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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

NYMEX Starts Trading Emissions Contracts

The New York Mercantile Exchange and Evolution Markets opened The Green Exchange yesterday with futures trading based on emissions, including one linked to the ongoing European carbon market, Reuters reports. The first four contracts on the Green Exchange...

Published 03-18-2008 3:38 PM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: U.S., Financial, Economics, Carbon Offsets/RECs, Finance & Reporting

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

Pepsi Center First U.S. Arena To Offset 100% Of Electricity Used

The Pepsi Center is the first sports arena in the U.S. to claim “100 percent green” status, announcing it will buy enough renewable energy to offset all electricity used at the arena. Arena officials also announced a program to encourage fan...

Published 03-17-2008 4:11 PM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Facilities, U.S., Electricity, Contracts & Installations, Carbon Offsets/RECs

EU To U.S. Airlines: Buy Carbon Credits Or Face Fewer Flights

U.S. airlines must join the EU emissions trading scheme or an equivalent system in the U.S. or they could face fewer flights to the European Union, Jacques Barrot the EU transport commissioner, has warned, according to the Guardian. EU airlines must join...

Published 03-17-2008 3:49 PM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Transportation, Emissions, Europe, U.S., Government, Travel, Policy & Law, Carbon Offsets/RECs

Report Compares Carbon Offset Standards

A new report written by the Stockholm Environment Institute and commissioned by WWF Germany, “Making Sense of the Voluntary Carbon Market: A Comparison of Carbon Offset Standards (exec summary, full report),” looks at the voluntary carbon...

Published 03-12-2008 10:16 PM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Research & Technology, Carbon Offsets/RECs

DHL Program Lets Customers Offset Shipping Emissions

DHL has launched a carbon neutral shipping service, DHL GoGreen Express, in the Asia Pacific region. DHL says the program is part of the company’s GoGreen range of carbon-neutral and low-carbon shipping options that are available in Europe and were...

Published 03-10-2008 3:05 PM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Transportation, Supply Chain, Europe, Major Players, Business Services, Asia, Products & Planning, Carbon Offsets/RECs

Foster’s Offsets Emissions Of ‘Cascade Green’

Foster’s is offsetting all of the carbon emissions of its new lager, Cascade Green.The company says that the lager is brewed at the Cascade Brewery from locally produced ingredients. Packaging has been designed to minimize greenhouse gas emissions...

Published 03-08-2008 5:19 PM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Emissions, Australia, Water, Products & Planning, Carbon Offsets/RECs, Retail & Restaurants

PG&E Restores Forests To Offset Emissions

Pacific Gas and Electric is spending about $2 million to help restore two California redwood forests as part of a ratepayer-funded program to offset the utility’s greenhouse gas emissions, The Mercury News reports. The “carbon offsets”...

Published 02-27-2008 12:20 PM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Major Players, U.S., Conservation, Utilities, 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

Duke’s Carbon-Constrained Future

Duke Energy is the nation’s third-largest corporate emitter of carbon dioxide - after American Electric Power and Southern Co. Depending on what controls Congress passes on carbon emissions, that’s a potentially crippling threat for Duke,...

Published 02-22-2008 10:29 AM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Emissions, Pollution, U.S., Economics, Electricity, New Technology, Utilities, Coal, Hydroelectric, Nuclear, Policy & Law, Carbon Offsets/RECs, Oil & Gas

Duke Energy Plans To Sell Carbon Offsets

Duke Energy plans to offer customers the chance to buy carbon dioxide offsets, The Charlotte Observer reports. Duke’s program would expand on an existing NC GreenPower program, which allows N.C. utility customers to contribute through their power...

Published 02-19-2008 3:18 PM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Business-to-Consumer, Clean Energy, Utilities, Carbon Offsets/RECs

HP Launches Carbon Offset Giveaway Promo

HP is testing a carbon-offset giveaway promotion in Australia that gives HP LaserJet printer buyers a carbon offset certificate for purchases made by April 30, Australian IT reports. The carbon offset value is supposed to cover the carbon emissions produced...

Published 02-14-2008 4:45 PM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Major Players, Marketing, Business-to-Consumer, Manufacturing, Hi-Tech, Australia, Carbon Offsets/RECs, Retail & Restaurants

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

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