The management systems community
13th Jan 2008
TerraPass joined industry experts, environmental and consumer groups, and academics at a Federal Trade Commission hearing on carbon offsets, reports a blog written by Adam Stern.
7th Jan 2008 by Alex Briggs
LRQA’s Dr Anne Marie Warris was interviewed by the leading climate change website. She talks about some of the key issues facing the voluntary carbon market and how the VCS is uniquely positioned to offer the voluntary market credibility.
12th Dec 2007
Voluntary greenhouse-gas emission offset markets are in need of government oversight, reports a recent article called, Policing the voluntary carbon market, written by leading experts in the fieild.
12th Dec 2007
Investors are already testing the potential of markets in greenhouse gas emissions, but what are the risks and how can they be avoided?
by Charles Longden, December 3rd, 2007.
12th Dec 2007
Continental Airlines has launched a voluntary carbon offsetting program that lets customers view the carbon footprint of their booked itinerary and to make a contribution to Sustainable Travel International to fund the purchase of carbon offsets.
26th Nov 2007 by Alex Briggs
This smartplanet.com article talks about the potential the new VCS could have on the voluntary offset market.
23rd Nov 2007 by Sarah Whitworth
In a recent article, ‘Global voluntary offset marque launched’ it talks about the new VCS standard and how it also soughts to tackle the problematic area of carbon credits for tree-planting activities.
21st Nov 2007 by Sarah Whitworth
Voluntary greenhouse-gas emission offset markets are in need of government oversight, says an article titled, ‘Policing the voluntary carbon market’.
9th Nov 2007 by Alex Briggs
The °Climate Group has launched findings of the UK’s first ever Climate Brand Index which tracks year-on-year consumer perceptions of how brands are performing on climate change.
9th Oct 2007 by Alex Briggs
An Ethical Corp story focuses on the effect the Stern Report has had on UK businesses. The articles describes the issue of the report as a “eureka moment” and provides the example of Cadbury-Schweppes as being a brand that responded to the report at the boardroom level.
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