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SACRAMENTO, Calif.— The California Air Resources Board voted today to withdraw the “Forest Project Protocol” that would have allowed logging companies to earn valuable carbon credits for forest clearcutting and other destructive practices. It also committed to a review of environmental impacts to forests and the climate.
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Grocery chain Safeway has become the latest major retailer to take greening its supply chain seriously. Following the lead of companies like Wal-Mart, it is making an effort to cut energy use and carbon emissions — and has decided to go with environmental management software maker Hara to help it make substantial, eco-friendly changes to its business.
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SACRAMENTO, Calif.— In response to a formal legal letter filed by the Center for Biological Diversity, the California Air Resources Board has proposed to withdraw its adoption of a “Forest Project Protocol” that would have allowed logging companies to earn valuable carbon credits for clearcutting projects and other destructive practices. At its February 25 meeting, the Board will consider reversing its adoption of the protocol pending a legally required review of environmental impacts to forests and the climate.
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Feb 01, 2010 (M2 PRESSWIRE via COMTEX) — Greenstone Carbon Management, the global specialist carbon solutions company, has announced a partnership today with Zen’to, an integrator of sustainability software solutions, based in Paris, France. Through this partnership Zen’to will sub-licence Greenstone’s enterprise carbon accounting software Acco2unt*.to French clients and provide additional on-site support services and advice where required. The new partnership will help businesses based in France to meet the national carbon tax reporting requirements.
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IRVINE, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Village Green Global, Inc. today announced the worldwide launch of its enterprise carbon accounting solutions and services that enable enterprises to reduce their carbon footprint and improve bottom line performance. The company’s Software Management Audit Reporting Technology (SMARTweb®) delivers scalable SaaS reporting for carbon accounting that enables organizations to implement and maintain sustainable business practices. Village Green also provides an integrated solution that provides training and education services that facilitate the delivery of green collar jobs.
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Some people have good reason to be shocked that banks have pulled out of the carbon market, not least recent economics graduates whose dissertations on carbon finance now qualify them only for unemployment. And JP Morgan, which paid a jaw-splitting $204m for carbon trader Ecosecurities last September, must be feeling a little sore. Perhaps it relied on the GHG Emissions Credit Trading report (yours for a mere $397), which predicts a $4.5 trillion carbon market by 2020.
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FARMERS should be extremely cautious about entering any market involving soil carbon, says a 2009 Nuffield scholar: the liabilities could easily outweigh any financial advantage.
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GIS Technology for Carbon Accounting and Tropical Forest Management
REDLANDS, Calif., Dec. 15 /PRNewswire/ — In an effort to mitigate the effects of climate change, the South American nation of Guyana is developing the world’s first national Low-Carbon Development Strategy (LCDS) using enterprise geographic information system (GIS) technology and expertise from ESRI. The environmental technology company will provide Guyana with software for use in national carbon accounting and sustainable management of forests.
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The accountancy firm Deloitte has issued a report on the challenges of carbon accounting, reports Envido.
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The accountancy firm Deloitte has issued a report on the challenges of carbon accounting, reports Envido.
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Hara, the carbon and energy accounting software that’s landed such clients as Coca-Cola and the cities of Palo Alto and San Jose, has gained another big client – Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp.
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Categories:Corporate Social Responsibility, Green Products & Services
Posted: Oct 16, 2009 – 02:13 PM EST
CHICAGO, Oct. 16 /CSRwire/ – Enablon, the world’s leading provider of sustainability software solutions, announced today that it has been recognized as a leader in Carbon Management Software by Verdantix, the independent research firm specialized in climate change, sustainability and energy issues.
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The combined effects of financial crisis, climate change and energy concerns mean that we must overhaul our ideas on governance and harness public opinion, argues Jacqueline McGlade, executive director of the European Environment Agency
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Green Century Balanced fund has a carbon footprint that is two-thirds lower than the Standard & Poor’s 500 index. It also gets a below-average star rating from fund-research firm Morningstar Inc., gets a below-average score for consistent return and preservation of capital from Lipper Inc., and has expenses that are roughly average for a stock fund.
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BOSTON — Green Century Balanced Fund has a carbon footprint that is two-thirds lower than the Standard & Poor’s 500 stock-index. But that’s not the mutual fund’s only low score.
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