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NBS experts publish definitive guide to decarbonising organisations

An award-winning team of experts at Nottingham Business School has published a new book, The Handbook of Carbon Management. Petra Molthan-Hill, Fiona Winfield, Richard Howarth and Muhammad Mazhar have authored a step-by-step guide to high-impact climate solutions for every manager in every function.

    An award-winning team of experts at Nottingham Business School has published a new book, The Handbook of Carbon Management. Petra Molthan-Hill, Fiona Winfield, Richard Howarth and Muhammad Mazhar have authored a step-by-step guide to high-impact climate solutions for every manager in every function

    This easy guide shows how you can reduce carbon emissions and your organisational carbon footprint. It also helps you to scale up climate solutions across your organisation and to do this effectively and efficiently, using practical and helpful tools that can be shared with teams.

    It is the first book to offer organisations an easy-to-implement, step-by-step approach to decarbonise organisations and transform society and will be valuable to employees and managers at any level, whether you are in your first role, a departmental head, or the CEO.

    The book builds upon Nottingham Business School’s leadership in sustainable business. The School is a PRME Champion – recognised as a leader in responsible management education.

    Two of the authors have also published a free online course on the FutureLearn platform: Climate Literacy and Action for All, where you can explore the best high-impact climate solutions and embed them in your private and professional life.

    Reviews

    'Climate change is the existential issue of our age, but with many struggling for guidance this book is a useful and accessible guide to practical actions organisations can take around carbon literacy, reporting and projects to reduce their footprint'.

    Andrew Jack, Global Education Editor, Financial Times

    'A carbon constrained future is inevitable. For businesses it is a question of competitiveness and survival. This Handbook is a true treasure chest, providing guidance for how to go about it. A must read for executives and practitioners!'

    Georg Kell, Founder and former Executive Director, the United Nations Global Compact; Chairman, Arabesque Partners

    • Notes for editors

      About Nottingham Business School at Nottingham Trent University

      Nottingham Business School (NBS) at Nottingham Trent University (NTU) is a leader in experiential learning and personalisation of business, management and economics education and research, combining academic excellence with positive impact on people, business and society.  NBS has an unrivalled level of engagement with business, public and voluntary organisations. With more than 8,500 students, NBS is also one of UK’s largest business schools.

      NBS is Quadruple+ Accredited by EQUIS, AACSB, EFMD BA for International Business, which are globally recognised hallmarks of excellence and quality for business education. NBS is also accredited by Small Business Charter, providing support and development for SMEs. The school is also a PRME Champion and held up as an exemplar and beacon by the United Nations Principles of Responsible Management Education (PRME).

      About Nottingham Trent University

      Nottingham Trent University (NTU) received the Queens Anniversary Prize for Higher and Further Education in 2021 for cultural heritage science research. It is the second time that NTU has been bestowed the honour of receiving a Queen’s Anniversary Prize for its research, the first being in 2015 for leading-edge research on the safety and security of global citizens.

      The Research Excellence Framework (2021) classed 83% of NTU’s research activity as either world-leading or internationally excellent. 86% of NTU’s research impact was assessed to be either world-leading or internationally excellent.

      NTU was ranked second best university in the UK in the Uni Compare Top 100 rankings (2021/2022). It was awarded Outstanding Support for Students 2020 (Times Higher Education Awards), University of the Year 2019 (Guardian University Awards, UK Social Mobility Awards), Modern University of the Year 2018 (Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide) and University of the Year 2017 (Times Higher Education Awards).

      NTU is the 5th largest UK institution by student numbers, with nearly 39,000 students and more than 4,400 staff located across five campuses. It has an international student population of 7,000 and an NTU community representing over 160 countries.

      Since 2000, NTU has invested £570 million in tools, technology, buildings and facilities.

      NTU is in the UK’s top 10 for number of applications and ranked first for accepted offers (2021 UCAS UG acceptance data) It is also among the UK’s top five recruiters of students from disadvantaged backgrounds and was the first UK university to sign the Social Mobility Pledge.

      75% of NTU students go on to graduate-level employment or graduate-entry education / training within fifteen months of graduating (Guardian University Guide 2021).

      NTU is ranked the second most sustainable university in the world in the 2022 UI Green Metric University World Rankings (out of more than 900 participating universities).

    Published on 27 February 2023
    • Category: Business; Nottingham Business School