Dublin, 11th February 2010: , a leading company in the business of sourcing and developing emission reductions from greenhouse gas abatement projects, has recently achieved successful approval of its eleventh methodology from the Clean Development Mechanism Executive Board (CDM EB). Through a renewable energy technology known as co-firing, the methodology permits the substitution of coal with solid biomass fuels in grid-connected power plants, reducing CO2 emissions and helping companies to meet their renewable energy targets.

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Join and their prestigious guests in this free interactive webinar to discuss forestry, REDD and the future of this sector in more depth as well as following The Walt Disney Company as they take us through why they choose forestry as part of their climate solution strategy.

Date: 23rd February 2010

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Is your company involved in forestry? Which project types do you prefer? Or do you feel forestry is too risky?

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Dublin 23rd September 2009: EcoSecurities, a leading company in the business of sourcing, developing and trading carbon credits from greenhouse gas emission reduction projects, has partnered with Baker McKenzie LLP, a leading climaate change law firm and ClimateBiz, the resource for climate management, to launch the second edition of The Carbon Management and Offsetting Trends Survey Report 2009.

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Tags: Carbon Management Strategy, Carbon Offsets, carbon offsetting, climate action, EcoSecurities, Environmental Benefits, Renewable Energy

Author: Meghan Schloat, Policy Manager, US Regulatory Affairs

House passess Waxman Markey Climate Bill

The House of Representatives approved landmark climate legislation in a close vote late Friday June 26^th.

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Borealis Offsets helped to officially mark Canada Day yesterday by planting the final trees at their afforestation project which is located 20 km northwest of Prince George in British Columbia. The project involved the planting of 120,000 tress of mixed native species planted over 75HA of marginal unused bare land, creating a managed sub-boreal forest ecosystem.

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Organisations who are contemplating becoming Carbon Neutral are faced with a myriad of choices with regards to offset standards. Its a confusing issue and one for which there is no right or wrong answer. It all depends on the brand, culture and sustainability goals of each individual organisation. EcoSecurities facilitated an interactive discussion on the key issues which need to be considered when any organisation is contemplating which carbon offsets to use as part of any overall carbon management strategy.

to listen to the recorded debate

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Find out what 120 global, multinational and regional organisations attitudes are to forest carbon projects in general. In addition the report also examines the motivating factors behind corporate decisions to purchase forest carbon offsets and the perceptions which organisations have regarding the additional community and biodiversity benefits that many forestry projects often provide.

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Find out what 65 leading multinational organisations are doing in terms of their carbon management strategies. This primary quantitative research study provides industry insight and benchmarks regarding some of the strategies that are being utilised to help the transition to a low carbon economy.

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