Latest Carbon offset Stories
Study Identifies Changes to Vegetation Types, Impacts to Ranching, Carbon Storage SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 20, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Climate change is likely to harm California's economy by reducing the types of natural, non-irrigated vegetation available for livestock forage and the ability of forest ecosystems to store carbon dioxide, according to a peer-reviewed study published in the scientific journal Climatic Change. The ability of ecosystems to store carbon dioxide is...
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 12, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- "Data Center Energy Efficiency, Renewable Energy, and Carbon Offset Investment Best Practices: A Guide to Greening Your Organization's Energy Consumption" is now available from RealEnergyWriters.com and The Daily Energy Report. The guide offers insight into cutting-edge strategies implemented by green pioneers in IT and shows how other organizations - whatever size or sector - can benefit. Readers will learn scalable, low-risk, and...
GENEVA, Jan. 11, 2012 /PRNewswire/-- As a leading provider of sustainability solutions, SGS Consumer Testing Services today announced the first Product Carbon Footprint program offering marks that can be applied to products manufactured and sold on international markets. Designed to provide a competitive marketing edge by displaying validated environmental claims, the program is also the first to offer a comprehensive progressive three-label scheme demonstrating...
Asia’s Best Carbon Markets Service Provider has chosen Janus Corporate Solutions as its corporate services partner in Singapore for the third year running. Singapore (PRWEB) December 12, 2011 Asia’s leading carbon markets service provider, General Carbon, has chosen the leading Singapore corporate services agency, Janus Corporate Solutions, as its compliance services partner for the third consecutive year. The ongoing partnership is a testament to Janus’ level of...
CO2 Neutral Seal introduces an advanced methodology that calculates and offsets website carbon emissions using Google Analytics API. Athens, Greece (PRWEB) December 09, 2011 CO2 Neutral Seal today officially announced the launch of CO2NS Website, an innovative new product that makes a website carbon neutral through its visitor statistics. This new, cost-effective approach offsets website emissions. CO2NS Website’s offsetting approach uses Google Analytics API to conduct a daily...
In a report published recently by independent analyst firm Verdantix, Carbon-Clear.com has been recognised as one of the UK’s foremost sustainability consulting firms. (PRWEB) December 02, 2011 Carbon Clear advises companies globally on carbon management, including calculating carbon footprints, advising how best to reduce emissions and how to develop an effective carbon offsetting strategy. The Green Quadrant Sustainability Business Consulting 2011 report is based on an analysis...
SANTA ANA, Calif., Nov. 29, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- SaviCorp (Pinksheets: SVMI.PK) was awarded "Breakthrough Innovator of the Year" and a "Corporate Excellence Award" during the Asian Business Association of Orange County's (ABAOC) 16th annual Recognition Gala. This was the first year ABAOC awarded top businesses for their economic contributions both locally and nationally. The ABAOC recognized Serge Monros and SaviCorp for leading to the design, development, and marketing of SaviCorp's...
SAN FRANCISCO and DURBAN, South Africa, Nov. 29, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Wildlife Works announced today the launch of CODE REDD, an emergency action campaign to save the world's wild forests using private sector financing within the Voluntary Carbon Market. As corporations recognize their responsibility to do all they can to reduce their carbon footprint by lowering emissions and offsetting the rest, the CODE REDD campaign aims to make it easy and compelling for corporations to pledge to buy...
When biomass is combusted the carbon that once was bound in the growing tree is released into the atmosphere. For this reason, bioenergy is often considered carbon dioxide neutral. Research at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, however, shows that this is a simplification. The use of bioenergy may affect ecosystem carbon stocks, and it can take anything from 2 to 100 years for different biofuels to achieve carbon dioxide neutrality. "Using a tree as biofuel creates a carbon dioxide debt...
ROCKVILLE, Md., Nov. 14, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- MOM's Organic Market, the DC / Baltimore region's homegrown organic grocer, announced today a progressive carbon offset partnership with TerraPass Inc., a US company which offers verified carbon reduction projects across the country. MOM's Organic Market will purchase carbon credits from TerraPass in direct proportion to the emissions released from its customers' shopping trips. MOM's estimates it will be able to offset over 6,000 tons of CO2...
