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EU ETS – A Flagship in Choppy Waters

support@businessassurance.com (BusinessAssurance.com) — Thu, 31 May 2012 12:52:39 +0000

Day two of Carbon Expo opened with a packed auditorium gathered to listen to some of the world's leading experts debate the future direction of the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS).

Two Greek Companies Receive Energy Efficiency Standard, ISO 50001

support@businessassurance.com (BusinessAssurance.com) — Thu, 31 May 2012 09:21:12 +0000

Two Greek companies, Maran Tankers and Capital Ship Management, have adopted the standard, ISO 50001

Cautious Optimism feeling at close of day one, Carbon Expo

support@businessassurance.com (BusinessAssurance.com) — Wed, 30 May 2012 15:25:26 +0000

by Madlen King, Global Head of Climate Change and Sustainability Despite Dirk Forrester, President and CEO IETA opening the 9th Carbon Expo with the statement ‘these are troubled times’, there is a feeling of cautious optimism at this years Carbon Expo - the world’s leading international trade fair and conference for emissions trading, carbon abatement [...]

Helping Chinese industry prepare for an Emissions Trading Scheme

support@businessassurance.com (BusinessAssurance.com) — Wed, 30 May 2012 12:39:16 +0000

Robert Hansor, Head of Climate Change & CSR, LRQA Asia was a keynote speaker at the IETA side event held on the opening day of Carbon Expo.

Climate Change Podcast Series 2012 – Madlen King interview

support@businessassurance.com (BusinessAssurance.com) — Wed, 30 May 2012 09:24:30 +0000

In this episode we talk to one of the industry’s leading Climate Change specialists, Madlen King.

Day One of Carbon Expo; four out of five market experts call for intervention in EU ETS

support@businessassurance.com (BusinessAssurance.com) — Wed, 30 May 2012 08:42:29 +0000

Carbon Expo opened this morning with major players from the global Carbon Market descending on Cologne for three days of presentations and discussions.

Port Authority of Valencia recertified to ISO 14001 and EMAS

support@businessassurance.com (BusinessAssurance.com) — Wed, 30 May 2012 07:42:59 +0000

The Port Authority of Valencia (PAV) has renewed its certification in accordance with the Environmental Management System Standard ISO 14001 following an audit by Lloyd's Register Quality Assurance (LRQA)

Achievements of the CDM Executive Board and the DOE Relationship through the DIA

support@businessassurance.com (BusinessAssurance.com) — Tue, 29 May 2012 09:53:43 +0000

Since its creation in 2010 and official launch in March 2011, the Designated Operational Entities and Independent Entities Association (DIA) has grown and has achieved a great deal.

The Future of CDM

support@businessassurance.com (BusinessAssurance.com) — Mon, 28 May 2012 14:18:23 +0000

Without a doubt we still have uncertainty with regard to the future of CDM

Building the Water Agenda – Policy responses to water scarcity and shock

support@businessassurance.com (BusinessAssurance.com) — Fri, 25 May 2012 12:14:42 +0000

There is an increasing awareness of the need to act on the world’s impending water challenge. Growing global resource use highlights the complex interdependencies between water and energy, agriculture, industry, urban growth and ecosystems.

Bonn Climate Change Talks – ramping down

support@businessassurance.com (BusinessAssurance.com) — Thu, 24 May 2012 14:54:56 +0000

Many of the working groups have now started ramping down and looking beyond these two weeks to what remains to be achieved going forward – which is considerable. With very little progress made on any of the subjects on the table, the positive air that existed at the start of these talks is now much [...]

Countdown to Carbon Expo – IETA sees 2012 as an important and labour-intensive year

support@businessassurance.com (BusinessAssurance.com) — Wed, 23 May 2012 10:50:18 +0000

IETA sees 2012 as an important and labour-intensive year as far as the emissions-trading process is concerned.

Bonn Climate Change Talks – end of week 1

support@businessassurance.com (BusinessAssurance.com) — Tue, 22 May 2012 13:02:57 +0000

As week one of the Bonn negotiations drew to a close the Ad hoc Working Group on the Durban Platform for Enhanced Action (ADP) were still arguing over who was going to chair the group

Arabian Automobiles Company awarded ISO 14001 certification for its sales, service and parts operations – a first for automobile distributors in UAE

support@businessassurance.com (BusinessAssurance.com) — Mon, 21 May 2012 14:17:36 +0000

Arabian Automobiles Company was recently awarded the ISO 14001 certification by Lloyd's Register Quality Assurance (LRQA)

Bonn Climate Change Talks – Day 4

support@businessassurance.com (BusinessAssurance.com) — Fri, 18 May 2012 09:04:14 +0000

The first meeting of the Ad hoc Working Group on the Durban Platform for Enhanced Action (ADP) was held yesterday.

ISO 27001 Certification achieved by Skyscape Cloud Services

support@businessassurance.com (BusinessAssurance.com) — Thu, 17 May 2012 14:31:40 +0000

Skyscape Cloud Services Limited has announced that it has achieved certification to ISO27001:2005.

Bonn Climate Change Talks – Days 2 & 3

support@businessassurance.com (BusinessAssurance.com) — Thu, 17 May 2012 10:41:36 +0000

Some interesting perspectives from days 2 & 3 of the climate change talks emerged in relation to the Quantified Emission Limitation and Reduction Objectives (QELRO’s) of Annex 1 parties and the length of the second commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol.

BestCities score 10/10 as Berlin and Houston join alliance

support@businessassurance.com (BusinessAssurance.com) — Wed, 16 May 2012 09:14:02 +0000

BestCities Global Alliance has officially welcomed Berlin and Houston, as full partners, to their international network of convention bureaux.

DDW Embraces Enviro Initiatives

support@businessassurance.com (BusinessAssurance.com) — Tue, 15 May 2012 12:15:37 +0000

Drydocks World and Maritime World (DDW) has implemented several new initiatives and deployed new highly advanced environmental friendly technologies.

Bonn Climate Change Talks – Day 1

support@businessassurance.com (BusinessAssurance.com) — Tue, 15 May 2012 12:01:56 +0000

UNFCCC calls on nations to strengthen their climate change commitments to avoid the current potential 5°C global temperature rises.

Bonn Climate Change Talks Commence Preparations for COP18

support@businessassurance.com (BusinessAssurance.com) — Mon, 14 May 2012 10:13:36 +0000

Preparatory Climate Change talks commence today in Bonn for the run-up to COP18 to be held in Doha, Qatar at the end of the year.

Natural Capitalism: The Pathway to Green Growth

support@businessassurance.com (BusinessAssurance.com) — Fri, 11 May 2012 10:51:06 +0000

The World Bank published a report on Wednesday entitled ‘Inclusive Green Growth, The Pathway to Sustainable Development’.

Microsoft’s Pledge for Carbon Neutrality

support@businessassurance.com (BusinessAssurance.com) — Wed, 09 May 2012 12:38:58 +0000

Yesterday, Kevin Turner, COO of Microsoft announced via their official blog that they will be carbon neutral from July 1st.

Ministers meet in Bonn to build on momentum of COP17

support@businessassurance.com (BusinessAssurance.com) — Tue, 08 May 2012 11:54:13 +0000

Ministers from 32 countries met informally in Bonn over the weekend to discuss necessary tasks post COP17.

South Korea and New Zealand Launch Study to Investigate ETS Linkage

support@businessassurance.com (BusinessAssurance.com) — Tue, 08 May 2012 11:41:07 +0000

Working together, the Korean Legislation Research Institute and New Zealand’s Ministry for the Environment have begun a joint study to investigate the possibility of linking the two nation’s emissions trading schemes.

South Korea Passes Carbon Cap-and-Trade Bill

support@businessassurance.com (BusinessAssurance.com) — Fri, 04 May 2012 10:03:20 +0000

Yesterday the South Korean National Assembly passed a Bill to establish a national emissions trading scheme by January 2015.

LRQA’s Madlen King to speak on MRV at Carbon Expo

support@businessassurance.com (BusinessAssurance.com) — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 14:38:10 +0000

Carbon Expo is the world's leading international trade fair and conference for emissions trading, carbon abatement solutions and clean technologies.

UK Select Committee on Energy and Climate Change Recognise GHG Emissions as a Transboundary Issue

support@businessassurance.com (BusinessAssurance.com) — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 11:45:44 +0000

A Commons Select Committee last week concluded that governments need to be open about ‘outsourcing emissions’ and the complete impact that a nation’s consumption has on the world's climate.

Business Leaders call for EU ETS reform to achieve EU Climate Change Targets

support@businessassurance.com (BusinessAssurance.com) — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 10:01:24 +0000

Philippe Joubert, CEO of Alstom last week provided input to an informal meeting of Environment Ministers on behalf of the Prince of Wales’ EU Corporate Leader Group on Climate Change.

ADCP retains ISO 9001:2008 certification

support@businessassurance.com (BusinessAssurance.com) — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 07:45:10 +0000

Abu Dhabi Commercial Properties (ADCP), the leading Abu Dhabi based Property Management Company has been recertified for ISO 9001:2008 by Lloyds Register Quality Assurance (LRQA) for another 3 years.

Yusen Logistics expands ISO 14001 coverage in Europe

support@businessassurance.com (BusinessAssurance.com) — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 10:20:04 +0000

Yusen Logistics has recently added six country organisations and fourteen more individual warehousing and administration facilities to their ISO 14001 global certificate. Yusen Logistics Europe now has twelve country and 35 individual facilities in Europe under the ISO 14001 certificate. Certification was awarded by Lloyd’s Register Quality Assurance (LRQA). Read more here.

ISO Guide 83 – Common Text and Structure for Management Systems Standards

support@businessassurance.com (BusinessAssurance.com) — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 08:55:26 +0000

LRQA Business Assurance believes planned move by ISO will ensure greater consistency of understanding and application of common management system components across all disciplines.

CDP Report Highlights Opportunity for Increased Supply Chain Efficiencies & Cost Savings

support@businessassurance.com (BusinessAssurance.com) — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 08:33:20 +0000

The Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) has recently published the CDP Supply Chain Report 2012

Arabian Automobiles receives ISO 14001 certification

support@businessassurance.com (BusinessAssurance.com) — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 10:23:07 +0000

Arabian Automobiles Company (AAC), has announced that it has been awarded the ISO 14001 certification by Lloyd’s Register Quality Assurance (LRQA).

Carbon Expo 2012

support@businessassurance.com (BusinessAssurance.com) — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 10:19:09 +0000

Carbon Expo is the global platform to explore the detailed development of carbon markets worldwide and interrelated policies and measures that will shape the international climate regime of the future.

The National Sustainable Food Summit

support@businessassurance.com (BusinessAssurance.com) — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 13:17:46 +0000

The National Sustainable Food Summit is in Sydney 3-4 April.

National Sustainable Food Summit – Cor Groenveld, LRQA Global Product Manager Food Services, talks about how food safety delivers on sustainability

support@businessassurance.com (BusinessAssurance.com) — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 12:54:26 +0000

Food safety is, I think, still top priority in the food supply chain and I think for the coming years it will remain top priority in the food supply chain. But what you see more and more is that sustainability issues like food security, like child labour, like environmental issues, they become more and more important.

National Sustainable Food Summit – Safe and Sustainable Food Supply Chains podcast

support@businessassurance.com (BusinessAssurance.com) — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 11:21:46 +0000

The National Sustainable Food Summit is in Sydney on 4 April. Cor Groenveld - LRQA Global Product Manager Food Services - will be speaking on how management systems and audits support a sustainable food supply chain. In the run up to the event, Cor shared his insight on many of the key issues affecting this key area of the food sector

Stephen Mushin takes E-idea to Antarctica

support@businessassurance.com (BusinessAssurance.com) — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 10:42:51 +0000

Melbourne based ‘E-idealist,’ designer and artist Stephen Mushin is today joining a team of scientists, environmentalists and entrepreneurs on the International Antarctic Expedition (IAE) 2012 led by polar explorer and environmental leader Robert Swan.

Thermal solutions company earns AS9100 Rev C Certification

support@businessassurance.com (BusinessAssurance.com) — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 11:46:14 +0000

Thermacore, Inc. has achieved AS9100:2009 Rev. C certification and was re-certified to ISO 9001:2008; both certifications were awarded by LRQA

Soitec earns new certifications for its global quality, safety and environment management systems standards

support@businessassurance.com (BusinessAssurance.com) — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 08:53:07 +0000

Soitec earns new certifications for its global quality, safety and environment management systems standards

TelecityGroup France recertified to ISO 27001, 9001, 14001 and OHSAS 18001 standards

support@businessassurance.com (BusinessAssurance.com) — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 09:03:03 +0000

TelecityGroup, Europe's industry-leading provider of premium carrier-neutral data centres, announced today that all its data centres in France have been recertified with the ISO 27001, ISO 14001, ISO 9001, OHSAS 18001 accreditations.

Kizad gets ISO 9001 Certification for Quality Management

support@businessassurance.com (BusinessAssurance.com) — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 09:43:46 +0000

Khalifa Industrial Zone Abu Dhabi (Kizad) announced today that it has been awarded ISO 9001:2008 quality certification by Lloyds Register Quality Assurance.

Members of the European Parliament back Future Modifications to the EU ETS

support@businessassurance.com (BusinessAssurance.com) — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 11:03:32 +0000

This resolution has no legal force, it is one step further towards decisive action

Tomorrow’s Vote to Set the Tone for Potential Future Modifications to the EU ETS

support@businessassurance.com (BusinessAssurance.com) — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 13:53:01 +0000

The report calls on the Commission to adopt measures to correct existing weaknesses of the ETS and to take steps prior to the end of 2012.

AS9100 Certification for Thermacore Inc.

support@businessassurance.com (BusinessAssurance.com) — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 09:37:56 +0000

Thermacore, Inc., a leading provider of advanced thermal solutions, announced today that it has achieved AS9100:2009 Rev C certification.

Food Round table podcast

support@businessassurance.com (BusinessAssurance.com) — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 09:11:56 +0000

Spotlight on LRQA & British Council E-idea; My Tree My Saving for Education!

support@businessassurance.com (BusinessAssurance.com) — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 12:58:22 +0000

Anton Abdul Fatah, Indonesia winner of the E-idea competition for the start-up category, just launched a social programme called My Tree, My Saving for Education! E-idea is a joint initiative between Lloyd's Register Quality Assurance (LRQA) and the British Council which has identified 40 eco-entrepreneurs across the Asia-Pacific region.

EU Parliamentary Committee Agrees EU ETS Set-aside

support@businessassurance.com (BusinessAssurance.com) — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 15:31:46 +0000

A senior parliamentary committee of MEPs met last week and agreed an amendment to the Energy Efficiency Directive that would allow the European Commission to cut the supply of permits in the EUs Emissions Trading Scheme. The amendment, allowing the Commission to take measures by the end of the year, will address the current market [...]

“Like No Other Place on Earth” IAE 2012

support@businessassurance.com (BusinessAssurance.com) — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 12:02:21 +0000

"Like No Other Place on Earth" IAE 2012