Study links Independent Assurance and Consumer Credibility
16th Apr 2010
A new report released from CarbonSmart in March reveals that Carbon and sustainability data disclosed by companies in the FTSE 350 lack credibility.
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CARBON EXPO 2010
Event: 26th May 2010 – 28th May 2010 by Sarah Whitworth
Country: Germany City: Cologne Event website: CARBON EXPO 2010 CARBON EXPO 2010 will act again as the global meeting point for companies operating on the CO2 market. Join the specialist Trade Fair and Conference and use this international platform to inform yourself about the latest CO2 projects and climate development. CARBON EXPO will be the [...]
Carbon Markets Americas
Event: 13th Apr 2010 – 14th Apr 2010
LRQA is sponsoring the Carbon Markets Americas event in Sao Paulo, Brazil on April 13 and 14.
COP 15 and the Future of the Human Race
11th Dec 2009
Sean Cuthbert’s Blog from day three of the COP 15 conference.
Measuring Organisational Carbon Footprint, ISO 14064
20th Nov 2009 by Alex Briggs
ISO 14064: an emerging standard on Greenhouse Gas
accounting and verification is the title of a working paper on ISO’s latest GHG standard. The paper from Kevin Boehmer, Canadian Standards Association and
Secretary for the ISO Working Group 5 on Climate Change and
Aleg Cherp, ECOLOGIA and Central European University
Budapest and an expert on the ISO Working Group 5 on Climate Change, takes a closer look at the development of ISO 14064, the voluntary standard for organisations looking to measure and report on their organisation’s Greenhouse Gas Emissions.
FAQ’s about EU ETS Aviation
13th Nov 2009
Madlen King, LRQA’s Climate Change Manager and a leading EU ETS expert, answered the questions of aircraft operators and other members of the audience of the recent LRQA Business Assurance Webinar on EU ETS Aviation.
How to curb CO2 emission in shipping industry?
25th Oct 2009 by Richard Gunawan
The international maritime transport community expects the annual volume of green-house gasses (GHG) emitted by commercial shipping to grow 55% to 1,345 metric tonnes (Mt) by 2020. In 2007, global shipping’s GHG emissions reached 870 Mt — or roughly equivalent to Germany’s production over the same period – but that figure is expected to quadruple [...]
Latest LRQA Webinar looks at EU ETS and Aviation
23rd Oct 2009
Watch the LRQA recorded webinar now, where Madlen King’s, LRQA’s Global Climate Change manager, technical expertise created two interactive sessions that led to a stronger understanding of the implications of the EU ETS amendments and the effect they will have on the aviation industry.
Carbon emissions to soar unless we invest between now and 2030
12th Oct 2009
New Energy Finance and the World Economic Forum have warned that unless at least $515bn per annum is invested in clean energy between now and 2030, carbon emissions will reach a level deemed unsustainable by scientists, causing temperatures to rise by two degrees globally.
New proposal to reduce emissions in the airlines industry
9th Oct 2009 by Richard Gunawan
Aviation experts have welcomed a new proposal from recently formed Aviation Global Deal (AGD), with many saying they believe the International Air Transport Association (IATA), the industry’s governing body and International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO), are unlikely to reach agreement with United Nations for Climate Change Convention (UNFCCC) in Copenhagen in December.
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