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Voluntary Carbon Market

APX Powers the Voluntary Carbon Standard Registry

13th Jul 2008

Apex Inc., today announced that the company has been selected by the Voluntary Carbon Standard (VCS) Association, a leading international standards organization, to develop and manage a greenhouse gas transaction registry.

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Carbon credit trading rising in Australia, but is it transparent?

3rd Jul 2008

Carbon credit brokers have sprung up across the nation. It is the environmental cottage industry we had to have in the long wait until 2010 when Australia finally gets a national emissions trading scheme.

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Mandatory and voluntary carbon markets see significant growth in 2007

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 […]

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Carbon Footprint: Sustainable Supply Chain 2008

Event: 29th May 2008 – 30th May 2008

The Carbon Footprint & Sustainability Series has achieved international acclaim for its emphasis on the quality of the agenda and speakers.

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Taking credit for carbon offsets

20th Mar 2008

Pam Hall, president of Normandeau Associates, a $20 million Bedford-based environmental consulting firm, gives away dozens of carbon offsets

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New report helps make sense of the voluntary carbon offset market

13th Mar 2008

The Stockholm Environment announces the release of a comprehensive
new report on the voluntary carbon offset market.

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World emissions protocol on way

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.

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Carbon Offsetters give code thumbs up

21st Feb 2008

Greenbang reports, ‘After good old Mr (Hilary) Benn gave out Defra’s voluntary code of conduct for carbon offsetters this week, offsetters are now keen to give Mr Benn a warm round of applause.’

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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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Climate Change

The Climate Change section is your one stop shop for news, blogs, podcasts, events, standards and other climate change resources.

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Supply Chain

The Supply Chain Assurance section covers news, blogs, podcasts, standards, events and resources on supply chain issues.

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Food

The Food section focuses on issues of food safety and the food supply chain, and provides news, blog posts, podcasts, resources, standards and events.

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CSR

The Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) section focuses on current CSR issues which face all companies all over the world. This information is provided to you via six sections: news, blog posts, podcasts, resources, standards and events.

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Product Conformity

The Product Conformity section contains news, blogs, podcasts, events, standards and resources covering Product Conformity and other European Union related issues.

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Carbon Labelling

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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