climate change

Climate Corps Handbook

Category: Climate & Carbon
Academic Level: Corporate
Type of Resource: Manuals
Publisher: Environmental Defense Fund
Published Date: Jan 2008
Despite increasing public interest in the greening of business and awareness of
the climate change imperative, many companies still aren’t aware of practical, cost effective energy efficiency improvements they can make to capture both
environmental and business benefits. This volume by the Environmental Defense Fund serves as a guide for companies seeking to address their role in preventing  the worst aspects of climate change.

climatecorps_handbook.pdf

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Carbon Reduction and Offset Providers Unite to Promote Rigorous Industry Standards

Category: Climate & Carbon
Academic Level: Continuing Education
Type of Resource: Articles
Publisher: www.icroa.org
Published Date: Jun 2008
Eight of the world’s leading carbon reduction and offset providers today announced the formation of the International Carbon Reduction and Offset Alliance (ICROA). The organization has been created to build support for the carefully crafted standards that
now exist for the voluntary offset market. In addition, the group will provide a unified voice in promoting credible carbon management strategies, which use a “reduce-and-offset” approach

ICROA_Press_Release_USA.pdf

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Beyond Neutrality: Moving Your Company Toward Climate Leadership

Category: Corporate Sustainability
Academic Level: Corporate
Type of Resource: Reports
Publisher: Businesses for Social Responsibility (BSR)
Published Date: Oct 2007

This trends report describes how companies can create business and social value by acting on climate change beyond reducing their internal carbon emissions. It builds on a number of sources, including published company information and other literature, interviews with corporate practitioners and insights from BSR conferences, including the company roundtable“Arriving at Strategic Policy Positions on Climate Change” held in May 2007 in conjunction with Yale University and Time Warner.

Beyond_Neutrality-Moving_Your_Company_towards_Climate_Leadership--BSR--2007.pdf

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A Consumers’ Guide to Retail Offset Providers

Category: Climate & Carbon
Academic Level: Continuing Education
Type of Resource: Reports
Publisher: Clean Air–Cool Planet, 2006.
Published Date: Dec 2006

Picking a carbon offset can be like traveling by stagecoach in the wild west- there are a lot of hazards and pitfalls there and it can be hard to determine quality. This document should help. Put together by Clean air Cool Planet sponsored by Clif Bar, Stonyfield Yogurt and Interface Carpets, this guide will help you identify high quality offsets- after you've completed your own effort to reduce your carbon output first!

A_Consumers_Guide_to_Retail_Carbon_Offset_Providers_2006_Final.pdf

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Getting Carbon Offsets right

Category: Climate & Carbon
Academic Level: Corporate
Type of Resource: Articles
Publisher: Businesses for Social Responisibility (BSR)
Published Date: Jul 2007
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Companies around the world are taking a closer look at their contributions to climate change, with an increasing number voluntarily reducing their “carbon footprints” by purchasing offsets elsewhere. In a practice known as offsetting, businesses pay to outsource emissions reductions when it is more cost-effective or technologically feasible than doing so in-house. The market for these voluntary offsets, fueled by corporate commitments to become “carbon neutral,” is growing rapidly.This article from BSR provides businesses with a four point framework for engaging offset providers.

Getting Carbon Offsets Right--A BSR Business Brief--2007.pdf

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