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Emissions targets

Australia addresses importance of verification of carbon emissions

– 19th Jul 2010

A recent e-newsletter from V-Carbon News covers the recent story about policy changes which are underway that directly impact the future of Oceania’s voluntary market.

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Carbon Expo 2010

Event: 26th May 2010 – 28th May 2010

CARBON EXPO 2010 will bring together the key actors of the global carbon market and high-level speakers to discuss crucial and challenging issues.

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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 ideal location to conclude [...]

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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 by [...]

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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.

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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.

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