Sponsors

UK Trade & Investment is the government organization that supports companies in the UK doing business internationally, and overseas enterprises seeking to set up or expand in the UK or source UK goods. Its role is to help companies realize their international business potential through knowledge transfer and on-going partnership support. Its aim is to "enhance the competitiveness of companies in the UK through overseas trade and investment, and attract a continuing high level of quality foreign direct investment".

MGM International, recognized as one of the best CDM/JI project developers, is a leader in the development of projects that generate emission reductions worldwide and in their innovative commercialization. Since 2001, MGM International has been a pioneer in the carbon market through the identification, design, negotiation, execution, commercialization and monitoring of projects that mitigate CO2, CH4, N2O, HFC and PFC emissions worldwide.

TÜV SÜD is an internationally leading technical service organization with over 13.000 employees and present at more than 600 locations worldwide. Under the UNFCCC, TÜV SÜD is the only Designated Operational Entity (DOE) accredited for all scopes of the CDM. Having accompanied over 1000 projects through validation and verification, TÜV SÜD was elected “best verifier of Kyoto projects“ by Environmental Finance magazine. Beside its market leadership in JI and CDM, TÜV SÜD is one of the key verifiers in the Voluntary Carbon Market. Having developed the robust standard VER+ and providing the BlueRegistry for VERs, TÜV SÜD demonstrates its commitment to transparency and credibility of voluntary emission reductions.

The American Carbon Registry, a leading non-profit US carbon market registry, is one of the largest and most respected online carbon registries in the US voluntary and precompliance markets. As the first private voluntary GHG registry in the US, the Registry boasts time-tested integrity in carbon registry operations and technical services. A host of Fortune 500 companies and non-profit organizations trust us with their carbon accounting and registry needs. Registry members can transparently buy, sell, hold and retire high quality project-based carbon offsets as well as report their verified corporate GHG inventories (“carbon footprint”).

Chicago Climate Exchange® (CCX®) is a global exchange that administers North America’s only legally binding cap & trade system for the reduction of GHG emissions. CCX has over 400 members, including 17% of the Dow Jones Industrial Average, 12% of the Fortune 100 and 20% of the largest coal-burning electric utilities. CCX members make a legally binding reduction commitment and trade on CCX’s Electronic Trading Platform alongside offset providers and speculators. Year on year volumes increased over 263% on CCX through the 3rd quarter of 2008. CCX’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Chicago Climate Futures Exchange® (CCFE®), is the world's first and leading environmental derivatives exchange. CCFE currently trades 13 products, including futures and options on the CCX Carbon Financial Instrument® contract and RGGI allowances.

TZ1 Registry: The Platform for Environmental Markets. The TZ1 Registry is the "meta-Registry" for the secure management and holdings of environmental commodities (carbon and biodiversity). Financial markets based, the TZ1 Registry's on-line services include issuance, holdings, transfers and retirements, of carbon credits and biodiversity certificates. The TZ1 Registry is integral to the financial sector providing such automated services as straight-through processing and interoperability to exchanges, clearing houses and other registries. TZ1 Registry is an authorized VCS Registry, the only Biodiversity Conservation Certificates Registry and can manage/list most carbon credit types and biodiversity conservation certificates that
meet the TZ1's robust and formalized Rules of Registry.

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Greenberg Traurig LLP is an international, multidisciplinary law firm with more than 1,700 attorneys and governmental affairs professionals. The firm has offices in 29 locations worldwide along with strategic alliances with independent law firms in Brussels, London, Milan, Rome and Tokyo. Experience in the United States, Latin America, the Middle East, Europe, Asia and Africa enables Greenberg Traurig to offer its clients local knowledge and guide them through every stage of international business.