/* archives.php */ green • BusinessAssurance.com
----

Green

Lobster fisheries certified sustainable

17th Mar 2008

The Maine lobster industry is seeking to have its lobster certified as sustainable by the London-based Marine Stewardship Council.

Read more

Bookmark and Share

Trends in consumer actions to protect the environment

17th Mar 2008

In the current wave of the environmental movement, there is quite a bit of talk. But research from Natural Marketing Institute shows that there is also quite a bit of action.

Read more

Bookmark and Share

State of Green Business 2008 – Report

10th Mar 2008

It introduces the GreenBiz Index, a set of 20 indicators of progress, tracking the resource use, emissions, and business practices of U.S. companies: carbon, materials, energy, and toxics intensity, clean-tech investments, e-waste recovery, paper use, employee commuting, and more.

Read more

Bookmark and Share

Green-e Climate certifying carbon offsets

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.

2 Comments Read more

Bookmark and Share

The Green Supply Chain Summit

Event: 24th Jun 2008 – 25th Jun 2008

Taking you from step one to step ten to achieve a green supply chain

Read more

Bookmark and Share

Most companies today focus on environmental issues for PR not financial value

30th Jan 2008

While investors believe the environment is a serious business issue, they also believe that many companies have yet to view it that way.

Read more

Bookmark and Share

Virgin launches new green fund

21st Jan 2008

Virgin Money is launching a green fund which will invest only in companies committed to high environmental standards.

Read more

Bookmark and Share

Only Science can save us!

21st Jan 2008 by Alex Briggs

An article in The Observer brings home the harsh realities that consumers, business and government have to face in dealing with climate change.

Read more

Bookmark and Share

Alcoa Joins California Climate Registry

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.

Read more

Bookmark and Share

2008 could be tipping point for voluntary carbon markets

16th Jan 2008

There remains a huge untapped potential in the voluntary carbon markets waiting to be explored. Year 2008 could very well be the tipping point for the voluntary carbon markets

Read more

Bookmark and Share