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A Ugandan carbon offset project that will help preserve one of the country’s last remaining tropical forest areas has been verified and validated by Scientific Certification Systems (SCS) to the Verified Carbon ...

Sep. 29, 2011

Footprint Verification service gives assurance for annual reporting and disclosure to stakeholders Today, the Carbon Trust launches Footprint Verification, a new service that will provide companies and organisations with independent verification of their corporate carbon footprints. The service has been launched to help companies and organisations manage the increasing ...

Oct. 12, 2011

By Carbon Trust

RESET’s Client since 2010, Hong Kong based paper industry leader Polytrade Paper has become the World’s first paper trading company and Asia’s first commercial company whose corporate operations are certified to be carbon neutral in accordance with the renowned independent PAS 2060 standard.* “Polytrade wants to take ...

Jun. 21, 2011

By RESET Carbon

SCS Global Services (SCS) has earned accreditation from the Costa Rican government as a carbon footprint verification body under its ambitious new climate policy, which aims to make Costa Rica the first carbon neutral country. SCS will verify the ...

Apr. 16, 2013

By SCS Global Services

SCS Global Services (SCS) has verified the carbon footprint of Delta Air Lines, making it the world's first legacy airline to achieve a successful, independent third party verification of its greenhouse gas emissions inventory. SCS confirmed Delta's conformance with The Climate Registry's General Reporting Protocol, one of the ...

Dec. 27, 2012

By SCS Global Services

 SCS Global Services (SCS) has announced that is has officially earned accreditation from the California Air Resources Board (ARB) to provide verification services for carbon offset projects under the new Cap-and-Trade Program. SCS ...

Dec. 22, 2012

By SCS Global Services

Carbon offset credits generated by Hillsborough County’s Resource Recovery Facility, operated by Covanta Energy, have been verified and are now available for purchase on the voluntary market. The credits represent verified reductions in net greenhouse gas emissions achieved by generating renewable energy-from-waste at the Resource Recovery Facility. The facility, located at 350 Falkenburg ...

Sep. 4, 2013

Axios Mobile Assets Corporation (CNSX: AXA) representatives today confirmed the company has received approval from VCS (Verified Carbon Standard) for the adoption of the industry's first Light Weight Pallet Methodology to track and retire carbon units. This methodology positions Axios at the forefront of companies serving the logistics supply chain, as Axios is the first, and only, company in ...

Nov. 28, 2012

The redesigned, advanced passive regenerating diesel particulate filter (DPF) system reduces PM by more than 85 percent; HCs and CO by 70 percent; and meets the 2009 CARB NO2 limit of 20 percent Malvern, PA, September 1, 2010—Johnson Matthey, which sets the standard for diesel engine PM emissions control, now offers a new and improved Low-Profile CRT®(+) DPF system that not ...

Sep. 1, 2010

By Johnson Matthey Emission Control Technologies

An Edinburgh-based SME has become the first UK company to have its product's performance claims verified under an EU pilot scheme. Greengage Lighting Ltd, branded as 'AgriLamp', has achieved verification of the performance claims of its energy efficient ALIS (AgriLamp Induction System) lighting product through the European Commission's Environmental Technology Verification (ETV) pilot scheme. The ...

Mar. 10, 2016

By National Physical Laboratory (NPL)

The Gold Standard launched an upgraded version of its certification scheme this week, which better enforces the principles of additionality and sustainable development in the carbon market. The upgrade responds to increasing market demand for a faster pipeline for premium carbon offset projects. The Gold Standard is the world's most rigorous certification scheme for voluntary and compliance ...

Aug. 5, 2008

By First Climate AG

Carbon Trust broadens product carbon footprint certification services: meeting demand for international verification - including new WRI and WBCSD standard Today, the Carbon Trust is announcing that it is the first organisation to offer a service certifying to the World Resources Institute (WRI) and the World Business Council for ...

Oct. 4, 2011

By Carbon Trust

British Land; Mothercare plc; and Motorola have been awarded the Carbon Trust Standard, pushing the total number of certifications for reducing carbon emissions to 500. The total carbon footprint of the 500 organisations, which the certified organisations have committed to reduce, is now over 43M tonnes of CO2e; equivalent to nearly 18% ...

Feb. 9, 2011

By Carbon Trust

Cap-Op Energy Inc. (Cap-Op) used their Distributed Energy Efficiency Project Platform (DEEPP) to aggregate, track, and standardize the quantification of 18,000 tonnes of Greenhouse Gas (GHG) offsets. DEEPP enabled Cap-Op to be the first to certify and serialize GHG reduction tonnes using the government approved Engine Fuel Management and Vent Gas Capture Quantification Protocol under Alberta’s ...

Dec. 19, 2012

Businesses face a significant challenge in training and hiring experienced professionals to measure and manage carbon emissions in the coming years, Suzanne Kiraly, president of CSA Standards, said today during an executive forum of business, industry, environmental and government leaders held at the Canadian Embassy in Washington. 'With the Environmental Protection Agency requiring more than ...

Nov. 18, 2009

BMO Financial Group announced today it has achieved carbon neutrality relative to its energy consumption and transportation emissions across the company, worldwide. This fulfills a commitment made by the Bank in September 2008. "Special thanks go to our employees who've made sustainability a priority at BMO," said Bill Downe, President and Chief Executive Officer. "They have made meaningful ...

Aug. 26, 2010

By GLOBE Foundation

Westport Innovations Inc. has announced a program to monetize the carbon emission reductions associated with Cummins Westport (CWI) and Westport HD natural gas engines. The program will be a joint initiative with that in collaboration with Grütter Consulting. The Westport Carbon Project (WCP) is in the process of being registered with the internationally acclaimed Voluntary Carbon Market Standard ...

Mar. 25, 2010

By GLOBE Foundation

An innovation called Carbon Hero may help reduce global warming by making people more aware of their carbon footprint. Regional prize winner in the 2007 European Satellite Navigation Competition, sponsored by ESA’s Technology Transfer Programme, the device uses satellite navigation technology to track journeys. Concerned about global warming, many people are now looking for ways to reduce ...

Feb. 25, 2008

By European Space Agency (ESA)

Lloyd's Register Quality Assurance (LRQA) will take a leading role at the upcoming Carbon Forum Americas, February 26-27, 2008, in San Francisco, California.  Dr. Anne-Marie Warris, LRQA Technical Director of Climate Change, will speak on the Voluntary Carbon Market, exploring the roles of the new Voluntary Carbon Standard (VCS) and ISO 14064 in helping organizations and project developers ...

Feb. 26, 2008

By Lloyds Register Quality Assurance, Inc. (LRQA North America)

Carbon Footprinting: The next step to reducing your emissions clearly explains how to manage and reduce greenhouse gas emissions by understanding what emissions are caused by a business’s activities or products. The Carbon Trust’s carbon footprinting guide outlines the key steps that a business can take to: Calculate its organisational carbon footprint – ...

Jun. 15, 2010

By Carbon Trust