Copenhagen didnt result in any binding agreement, and a Senate climate bill still looks a long way off, but some businesses are reporting their carbon emissions anyway.
The Carbon Disclosure Project, a London-based nonprofit, collects the emissions reports and shows businesses how they stack up to other firms in their industry. This information can help businesses reduce emissions, and by making it publicly available (see their website) to any potential investor the Carbon Disclosure Project hopes to create a market incentive to cut energy consumption and emissions. Boeings vice president for environment, Mary Armstrong, said the project encouraged Boeing to set environmental performance targets.
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on Jan 13th, 2010
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