EcoSecurities Partners with The Economist to Offset its Carbon Emissions Arising from the Carbon Economy Summit
a leading company in the business of sourcing, developing, and trading carbon
credits from greenhouse gas emission reduction projects, announces its
partnership with The Economist to offset the carbon emissions which will
result from holding The Carbon Economy summit, by retiring carbon offsets
from the Irani wastewater methane avoidance project in
Timed with the publication of a special report in The Economist and the
Copenhagen UN Climate Change Conference, The Carbon Economy summit will
examine how the political environment has changed since
which regions and industries are committed to a sustainable carbon strategy.
Highlights of the conference will include a focus on market opportunities in
renewable energy, and investment in low-carbon technologies.
EcoSecurities will work with The Economist to measure the carbon
footprint which has arisen due to the summit, will make recommendations as to
how the footprint can be reduced for future conferences and finally will
provide and retire the carbon offsets verified to the Voluntary Carbon
Standard (VCS) from the Irani wastewater methane avoidance project.
“We are very pleased that this event, which is about building a
low-carbon future- will be offset by EcoSecurities,” said
Executive Director of Economist Events. “We look forward to a stimulating
dialogue in
commented “It is great to be partnering with The Economist to help them
reduce their overall environmental impact. Organizations such as The
Economist play a key role in helping to publicize the need for companies to
increasingly implement effective carbon management strategies.”
Editor’s notes:
About EcoSecurities:
EcoSecurities has spent the last 11 years focusing on the area of climate
change mitigation activities and is now one of the leading organisations in
the business of sourcing, developing and trading emission reductions.
EcoSecurities’ emission reduction portfolio covers a wide range of emission
reduction standards (Gold Standard, CDM, VCS etc), technology types and
geographical locations. In addition EcoSecurities also provides clients with
carbon management services, helping them understand and deal with an
increasingly carbon constrained world.
EcoSecurities Group plc is listed on the London Stock Exchange AIM
(ticker ECO). Additional information is available at
http://www.ecosecurities.com.
About The Economist (http://www.economist.com)
Edited in
and business publication offering clear reporting, commentary and analysis on
world politics, business, finance, science, technology, culture, society,
media and the arts. The Economist has a North American circulation of nearly
810,000, a global circulation of more than 1.4 million and more than 3.5
million monthly unique visitors at Economist.com. Because of its
international editorial perspective, it is read by more of the world’s
political and business leaders than any other magazine.
About Irani
The Irani wastewater methane avoidance project is located in the Campina
da Alegria district, Vargem Bonita city,
The purpose of the project is to avoid methane emissions from the current
wastewater treatment at the Cellulose Irani Paper and Pulp manufacturing
company. This project involves the installation of a new wastewater treatment
scheme, involving aerobic treatment, which is also referred to as secondary
or biological treatment. The new wastewater treatment system also uses highly
aerated activated sludge which can then be decanted and reused.
The Irani wastewater methane avoidance project has been verified to the
Voluntary Carbon Standard and reduces greenhouse gas emissions by 58,000
tonnes a year.
SOURCE EcoSecurities