Forestry, Biomass & Sustainability 2011 – London, 12 & 13 May

Investment opportunities and carbon reductions

Dexter House, Royal Mint Court, London EC3

Sponsors

 American Carbon Registry

American Carbon Registry (ACR), a nonprofit enterprise of Winrock International, is a leading global carbon offset program recognised for its strong standards for environmental integrity and its innovation of new offset project types. A host of Fortune 500 companies, nonprofit organisations and mission-driven institutions seeking a premium brand trust ACR to ensure offset quality. Founded in 1996 as the first private voluntary greenhouse gas registry in the world, ACR has 15 years of experience in the development of rigorous, science-based carbon offset standards and methodologies as well as carbon offset issuance, serialisation and transparent on-line retirement reporting.


ERA Carbon Offsets


ERA
is a Canadian pioneer in forest restoration and conservation carbon offset projects.  The company’s Community Ecosystem Restoration Program located in the Lower Fraser Valley, British Columbia, began in 2005 in the District of Maple Ridge, and has grown to include five communities including Metro Vancouver.  ERA has delivered over 1,000,000 tonnes of carbon offsets to the voluntary market and is engaged in forest carbon projects in Canada, Africa, New Zealand and the Hawaiian Islands to supply the North American and the international voluntary and pre-compliant markets.   ERA’s clients and product users include Air Canada, Catalyst Paper, HSE – Entega, Rolling Stone Magazine, Shell Canada Limited, The Forest Carbon Group AG, and The Globe Foundation of Canada.  ERA’s carbon offsets are being validated to the ISO 14064, CCBA, PFSI-VER and VCS standards.

 Irbaris

Irbaris is a specialist advisory business that brings together a highly-experienced, multi-disciplinary team of business advisers with deep international expertise in carbon, climate change and wider sustainability issues such as biodiversity protection, water resources and sustainable forestry, as well as clean technologies. Irbaris helps companies, governments and entrepreneurs to address the strategic, commercial and financial issues created by managing carbon and adapting to the changing climate. Irbaris is headquartered in London, has an office in Washington DC, and is actively working in Europe, North America, Africa and Central Asia.

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