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ISO 14064

Japan aims for emissions trade with Russia

27th Feb 2008

Japan and Russia have agreed to start talks on fighting global warming, including possible greenhouse gas emissions trading that would help Tokyo to meet its goals under the Kyoto Protocol, media said on Sunday.

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Cheat sheet: Carbon offsetting quality mark

21st Feb 2008

BusinessGreen takes a closer look at the government’s controversial attempts to clean up the carbon offset market.

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How do Global FT500 calculate & verify their GHG emissions?

11th Feb 2008

Ethical Corporation have just launched a business intelligence report on how the Global FT500 are calculating and verifying their greenhouse gas emissions.

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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

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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.

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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

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ISO, WRI and WBCSD to work together to promote Greenhouse Gas Standards

11th Dec 2007 by Alex Briggs

The International Standards Organisation (ISO), the World Resources Institute (WRI) and the World Business Council for Sustainabale Development (WBCSD) have joined forces to jointly promote the ISO 14064 standards and the WRI and WBCSD GHG Protocol standards.

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Voluntary Carbon Standard to give offsetting green cred

26th Nov 2007 by Alex Briggs

This smartplanet.com article talks about the potential the new VCS could have on the voluntary offset market.

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Consumers demand green action from UK’s top brands

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.

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New Global Climate Change Study Focuses on ICT Industry

9th Nov 2007 by Alex Briggs

A new global study was launched today by The °Climate Group and GeSI [Global e-Sustainability Initiative] to evaluate the ICT (Information Communication Technology) sector’s role in climate change.
The ICT sector currently accounts for less than two per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions, though this number could more than double by 2020. The independent […]

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Climate Change

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Business Continuity

The Carbon Labelling section was launched in sync with the Check-out Carbon report, June 2008. The section contains information on news, blogs, podcasts, events, standards and other carbon labelling resources.

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