voluntary carbon offsetting News
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Financial sector leads the way on carbon offsetting
New report claims that 90% of companies in the FTSE 100 using carbon offsetting are non-carbon intensive, with the financial sector leading the way. A new report has revealed that just 0.1% of the 2.8B tonnes of carbon emissions created by the FTSE 100 list of companies are being offset, with the financial sector leading the way with voluntary carbon offsetting. But, companies in other low ...
By Vital Energi
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Webinar: introduction to green-e climate
(3BLMedia/theCSRfeed) Join us in a free webinar on Thursday, March 10 to learn about the Green-e Climate certification program and how it works within the larger voluntary carbon offset market. The webinar will cover the basics of carbon offset projects and international offset trading; how carbon offsets serve to reduce global carbon emissions; the role of Green-e Climate certification and the ...
By 3BL Media
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Jaguar Land Rover supports its 50th carbon reduction project
Since 2007 Jaguar Land Rover has been investing in carbon reduction projects across the globe, as one part of their approach to sustainability. Today they celebrate the multiple achievements of their carbon offset programme with a stakeholder video, showcasing their support of 50 carbon reduction projects over 5 years. This support has delivered more than a 5 million tonnes reduction in CO2 ...
By ClimateCare
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VER+ and BlueRegistry for credible carbon offset projects
People, politics and business are aware that climate change is one of the leading challenges of the 21st century. With climate change on the rise in importance, not only official negotiations on current and future schemes have revived in relevance but emissions from any sort of activity or product have become an issue of general concern. It is usually dealt with the private or corporate ...
By TÜV SÜD AG
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REEEP and CO2e Facilitate First Ever Carbon Offsets Transaction for Annual UK Government Air Travel
London, UK – November 13, 2006 – The Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership (REEEP), a global partnership that facilitates financing for sustainable energy projects, and CO2e.com LLC, (CO2e), a leading broker within the global carbon markets, announced today their joint facilitation of a unique deal to offset carbon emissions generated from annual air travel by the UK Foreign and ...
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3C arguing for global code of best practice
Frankfurt - Frankfurt-based 3C Group has been asked by the British Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) to comment on a proposal on “Establishing a voluntary Code of Best Practice for the provision of carbon offsetting”. Dr. Sascha Lafeld, Member of the Board of 3C Holding AG, highly welcomes the UK government’s initiative for a voluntary carbon offsetting code on a high ...
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REEEP Introduces Quality Benchmark for Carbon Offset Markets
Vienna - Protecting the climate has become more sophisticated in recent years, with a plethora of options available to make a company, airline ticket or conference ‘carbon neutral.’ Governments, companies and individuals all have the opportunity to calculate the carbon emissions generated by their activities and then to purchase “offsets” from an emissions reduction project in the developing ...
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NativeEnergy celebrates 10 years of innovation
NativeEnergy, an innovator in the United States carbon market, today launched its year-long 10-Year Anniversary program. The company was formed in August 2000 and soon began working with the Rosebud Sioux Tribe to develop and help finance the first tribally owned large scale wind turbine in the country. NativeEnergy's newest project, posted on the company's website today, is the Laurelbrook (CT) ...
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Max Hamburgers from Sweden revolutionize fast food industry and tour US
The Natural Step, an internally recognized non-profit organization specializing in sustainability is proud to publish our case study on Max, Sweden's oldest and most popular hamburger chain. Max President and owner Richard Bergfors and the Director of Sustainability Pär Larshans are now on a North American tour to view over 70 fast food restaurants. In 2007, Max Hamburger Restaurants ...
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Help The Conservation Fund plant 10,000 trees by earth day
Top-rated environmental nonprofit The Conservation Fund and video cause marketing company NomadsLand joined forces to co-produce the Fund's first viral video campaign. The campaign features a six minute micro-documentary by NomadsLand highlighting the Fund's voluntary carbon offset program, Go Zero. The Go Zero program pairs leading companies with thousands of donors working to address two of the ...
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DNV GL earns top ranking in 2014 voluntary carbon market survey
DNV GL is again ranked as the “best verification company” in the 2014 survey by Environmental Finance magazine, continuing its leadership position in the worldwide market for voluntary carbon offset projects and trading of carbon emissions credits. DNV GL also earned top honors in the 2013 survey. “We are delighted and grateful for this recognition,” says Dave Knight, ...
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Environmental Defense Fund launches independent guide to high-quality carbon offsets
To help bring transparency to the fast-growing voluntary carbon offset market to combat climate change, Environmental Defense Fund today announced the launch of CarbonOffsetList.org, a first-of-its-kind online resource that will help businesses and consumers identify and purchase carbon offsets that represent real reductions in greenhouse gas emissions. Carbon offsets allow buyers to offset, or ...
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National and Regional Commitments Drive Carbon Trading in Gap Left by Kyoto
In its annual review, CCBJ brings readers up to date on the global carbon trading market and talks to U.S. companies positioning to deliver the carbon-related products and services that will be demanded in ever greater quantities in the United States over the next decade. After five consecutive years of robust growth, the total value of the global carbon market has stalled at around $142 billion ...
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Walmart rebukes FTC attempt to standardize carbon offsets
The Federal Trade Commission publishes a green guide to ensure that companies don’t market their products with inaccurate environmental claims. It recently sought to update the guide with some clarifications on carbon offsets. As loyal Triple Pundit readers will know, I am an unabashed fan of increased regulation in the carbon offset sphere. To my mind increased regulation is a win-win for ...
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California’s Air Resources Board Approves First Forest Carbon Offset Project Under its Cap-and-Trade Protocol
April marked a milestone for forest carbon projects when California Air Resources Board (ARB) issued the first forest carbon offsets to a project developed under the California Compliance Offset Protocol-U.S. Forest Projects. The Yurok Tribe Sustainable Forest Project improves forest management on approximately 8,000 acres of tribal forestland in Humboldt County. By registering the project and ...
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Carbon offsets
Harp BioDigesters reduce and eliminate harmful GHG emissions by limiting the oxidation of carbon during our proprietary waste conversion process, and by sequestering the carbon in the resulting soil product(s). We not only reduce waste volume and sequester carbon, but we also reduce waste transportation and the overall real estate area needed for landfills (or compost areas). We can thus provide ...
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ERA Carbon Offsets Ltd. Announces Extension for Acquisition of Offsetters Clean Technology Inc. and Carbon Credit Corporation
ERA Carbon Offsets Ltd. ("ERA" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE: ESR) wishes to announce that it is continuing to work towards the conclusion of definitive agreements with the shareholders of Offsetters Clean Technology Inc. and Carbon Credit Corp. with respect to the Company's proposed acquisition (the "Acquisition") of these two companies. The Acquisition was first announced on September 17, ...
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Entergy Announces Purchase of Greenhouse Gas Reduction Credits
Entergy Corporation (NYSE: ETR) today announced the purchase of approximately 137,000 tons of greenhouse gas reduction credits from New York's largest non-hazardous solid waste facility. The credits were generated from the capture and destruction of methane, a byproduct of waste decomposition. Seneca Meadows, Inc. owns and operates the waste facility located in Waterloo, N.Y. SMI captures ...
By Entergy
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ERA Carbon Offsets Ltd. Private Placement Clarification
ERA Carbon Offsets Ltd. ("ERA" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE: ESR) wishes to advise that, for its private placement announced on September 14, 2012, the Exchange has approved a warrant exercise price of $0.21 and not $0.11 as first announced. Robert Falls, Ph.D., R.P.Bio., Chairman ERA Carbon Offsets About ERA Carbon Offsets Ltd. A pioneer in carbon offset projects based on forest ...
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Climate Action Reserve Approved to Register Offset Projects for California’s Cap-and-Trade Program
The Climate Action Reserve, the nation’s premier carbon offset registry, earned approval from the California Air Resources Board (ARB) to serve the state’s groundbreaking Cap-and-Trade Program as an Offset Project Registry. As an approved registry, the Reserve is officially approved to issue registry offset credits under ARB compliance offset protocols that may then be transitioned ...
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