Category Archives: Business
April 28, 2009 – 11:05 am
In a little more than a week, Europe’s largest conference on corporate social responsibility (CSR) - The Responsible Business Summit - will be taking place in the UK on May 11 and 12 in London. If you are working in the area of the environment, or just think that CSR is something you would like [...]
December 2, 2008 – 3:23 am
As we’ve mentioned before, most carbon offsets are purchased by companies rather than individuals. In the past few months, two interesting reports have been published relating to this growing market — one for corporate offsetters, and one about them.
October 3, 2008 – 12:36 am
Personal, voluntary carbon offsets are a drop in the bucket compared to what companies can achieve. As we’ve learned earlier from Carbon Concierge, streamlining processes, opting for cleaner power, and making employees aware are some important first steps to take before offsetting. For the full interview, see Carbon Concierge Balances Business and Carbon Offsets With [...]
By Karin Kloosterman
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Also posted in Standards
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Tagged carbon emission, carbon inventory, carbon management, carbon neutral, carbon offset, clean energy, climate change, corporate offset, global warming, laws, verifier
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Berzin Discusses Carbon Sequestration, the Future of Biofuel and the Fate of Our Earth
Scientists dream about a massive machine that can suck up carbon dioxide, curing overnight –– or at least within our lifetime –– our ailing planet from warming up at a ferocious pace. A NASA chemical engineer working on bioreactors may have come [...]
If the forecasts are right, the carbon offset market could climb to $1 trillion by 2020, reports New Carbon Finance and that’s only in the United States (PDF) One trillion is a whole lot of money for something we can’t feel, see, weigh or taste.
And it’s nothing resembling Fool’s Gold: According to Plenty Magazine (via [...]
The first step to making the clothing industry less impacting on the environment is by quantifying carbon emissions first, says Moshe Gadot from Bagir, the tailoring company that outfits 1 in 6 UK men. Think about your favorite suit and how it was made.
Chances are it flew on an airplane from China or Europe and [...]
February 22, 2008 – 4:54 am
Remember back in the old days when companies started labeling products with ‘made from recycled materials’ logos? People bought into it because it made a lot of sense to buy things like paper and plastics from recycled sources. The concept caught on like wildfire and started driving a whole new area in consumer marketing.
Now in [...]
February 6, 2008 – 11:31 am
It seems like an oxymoron: a green credit card. The more you buy, the more carbon you can offset. But that’s what set to happen now in the U.S. with the roll-out of a number of ‘green’ cards promising to offset a percentage of every dollar you spend.
Does that mean buying a Hummer on credit [...]
January 22, 2008 – 11:04 am
So the Fed came out with guns ablazing, slashing interest rates by 0.75%.
But the markets are yet to find solace. They’re still choking on a toxic cocktail of foreclosures, inflation, oil prices and the credit crunch. Michael Metz, chief investment strategist at Oppenheimer, is not among the optimists. He thinks the US is facing [...]
December 14, 2007 – 7:59 am
(Dongfeng Motor Group Co. Chairman Xu Ping gives the thumb up at first day
quotations of his company in the Hong Kong Stock Exchange)
In Hong Kong, pollution levels are choking out its residents, where about 2,000 people die every year from its effects. This week, the New York Times reported that the business muscle of Hong [...]
By Karin Kloosterman
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Tagged , Asia, Beijing Climate Exchange, carbon offsets, China, emissions trading market, FP Marine Risks Limited, global warming, Hong Kong, Hong Kong Stock Exchange, The Peoples' Republic of China, Virgin
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