbon accounting, and policy developments both pre- and post-election. The list of topics is open and we welcome suggestions from members.
Climate Change Update
From September 2009 we have been providing a monthly update on Intellect's climate change activities.
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Intellect input to the Low Carbon Industrial Strategy (PDF 556KB) High Tech Low Carbon Week 2009 Laurence Harrison, Director, Energy and Environment introduces High Tech Low Carbon Week 2009 Focus area - Energy and Environment High Tech: Low Carbon - The role of technology in tackling climate change Technology and energy efficiency - case studies Intellect Energy and Environment Conference 2008
