The management systems community
3rd Jun 2008
California legislators say they just want to make sure voluntary carbon offsets purchased by individuals deliver the promised benefits, but one of two bills on the table has offset providers nervous.
15th May 2008
Both the mandatory and voluntary carbon markets saw significant growth in 2007, though the voluntary market experienced the biggest boost, tripling in value with even more expansion expected.
The voluntary carbon market is still a small part of all carbon buying and trading, with a value of $331 million in 2007. The two major mandatory markets […]
13th Mar 2008
To help shoppers make green choices, companies are slapping carbon labels on products. But even if the public can interpret the information, will it help reduce greenhouse gas emissions?
13th Mar 2008
The Stockholm Environment announces the release of a comprehensive
new report on the voluntary carbon offset market.
28th Feb 2008
The Center for Resource Solutions has launched Green-e Climate, what it says is the nation’s first independent certification for carbon offset products.
25th Feb 2008
Only months after releasing its Voluntary Carbon Standard for carbon offsets, The Climate Group has revealed that it will soon begin work on a guide for auditors to follow when calculating the carbon footprint of business and households.
21st Feb 2008
BusinessGreen takes a closer look at the government’s controversial attempts to clean up the carbon offset market.
18th Jan 2008 by Alex Briggs
Alcoa is the latest organisation to sign up for the California Climate Registry (CCR), making their carbon emissions available to the public.
The CCR is awarding founding reporter status to companies that sign up to the scheme before May 2008, as an incentive for early membership.
Companies that sign up commit to voluntarily measure, independently verify and publicly report their industrial gas emissions.
The CCR’s Gary Gero is interviewed in this Voluntary Carbon Standard podcast.
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
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.
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