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Starbucks Helps Growers Enter Carbon Credit Biz

Some Fortune 500 companies are getting involved in ecosystem services. That is, finding ways to repay nature for the products it produces, according to an article by Marc Gunther in Fortune. Starbucks is the latest. It will finance Conservation International’s...

Published 03-23-2008 10:39 PM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Major Players, Business-to-Business, Agriculture, Travel, Asia, Contracts & Installations, Carbon Offsets/RECs, Central & South America
Steelcase Buys Naming Rights To Wind Farm

Steelcase will purchase all the renewable energy credits produced by a new 10 megawatt wind farm in Panhandle, Texas developed by John Deere Renewables, the wind-energy development unit of Deere & Co., for at least the first five years of its operation...

Published 03-18-2008 12:44 PM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Feature, Major Players, Business-to-Business, Facilities, U.S., Marketing, Clean Energy, Electricity, Wind Energy, Contracts & Installations, Carbon Offsets/RECs
Carbon Market Could Jump 56% To $92 Billion In 2008

The global carbon market will see 4.2 billion tons carbon emissions transacted during 2008, up 56 percent from last year, according to research from Point Carbon. At today’s prices, that would make the market worth $92 billion. The figures, published...

Published 02-27-2008 11:10 AM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Global, Business-to-Business, Financial, Economics, Predictions, Carbon Offsets/RECs, Finance & Reporting, Today's Green Trend
ClimateCheck Sets Up Shop In U.S.

Canada-based ClimateCHECK, a company that provides greenhouse gas management and products has opened a San Francisco office. ClimateCHECK says it has worked with a number of North America companies and organizations to measure, verify and account for...

Published 02-27-2008 10:47 AM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Business-to-Business, U.S., North America, Business Services, Government, Products & Planning, Carbon Offsets/RECs
Burt’s Bees Buys Wind Credits, Wants Employees To Do Same

Burt’s Bees has purchased 3,954,000 kilowatt hours of renewable energy credits generated by wind farms. The REC purchase, made through Renewable Choice Energy, will offset 100 percent of the company’s electricity use. In addition, when employees...

Published 02-12-2008 4:15 PM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Business-to-Business, U.S., Business-to-Consumer, Electricity, Wind Energy, Contracts & Installations, Carbon Offsets/RECs
BofA Nixes Venture With Climate Exchange

Bank of America has backed out of a joint venture with the Climate Exchange because it wasn’t necessary “to pursue projects of mutual interest,” according to this Nashville Business Journal report. In July, BofA said it would join the...

Published 02-08-2008 12:30 PM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Major Players, Business-to-Business, U.S., Economics, Carbon Offsets/RECs, Finance & Reporting
EA Logistics Offers ‘Carbon-Neutral Freight’

EA Logistics has launched Delivered GrEAn, a free carbon offset program for corporations that use the company’s freight services. Through the program, EA Logistics computes the emissions for each shipment and offsets them by purchasing credits from...

Published 02-07-2008 11:27 AM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Transportation, Emissions, Supply Chain, Europe, Business-to-Business, Contracts & Installations, Carbon Offsets/RECs
CCES Creates New Certification for GHG, CO2 Emissions

Carbon Credit Environmental Services has applied for an Intellectual Property Patent to help companies assess their emissions from cradle to grave and earn a certification that will state their product has been offset by CCES through “Green Alternative...

Published 02-07-2008 11:10 AM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Emissions, Business-to-Business, U.S., Marketing, Government, Manufacturing, Products & Planning, Carbon Offsets/RECs
CIA Gets Green, Clinton Library Gets Greener

The CIA is adopting green building designs and technology in its new campus facilities in northern Virginia. The building will have a green roof, with about 22,000 square feet of vegetation, and the agency said it will cut energy consumption 21 percent...

Published 01-30-2008 11:43 AM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Emissions, Business-to-Business, Facilities, U.S., Government, Contracts & Installations, Carbon Offsets/RECs
Green Technology Overview

Adam Grosser, general partner of Foundation Capital, describes the different categories of green technology and the challenges they face.

Published 01-28-2008 10:11 PM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Emissions, Supply Chain, Sustainability, Climate, Business-to-Business, Facilities, Pollution, Business-to-Consumer, Manufacturing, Efficiency, Clean Energy, Economics, Electricity, Recycling, Storage, Strategy & Leadership, Carbon Offsets/RECs, Today's Green Video
Intel Tops EPA’s List of Green Power Purchasers

Intel announced it will purchase more than 1.3 billion kilowatt hours a year of renewable energy certificates, making it the single-largest corporate purchaser of green power in the U.S., according to the US EPA. The company said it hoped the purchase...

Published 01-28-2008 2:50 PM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Emissions, Feature, Major Players, Business-to-Business, Facilities, Pollution, U.S., Clean Energy, Solar Energy, Hydroelectric, Biomass, Contracts & Installations, Carbon Offsets/RECs
NTT Announces Carbon Offset Program

NTT America, a wholly-owned U.S. subsidiary of NTT Communications Corporation, announced a new program to offset CO2 emissions generated from the use of its enterprise hosting and co-location services. TerraPass assisted NTTA in caluclating the estimated...

Published 01-25-2008 1:36 PM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Emissions, Major Players, Business-to-Business, Facilities, U.S., Hi-Tech, Contracts & Installations, Carbon Offsets/RECs
Miami’s MGM Generating Interest In Carbon Trading

The Miami firm MGM International is developing a strong international market in carbon trading, reports the Miami Herald. Founded in 2001 by an environmental lawyer, Marco Monroy, MGM is gaining attention - in 2006, Morgan Stanley purchased 38 percent...

Published 01-16-2008 1:00 AM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Emissions, Business-to-Business, Financial, Carbon Offsets/RECs, Finance & Reporting
European Commission Considers Import Carbon Tariffs

The European Commission is contemplating a carbon tariff on goods from countries where greenhouse gas emission policies do not equal European standards, according to Business Week. The tariff system would force companies that export products to Europe...

Published 01-09-2008 11:39 AM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Supply Chain, Europe, Business-to-Business, Manufacturing, Pricing, Policy & Law, Carbon Offsets/RECs
Companies Should Reach For ‘Carbon Advantage’

Instead of focusing on ways to offset carbon emissions, Dave Douglas writes in a Business Week article that companies need to invest in creating more sustainable versions of themselves. “We need companies to go beyond carbon neutrality to something...

Published 01-02-2008 12:22 PM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Major Players, Business-to-Business, Business-to-Consumer, Manufacturing, Hi-Tech, Strategy & Leadership, Carbon Offsets/RECs

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