Tag Archives: carbon offset
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 [...]
April 19, 2009 – 12:33 am
They may be behind in women’s rights, but two Middle East countries Qatar and United Arab Emirates seem to be ahead of the pack in their bid to fight global warming. Two important announcements were made in the last week:
Etihad Airways from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) announced that it is working with Masdar [...]
January 6, 2009 – 7:38 am
Airlines striking deals with carbon offsetters might not like this development, but we sure do: San Francisco International Airport will soon be offering certified carbon offset credits for purchase at kiosks inside the airport.
It is the first airport to offer such kiosks in the world. The only thing we don’t like about the service is [...]
December 5, 2008 – 2:06 am
You might see their little purple delivery truck zooming around a street near you –– if you live in the Seattle, Portland, San Francisco, Los Angeles or Vancouver areas. Painted with the word spud! (for Small Potatoes Urban Delivery), the little green grocer on wheels is setting a fine example for small business owners everywhere.
By [...]
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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Posted in Business, Standards
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Also tagged carbon emission, carbon inventory, carbon management, carbon neutral, clean energy, climate change, corporate offset, global warming, laws, verifier
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September 18, 2008 – 4:01 am
Eight steps to making your business carbon neutral
It’s a good idea –– both for the planet and your company’s corporate social responsibility goals –– to think about and implement ways of reducing your carbon emissions. But where does one start? Today Carbon Catalog speaks with Carbon Concierge, a consultancy firm that helps businesses take on [...]
By Karin Kloosterman
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Posted in How-To
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Also tagged Business, carbon dioxide emissions, consulting, CSR, electricity, energy efficiency, Finance, global warming, greenhouse gas, offset provider, supply chain, transportation
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August 24, 2008 – 6:29 am
If you are representing a business, or just want to buy carbon offsets to lighten your personal carbon load, no doubt you’ve been confused as to where you put your money. Prices for offsets can vary wildly from $10 to $25 per ton of carbon dioxide emissions, and its equivalent (not all greenhouse gases are [...]
By Karin Kloosterman
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Posted in Providers, Science
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Also tagged Australia, Belgium, buying offsets, Canada, carbon emission, carbon neutral, carbon trading, France, global warming, greenhouse gas, Netherlands, offset provider, Switzerland, United States, voluntary offset market
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August 15, 2008 – 4:47 am
(image credit Office Now)
The Internet has transformed our world into a global village. Your business and organization can expand virtually and literally anywhere, even to the moon. Generating new partnerships, or maintaining old ones, require smart enterprises to send their people to conferences. While the Internet helps you do research and make initial contact, there [...]
Now is the time to scream “Fire!” So writes Andrew Simms, the policy director and head of the climate change program at the New Economics Foundation (NEF) –– a “think and do tank” –– in an opinion editorial at the Guardian. Carbon Catalog has heard an even less conservative five year estimate from experts we’ve [...]
By Karin Kloosterman
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Posted in How-To
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Also tagged carbon offsetting, clean energy, clean technology, climate change, energy independence, fossil fuel, fuel efficiency, government, green investments, greenhouse gas, greenhouse gas emissions, Policy, United Kingdom
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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 [...]
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