Latest Carbon offset Stories
SAN RAMON, Calif., March 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Faronics, a global leader in system control and computer energy management solutions, is proud to announce that for the second year in a row it has been certified as carbon neutral. The accreditation, awarded by Offsetters, a Vancouver based carbon offset company, demonstrates Faronics' continued commitment to the proactive management and effective control of the environmental impact of all of its business activities. Faronics surpassed its...
WALTHAM, Mass., March 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Campus laundry services leader Mac-Gray Corporation announced today they have partnered with 14 colleges and universities and Carbonfund.org to offset 100 percent of the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions derived from laundry equipment installed on each campus. Over 21 million pounds of GHG emissions will be offset through a $95,000 investment in Carbonfund.org third-party verified carbon reduction projects."We recognize that the first step in...
VANCOUVER, March 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Carbon Friendly Solutions Inc. (TSX Venture Exchange: CFQ) ("CFS" or the "Company") (http://www.carbonfriendly.com) is pleased to announce that, further to its news release on February 4, 2010, the Company has now received TSX Venture Exchange approval for its recently formed Pacific Briquetters Inc. ("PBI") and its proposed business structure and issue of share purchase warrants resulting from the same. PBI will own, finance, develop and operate...
OVERLAND PARK, Kan., Feb. 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- YRC Worldwide Inc. (Nasdaq: YRCW) announced today the launch of its new Green Balance Calculator. Developed in partnership with Sustainable Travel International (STI), the calculator is an optional tool customers can use to help offset emissions associated with their shipments via certified carbon offset projects. "The YRC Worldwide Green Balance Calculator is another example of our commitment to sustainable business practices," said...
DUBLIN, February 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- EcoSecurities, 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...
VANCOUVER, Feb. 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Carbon Friendly Solutions Inc. (TSX Venture Exchange: CFQ) ("CFS" or the "Company") is pleased to announce it has submitted its Project Design Document (PDD) for VCS Validation with TUV SUD Carbon Management Service, in Germany, for its Phase I Warmian-Masurian, Poland Afforestation Project (the "Project") The Project consists of 932.51 hectares of private lands, of which 4,084,972 trees were planted on 671.12 hectares. The Project land was...
NEW YORK, Feb. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- As the fashion world turns its attention to the Tents at Bryant Park, this year marks the first time that Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in New York City will be a completely carbon neutral event. In an initiative underwritten by leading carton packaging manufacturer Tetra Pak, and supported by Tetra Pak's customer and natural beverage supplier O.N.E.(TM) Natural Experience, Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week will be using a combination of emission reduction...
The Formation of PBI and the proposed Venture VANCOUVER, Feb. 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Carbon Friendly Solutions Inc. (TSX Venture Exchange: CFQ) ("CFS" or the "Company") (http://www.carbonfriendly.com) is pleased to announce that the Company has, subject to prior TSX Venture Exchange (the "Exchange") approval to certain provisions thereof, recently formed and incorporated Pacific Briquetters Inc. ("PBI"), a non-reporting British Columbia company, for the present and proposed purpose of...
Well-designed plantations can mitigate social, economic and environmental pressuresNot all plantations need to be the biological deserts that have come to characterize large-scale, industrial plantations. According to scientists in a paper out in February's issue of the journal Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, well-planned plantations can actually alleviate some of the social, economic and ecological burden currently being placed on natural forests.In addition, these biologically...
CORVALLIS, Ore. "“ A recent study at Oregon State University indicates that some past approaches to calculating the impacts of forest fires have grossly overestimated the number of live trees that burn up and the amount of carbon dioxide released into the atmosphere as a result.The research was done on the Metolius River Watershed in the central Oregon Cascade Range, where about one-third "“ or 100,000 acres "“ of the area burned in four large fires in 2002-03. Although some previous...
