- ERA Carbon Offsets Ltd. Announces Receipt of First $750,000 Payment from $4,000,000 Sales Agreement
- "Guide to Carbon Offsets for Canadian Businesses and Consumers" by the David Suzuki Foundation and Pembina Institute is both Deficient and Biased.
- ERA Carbon Offsets Ltd. Announces Sale Agreement with HEAG Südhessische Energie AG (HSE) and Granting of Options.
- Ecosystem Restoration Associates featured in the Vancouver Sun
- ERA Carbon Offsets Ltd. to Present at Premier CleanTech Investment Conference
- ERA Carbon Offsets Ltd. Announces Verified Carbon Rights Purchase and Sales Agreements With Multiple Eco-Conscious Companies
- ERA Carbon Offsets Product Update
- Announcing Viridian Power
- EcoNeutral Partners with Round Square.
- EcoNeutral Featured in 24 Hours Magazine
Thursday, August 27, 2009
ERA Carbon Offsets Ltd. Announces Receipt of First $750,000 Payment from $4,000,000 Sales Agreement
August 27, 2009, Vancouver, British Columbia: ERA Carbon Offsets Ltd. (TSX-V:ESR) the Company, through its wholly owned subsidiary, ERA Ecosystem Restoration Associates (“ERA”), is pleased to announce that it has received the first $750,000 USD payment specified under a previously announced Verified Emissions Reductions Sales Agreement (the “VERSA”).
The payment is the first of five bi-monthly payments specified under the VERSA in which ERA is required to deliver 300,000 tonnes of validated and verified emission reductions (“VERs”) in the third and fourth quarter of 2009, and 200,000 tonnes of VERs in the first quarter of 2010, at an average price of $8.00 USD per tonne. The VERs sold will be validated and verified to the ISO 14064-2 and Climate, Community and Biodiversity Alliance (“CCBA”) standards. ISO 14064-2 is the proposed requirement for verification under the Canadian Federal Offset System for Greenhouse Gases (as published on June 10, 2009). CCBA is the leading voluntary international standard for projects that simultaneously minimize climate change, support sustainable development and conserve biodiversity.
The VERs sold, are generated through ERA’s Community Ecosystem Restoration Program (“CERP”) which has been operational in the Lower Fraser Valley of British Columbia since September 2005. CERP is a large scale urban forest restoration program that began in the District of Maple Ridge in 2006, which now includes projects in the District of Mission, the City and Township of Langley, and within Metro Vancouver. The CERP program is supported by the sale of VERs generated through ERA’s ecosystem restoration and reforestation endeavors in degraded riparian areas. The VER’s will be registered on Markit Environmental Registry, an international carbon offsets registry which supports transactions in high quality voluntary carbon offsets through a credible, externally audited retirement facility. VERs are utilized by ethical organizations looking to reduce their carbon footprint, support climate mitigation, and advance their sustainability endeavors.
About ERA Carbon Offsets Ltd.
ERA is a Canadian based pioneer in forest-based carbon offset programs and project development. Through its subsidiary, ERA Ecosystem Restoration Associates Inc., ERA produces significant measurable carbon sequestration benefits that are validated and verified to international standards and sold to purchasers interested in offsetting their greenhouse gas footprints as a means of mitigating the effects of climate change. ERA is producing EcoNeutral® offsets from the Company’s “Community Ecosystem Restoration Program” (CERP) in the Lower Fraser Valley, near Vancouver, British Columbia. ERA is also developing projects in Africa, South America, and the United States. ERA has generated ISO-validated and verified EcoNeutral® carbon offsets from the CERP project to supply clients and offset users that include Rolling Stone Magazine, Shell Canada Ltd., Air Canada, the Motion Pictures Producers Industry Association, and the Globe Foundation.
Additional information on ERA can be found on the corporate website www.eraecosystems.com or by contacting investor@econeutral.com
On behalf of the Board of Directors of
ERA CARBON OFFSETS LTD.
“Robert Falls”
Chief Executive Officer
For further information, please contact:
Investor Relations:
Stevenson & Associates Investor Relations Ltd.
Kyle Stevenson, President
Telephone: (604) 687 1779
Email: kyle@stevesonir.com
FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS: This document includes forward-looking statements as well as historical information. Forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, the continued advancement of the company’s general business development, research development and the company’s development of forest-based carbon offsets. When used in this document, the words “anticipate”, “believe”, “estimate”, “expect”, “intent”, “may”, “project”, “plan”, “should” and similar expressions may identify forward-looking statements. Although ERA Carbon Offsets Ltd. believes that their expectations reflected in these forward looking statements are reasonable, such statements involve risks and uncertainties and no assurance can be given that actual results will be consistent with these forward-looking statements. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ from these forward-looking statements include fluctuations in the marketplace for the sale of carbon credits, the inability to implement corporate strategies, the ability to obtain financing and other risks disclosed in our filings made with Canadian Securities Regulators.
NEITHER TSX VENTURE EXCHANGE NOR ITS REGULATION SERVICES PROVIDER (AS THAT TERM IS DEFINED IN THE POLICIES OF THE TSX VENTURE EXCHANGE) ACCEPTS RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE ADEQUACY OR ACCURACY OF THIS RELEASE.
© 2010, EcoNeutral™.
ERA Carbon Offsets Ltd. Announces Receipt of First $750,000 Payment from $4,000,000 Sales Agreement
posted by EcoNeutral on Thursday, August 27, 2009
Friday, August 7, 2009
"Guide to Carbon Offsets for Canadian Businesses and Consumers" by the David Suzuki Foundation and Pembina Institute is both Deficient and Biased.
The comments below have been agreed upon in response to the "Guide" listed above by the following five organizations:
Carbon Friendly Solutions, Inc.
ERA Ecosystem Restoration Associates, Inc.
Paso Pacifico
Tree Canada
Zerofootprint
On July 16, 2009, the David Suzuki Foundation and Pembina Institute published the "Guide to Carbon Offsets for Canadian Businesses and Consumers" (the "Guide").
A number of established and experienced carbon offset developers and providers, environmental organizations, and forest professionals (listed above) have identified serious deficiencies in the process and methodology used in developing this Guide and its conclusions.
Because of these potential deficiencies, the Guide has failed Canadian businesses and consumers, and provided a disservice to the public as it missed a great opportunity to shine light on the essential role of offsets in the fight against climate change.
The Guide has clouded the offset purchase process by creating and applying its own subjective approach to evaluating the quality and efficacy of offsetting. The Guide is at odds with internationally recognized standards established to support scientific rigor and sound risk mitigation, and runs contrary to leading experts in the offsetting business. Because of carbon offsets’ critical role in our fight against climate change, the carbon market demands qualified analysis and rigorous investigation. Unfortunately, the Suzuki Foundation and Pembina Institute did not deliver a balanced offsetting guide to Canadian consumers, businesses and organizations.
Flawed and misrepresented process
The Report’s characterization and ranking of offset providers appears entirely subjective, and several of the offset firms identified in the report were not interviewed at all, or interviewed only in passing the day before the report was published. Additionally, those that were overlooked, or declined to participate, were not permitted to verify the accuracy of research undertaken.
The authors acknowledged they performed no third party due diligence on either the projects or the offset providers they ranked.
In terms of transparency and process, the Guide claims (page 44) that:
"Just prior to publication, all the vendors that had been identified were sent a summary of the information to be included in their survey, along with a request for more detailed information with respect to certain aspects of their operations and practices. In addition to supplying new information, vendors also had the opportunity to confirm that previously submitted information was still accurate and to make any relevant corrections or updates."
This statement has not been substantiated by the David Suzuki Foundation, or the Pembina Institute, nor the participants of the survey as August 5, 2009. It would appear there was no meaningful opportunity to comment on draft findings of the report, as claimed, "just prior to publication". If this had been the case, the findings of the Guide; in our opinion, would have been substantially different.
Interpretation of "Additionality" incorrect
The concept of "additionality" is important, as it represents a determination of whether the carbon benefits of a project would have occurred in the absence of the project, or whether in fact the project represents a non-additional, "business as usual" case.
Every accepted standard requires a third party to undertake an assessment of additionality. Oddly, the Guide supports self-applied verification of additionality as being equivalent to the internationally accepted standards when applied to project types, such as renewable energy, that are favoured by the stated policies of the David Suzuki Foundation and the Pembina Institute.
Acceptable International Standards Organizations and criteria ignored
The Guide; in our opinion, dismissed criteria of internationally accepted standards of carbon reduction project excellence, including those of ISO, VCS, CAR, ACR. Of particular interest to Canadians, the Guide also rejects the standards accepted by the Canadian Standards Association (CSA), such as ISO 14064-2, instead developing their own subjective criteria.
False statements about forestry based offsets
In our opinion, the Guide makes two false generalizations about forestry projects that sequester carbon. (Pages 22, 25, 26, 27, 29, 31, 32, 33)
The first is that forest restoration projects are not additional. The Guide assumes that left alone, badly degraded landscapes, or areas that have been cleared of trees in the past, will always return to their original, natural state if left alone. This is simply not the case, as any practicing forest professional will attest. Because of this incorrect premise, the Guide ranks afforestation and forest restoration projects as not additional, even though they are widely accepted to be 100% financially additional; the most rigorous test of additionality.
The Guide also assumes that forests are inherently impermanent, which is also incorrect. Once a forest ecosystem has been established, and is healthy, it can regenerate itself indefinitely. While fire or insects can disturb the natural forest, this disturbance is a natural process that the forest can recover from. Effective management and conservation practices also minimize this risk. Further, widely accepted international carbon standards have developed mechanisms for managing and insuring against permanence risk.
A misunderstanding of the important role of forests in the fight against climate change
Over 20% of global carbon emissions arise from deforestation, more than the emissions from all vehicles, aircraft and ships combined. As Dr. Faisal Moola, Director of Science with the David Suzuki Foundation has noted "Trees are the only practical way we have to remove CO2 from the atmosphere" (Canadian Business, March 16/09)
Recognizing the importance of forests in climate mitigation, the May 29th 2009 editorial in the New York Times (written by Ben Keller, Jill Abramson, John M Geddes, Jonathan Landman, and William E. Schmidt) characterized the historical anti-forest positioning of environmental groups as a "colossal blunder" which "the planet has been paying for" since the establishment of the Kyoto Protocol. The Guide perpetuates this anti-forestry "blunder" and is at odds with the expert opinions of numerous internationally recognized authorities on the subject, including Nobel Laureates Al Gore, Dr. Wangari Maathai, and Costa Rican President Oscar Arias, all of whom categorically support forest-based offsets and the role of forests in climate change mitigation.
These leaders are not alone. A broad range of credible environmental, scientific, and humanitarian organizations, such as Conservation International, the World Wildlife Fund (U.S.), The Nature Conservancy, the Union of Concerned Scientists, Care International have thrown their support behind the role that forests have to play in the fight against climate change. Carter Roberts, president of the American branch of the W.W.F. stated, "Unless the world has policies that recognize that value of standing trees and forest, we will have failed. In Kyoto, W.W.F. was pivotal in keeping forests out. We have changed our position." Mark Tercek, president and CEO of The Nature Conservancy has praised forest protection as a cost-effective way of both protecting biodiversity and fighting climate change. "The idea is to make good fast progress towards US and international carbon policy that promotes forest carbon offsets to protect and restore forests…It’s good for climate change, good for biodiversity, and good for economies around the world."
Conclusion
While the undersigned applaud the initiative of the Pembina Institute and the David Suzuki Foundation in advancing the environmental agenda generally, and carbon offsetting in particular, we call upon the authors of this Guide to retract the publication while the substantive and troubling issues identified above are addressed in a meaningful manner. We the undersigned are fully prepared to support the authors in this effort.
For further information, please contact:
ERA Ecosystem Restoration Associates, Inc.
(604) 646-0400
© 2010, EcoNeutral™.
"Guide to Carbon Offsets for Canadian Businesses and Consumers" by the David Suzuki Foundation and Pembina Institute is both Deficient and Biased.
posted by EcoNeutral on Friday, August 7, 2009
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
ERA Carbon Offsets Ltd. Announces Sale Agreement with HEAG Südhessische Energie AG (HSE) and Granting of Options.
ERA Carbon Offsets Ltd., (TSX-V:ESR), through its wholly owned subsidiary, ERA Ecosystem Restoration Associates (ERA), is pleased to announce that it has successfully concluded a Sales Agreement, previously announced in its Press Release dated June 10, 2009, with the German energy company “HEAG Südhessische Energie AG” (HSE), for the delivery of 500,000 tonnes of Verified Emissions Reductions (VERs) in 2009 and 2010.
The transaction, which concluded with the execution of a Verified Emissions Reductions Sales Agreement (VERSA), will deliver 300,000 tonnes of validated VERs in the third and fourth quarter of 2009, and 200,000 tonnes of VERs in the first quarter of 2010, at an average price of $8.00 USD per tonne. The VERs sold to HSE will be validated and verified to the ISO 14064-2 and Climate, Community and Biodiversity Alliance (CCBA) standards. ISO 14064-2 is the proposed requirement for verification under the Canadian Federal Offset System for Greenhouse Gases (as published June 10, 2009). CCBA is the leading voluntary international standard for projects that simultaneously minimize climate change, support sustainable development, and conserve biodiversity.
The VERs sold to HSE are generated through ERA’s Community Ecosystem Restoration Program (CERP) which has been operational in the Lower Fraser Valley of British Columbia since September 2005. CERP is a large scale urban forest restoration program that began in the District of Maple Ridge in 2006, which now includes projects in the District of Mission, the City and Township of Langley, and within Metro Vancouver. The CERP program is supported by the sale of VERs generated through ERA’s ecosystem restoration and reforestation endeavors in degraded riparian areas. The VERs sold to HSE will be registered on the TZ1 Environmental Registry, an international carbon offsets registry which supports transactions in high quality voluntary carbon offsets through a credible, externally audited retirement facility. VERs are utilized by ethical organizations looking to reduce their carbon footprint by increasing their sustainability endeavors. Entega Vertrieb GmbH & Co. KG (Entega), a division of HSE, will utilize the offsets to create a CO2-neutral energy product for its customers throughout Germany. Entega is one of Germany’s largest electricity and gas supply companies.
Dr. Robert Falls, CEO of ERA commented “We are very pleased to be working with HSE, a very well established and progressive energy company based in Darmstadt, Germany. The leadership of HSE has endeavored to fully understand their carbon impact as a company and have made the decision to become more sustainable through a variety of approaches, which include offsetting carbon emissions through ERA. HSE is an energy company that benefits greatly from capturing and utilizing some of the earth’s most valuable natural resources. In committing to the restoration of degraded riparian ecosystems through ERA’s forestry offsets, they have chosen to replenish earth’s natural resources to mitigate their overall carbon impact. We believe their leadership represents further confirmation of the growing appetite for high quality forest-based offsets in the developing international carbon market.”
Dana Veith, Innovations Manager for HSE stated, “We are excited to be involved in the development of significant reforestation projects with ERA. Healthy forests are the only viable way known to remove vast amounts of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Europe, along with the rest of the world, are now awakening to this fact and taking action, and for an energy company like HSE, renewing earth’s natural resources is a positive step towards long term sustainability. We look forward to offering our customers a carbon neutral energy product.”
ERA Carbon Offsets Ltd. would also like to announce that it will grant to various employees and consultants a total of up to 475,000 options. The options are exercisable at a price of $0.44 per share with an exercise period of five years from the date of grant.
About HSE and Entega.
HEAG Südhessische Energie AG (HSE) is a German based energy and infrastructure company based in Darmstadt. Together with its subsidiaries, HSE provides retail, industry, and residential communities with electricity, natural gas, water, and technical services. As one of Germany’s largest electrical and natural gas suppliers, Entega Vertrieb GmbH & Co. KG (Entega) is focused on the provision of modern, sustainable energy. As an energy supplier utilizing and harnessing natural resources from the earth, Entega has a responsibility to the people we serve and to the world we inhabit. It is this awareness that motivates us to not only focus on protecting the environment, but to also renew the environment in order to help mitigate the effects of climate change. To this end, Entega works to shape and support an energy supply system that does not endanger the ability of future generations to grow and prosper. By actively supporting sustainability, our customers drive the ecological change that ensures renewable energy and renewable thinking are no longer a niche idea, but the norm. Our aim at Entega is simple: a carbon neutral energy supply that remains affordable. By linking the provision of energy with the provision of a sustainable future, we can create a win-win scenario for both the environment and the economy. That is what Entega calls a sustainable provision of a modern day energy supply. “Entega – Ernergie der nachsten Generation”, “Entega – Energy of the next Generation”.
About ERA Carbon Offsets Ltd.
ERA is a Canadian based pioneer in forest-based carbon offset programs and project development. Through its subsidiary, ERA Ecosystem Restoration Associates Inc., ERA produces significant measurable carbon sequestration benefits that are validated and verified to international standards and sold to purchasers interested in offsetting their greenhouse gas footprints as a means of mitigating the effects of climate change. ERA is producing EcoNeutral® offsets from the company’s “Community Ecosystem Restoration Program” (CERP) in the Lower Fraser Valley, near Vancouver, British Columbia. ERA is also developing projects in Africa, South America, and the United States. ERA has generated ISO-validated and verified EcoNeutral® carbon offsets from the CERP project to supply clients and offset users that include Rolling Stone Magazine, Shell Canada Ltd., Air Canada, the Motion Pictures Producers Industry Association, and the Globe Foundation.
Additional information on ERA can be found on the corporate website www.eraecosystems.com or by
contacting investor@econeutral.com.
On behalf of the Board of Directors of
ERA CARBON OFFSETS LTD.
“Robert Falls”
Chief Executive Officer
For further information, please contact:
Investor Relations:
Stevenson & Associates Investor Relations Ltd.
Kyle Stevenson, President
Telephone: (604) 687 1779
Email: kyle@stevesonir.com
FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS: This document includes forward-looking statements as well as historical information. Forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, the continued advancement of the company’s general business development, research development and the company’s development of forest-based carbon offsets. When used in this document, the words “anticipate”, “believe”, “estimate”, “expect”, “intent”, “may”, “project”, “plan”, “should” and similar expressions may identify forward-looking statements. Although ERA Carbon Offsets Ltd. believes that their expectations reflected in these forward looking statements are reasonable, such statements involve risks and uncertainties and no assurance can be given that actual results will be consistent with these forward-looking statements. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ from these forward-looking statements include fluctuations in the marketplace for the sale of carbon credits, the inability to implement corporate strategies, the ability to obtain financing and other risks disclosed in our filings made with Canadian Securities Regulators.
NEITHER TSX VENTURE EXCHANGE NOR ITS REGULATION SERVICES PROVIDER (AS THAT TERM IS DEFINED IN THE POLICIES OF THE TSX VENTURE EXCHANGE) ACCEPTS RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE ADEQUACY OR ACCURACY OF THIS RELEASE.
© 2010, EcoNeutral™.
ERA Carbon Offsets Ltd. Announces Sale Agreement with HEAG Südhessische Energie AG (HSE) and Granting of Options.
posted by EcoNeutral on Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Thursday, November 13, 2008
Ecosystem Restoration Associates featured in the Vancouver Sun
Ecosystem Restoration Associates Inc has been featured in the Vancouver Sun.
A Vancouver-based company that repairs broken ecosystems sees a bright future in carbon offsets.
Robert Falls, CEO of Ecosystem Restoration Associates Inc., says he believes that his firm will get a major boost from a September meeting in New York — Protecting Rainforest Communities and Our Climate, which focused on the impact of deforestation on global warming.
“The initial thing that came out of this is that it’s finally recognized that greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation is larger than emissions from vehicles, aircraft, ships and trains combined,” Falls, who attended the two-day event, said in an interview. “And we’re in the business of restoring and protecting forest ecosystems. This is critical for our company.”
Brian Morton, Vancouver Sun
Published: Wednesday, November 12, 2008
© 2010, EcoNeutral™.
Ecosystem Restoration Associates featured in the Vancouver Sun
posted by EcoNeutral on Thursday, November 13, 2008
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
ERA Carbon Offsets Ltd. to Present at Premier CleanTech Investment Conference
ERA Carbon Offsets Ltd. (TSX VENTURE:ESR) will be exhibiting at Sustainability 2008: Canada’s Green Investment Conference, on October 24th and 25th at the Vancouver Convention & Exhibition Center, and would like to invite associates to register at www.sustainability2008.com to receive complimentary attendee tickets for this event.
ERA Carbon Offsets Ltd. will be among the 55 leading CleanTech organizations exhibiting at the conference, which focuses exclusively on investment opportunities in the CleanTech sector. Over 1500 attendees will be provided with a comprehensive overview of CleanTech industries, with alternative energy, clean transportation, green construction, recycling, carbon capture, ecosystem restoration and air purification among those represented.
Thirty-five speakers will be presenting on topics including current and future competitiveness of clean technologies, regulatory drivers, investment themes, and Canada’s position in the international CleanTech community. Industry leaders, financial experts and international ambassadors are also given the opportunity to converse through a number of discussion panels. Dr. Robert Falls CEO of ERA Carbon Offsets will be speaking on the 24th of October at 3:30pm.
To receive free attendee passes for Sustainability 2008, pre-register today at www.sustainability2008.com (tickets are available for $35 at the door). For additional information on the conference, please visit www.sustainability2008.com or email info@sustainability2008.com.
ON BEHALF OF ERA CARBON OFFSETS LTD.:
Robert W. Falls, Ph.D., Chief Executive Officer
ERA Ecosystem Restoration Associates Inc.
ERA is a Canadian based pioneer in forest restoration and conservation based carbon offset programs. Through this programming initiatives, ERA produces significant, measurable carbon sequestration benefits that are validated and verified to the ISO 14064-2 standard and marketed to purchasers interested in offsetting their greenhouse gas footprints as a means of mitigating the effects of climate change. ERA is producing EcoNeutral® offsets from the company’s “Community Ecosystem Restoration Program” (CERP) in the Lower Fraser Valley, near Vancouver, British Columbia. The project began in September 2005 under an Agreement between ERA and the District of Maple Ridge. To date, ERA has generated over 500,000 tonnes of validated and verified EcoNeutral® carbon offsets from the community ecosystem restoration project to supply the voluntary carbon offset market. ERA clients and product users include; Rolling Stone Magazine, Shell Canada Ltd., and The Globe Foundation of Canada.
“This news release may contain forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements address future events and conditions and therefore involve inherent risks and uncertainties. Actual results may differ materially from those currently anticipated in such statements.”
For more information, please contact
ERA Carbon Offsets Ltd.
Alex Langer
(604) 646-0400
Email: alex.langer@econeutral.com
© 2010, EcoNeutral™.
ERA Carbon Offsets Ltd. to Present at Premier CleanTech Investment Conference
posted by EcoNeutral on Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
ERA Carbon Offsets Ltd. Announces Verified Carbon Rights Purchase and Sales Agreements With Multiple Eco-Conscious Companies
ERA Carbon Offsets Ltd. (TSX VENTURE:ESR) (“the Company”) is pleased to announce that its wholly owned subsidiary, ERA Ecosystem Restoration Associates Inc. (ERA), have partnered with the following companies:
Viridian Power- Event Power Specialists www.viridian-power.com
Willpower Systems, Show Call Temporary Power and Trinity Power Corporation, three well respected and long established companies, join to create a broad service event power system and support company. Their commitment is to provide the most environmentally friendly power options for entertainment and sports events in Canada, including the 2010 Winter Olympics. As a partner with EcoNeutral®, Viridian will be able to offer not only a greener choice for event power; it will implement an EcoNeutral carbon offset program to ensure the power related GHG footprint is neutralized for each event.
Vancouver Film Studios www.vancouverfilmstudios.com
Marking a first among Canadian film and television production facilities, Vancouver Film Studios (VFS) and its subsidiary Pacific Backlot Services achieved “Carbon Neutral” status as of January 1, 2008. The accomplishment is the result of more than a year of planning and on-site preparation, and heralds a new opportunity for all members of the film and television industry to reduce and neutralize the collective greenhouse gas emissions created by filmmaking activity in BC. “Becoming carbon neutral was our priority for three reasons,” said VFS Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer, Pete Mitchell. “First, we feel a personal and corporate responsibility to help mitigate the effect of our operations on the environment. Second, the Government of BC – a staunch supporter of our industry as shown by their recent action on labour-based tax credits – has repeatedly asked all British Columbians to support their environmental initiatives. And third – our key customers have asked for it,” Mitchell added. To achieve “Carbon Neutral” status, VFS corporate practices underwent rigorous analysis by greenhouse gas accountant Paul Stewart of Go Neutral Now Consulting. Based on World Resources Institute’s “GHG Protocol” global greenhouse gas accounting and reporting standard, the analysis led to VFS’ decision to purchase EcoNutral® Carbon Offsets.
Willpower Systems Inc. www.willpowersystems.com
Based in Squamish, B.C., Willpower Systems electrical contracting and consulting provides a complete line of electrical services to residential, commercial and industrial customers through the Sea to Sky corridor as well as elsewhere in British Columbia and Canada. Willpower Systems Inc. core business operations will be offsetting their GHG footprint with carbon offsets provided through EcoNeutral® climate programming. In addition, offset programs are planned for projects operated or supported by Willpower Systems Inc.
Canadian Communication Products www.ccpin.com
CCP provides Canadian businesses with communication tools that give them a competitive edge over their competition. Company president, John Racich, leads the national program in a strong initiative to evolve CCP into a company at the forefront of the sustainability movement. CCP has bought EcoNeutral® Carbon Offsets in conjunction with their “Go Green” program.
The Brand Live Group www.brandlivegroup.com
The Brand Live Group (formerly Quattro Projects), Canada’s first event production company to offset the footprint of its operations and events, now enters its third year as an EcoNeutral® partner. Each of their events becomes a multi-partnership between Brand Live, their clients and EcoNeutral to address climate change and heal our planet. Through EcoNeutral, contributions from Brand Live support the ongoing repair and healing of forest ecosystems in communities, and on land held by The Nature Trust of BC. EcoNeutral® Carbon Offsets along, with enhanced animal, fish and wildlife habitat, improved water filtration, and restored natural beauty are among the many co-benefits of these programs.
ERA looks forward to ongoing partnerships with these and any future environmentally companies.
ON BEHALF OF ERA CARBON OFFSETS LTD:
Robert Falls, Ph.D., Chief Executive Officer
ERA Ecosystem Restoration Associates Inc.
ERA is a Canadian based pioneer in forest-based carbon offset programs and project development. Through these initiatives, ERA produces significant, measurable carbon sequestration benefits that are validated and verified to world standard and sold to purchasers interested in offsetting their greenhouse gas footprints as a means of mitigating the effects of climate change. ERA is producing EcoNeutral® offsets from the company’s “Community Ecosystem Restoration Program” in the Lower Fraser Valley, near Vancouver, British Columbia. The project began in February of 2006 with the signing of an Agreement between ERA and the District of Maple Ridge. To date, ERA has generated over 500,000 tonnes of validated and verified EcoNeutral® carbon offsets from the ecosystem restoration project to supply the voluntary carbon offset market. ERA clients include; Rolling Stone Magazine, Shell Canada Ltd, and The Globe Foundation.
This news release may contain forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements address future events and conditions and therefore involve inherent risks and uncertainties. Actual results may differ materially from those currently anticipated in such statements.
“The TSX Venture Exchange does not accept responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.”
For more information, please contact
ERA Carbon Offsets Ltd.
Alex Langer
Corporate Communications
(604) 646-0400
Email: alex.langer@econeutral.com
© 2010, EcoNeutral™.
ERA Carbon Offsets Ltd. Announces Verified Carbon Rights Purchase and Sales Agreements With Multiple Eco-Conscious Companies
posted by EcoNeutral on Tuesday, October 7, 2008
Friday, October 3, 2008
ERA Carbon Offsets Product Update
ERA Carbon Offsets Ltd. (TSX VENTURE:ESR) (“the Company”) – Over the past four years, ERA has successfully developed and sold carbon offsets generated through its Community Ecosystem Restoration Projects in the Lower Fraser Valley. These offsets have been sold to a range of companies and organizations, large (e.g. Shell) and small (The Steve Nash Event organizers). ERA continues to develop this EcoNeutral® product, for existing and future customers in the voluntary market.
In addition, and in response to the quickly evolving international carbon marketplace, ERA is developing a unique product that bundles forest-conservation based offsets, or “REDDs”, with the restoration-based carbon offsets. REDDs refer to “reduced emissions from deforestation and land degradation”. This “hybrid” product is unique to the carbon marketplace and indicates very favourable economics, given the ongoing annual income stream from REDD offset sales, which are augmented annually with reforestation offset revenues that grow each year.
REDD projects and carbon products represent a growing focus for carbon brokers, funds, and re-sellers, as international environmental and humanitarian organizations demonstrate growing support for forest conservation-based carbon offsets.
This market development was clearly demonstrated at an “Avoided Deforestation Partners” event held at the Yale Club in New York city on September 22, 2008, where Nobel Laureates Al Gore and Wangari Maathai, as well as Carter Roberts, the president and CEO of World Wildlife Fund, publicly stated their support for such programming with respect to developing U.S. climate legislation. Mr. Roberts’ comments, which essentially reverse the positions of green organizations attending the Conference of Parties in Kyoto in 1997, were supported by senior representatives of a broad range of environmental and humanitarian organizations, as well as the Union of Concerned Scientists, and ERA representatives who were invited to participate.
Mr. Gore’s comments were echoed by a “call to action”, recognizing that “emissions from deforestation are doing more to deepen the climate crisis than all of the world’s cars, trucks, planes, and ships combined.”
ERA is currently investigating and developing potential REDD opportunities with governments and other landowners in Canada, South America, Africa, and Hawaii. At the same time, ERA’s EcoNeutral® carbon offset programming and marketing will continue to address current and anticipated demands in the voluntary markets.
ON BEHALF OF ERA CARBON OFFSETS LTD.:
Robert Falls, Ph.D., Chief Executive Officer
ERA Ecosystem Restoration Associates Inc.
ERA is a Canadian based pioneer in forest-based carbon offset programs and project development. Through these initiatives, ERA produces significant, measurable carbon sequestration benefits that are validated and verified to world standard and sold to purchasers interested in offsetting their greenhouse gas footprints as a means of mitigating the effects of climate change. ERA is producing EcoNeutral® offsets from the company’s “Community Ecosystem Restoration Program” in the Lower Fraser Valley, near Vancouver, British Columbia. The project began in February of 2006 with the signing of an Agreement between ERA and the District of Maple Ridge. To date, ERA has generated over 500,000 tonnes of validated and verified EcoNeutral® carbon offsets from the ecosystem restoration project to supply the voluntary carbon offset market. ERA clients include; Rolling Stone Magazine, Shell Canada Ltd, and The Globe Foundation.
“This news release may contain forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements address future events and conditions and therefore involve inherent risks and uncertainties. Actual results may differ materially from those currently anticipated in such statements.”
“The TSX Venture Exchange does not accept responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.”
For more information, please contact
ERA Carbon Offsets Ltd.
Alex Langer
Investor Relations
(604) 646-0400
Email: alex.langer@econeutral.com
© 2010, EcoNeutral™.
ERA Carbon Offsets Product Update
posted by EcoNeutral on Friday, October 3, 2008
Wednesday, October 1, 2008
Announcing Viridian Power
Will Power Systems, Show Call Temporary Power and Trinity Power Corporation, three well respected and long established companies, join to create a broad service event power systems and support company. Their commitment is to provide the most environmentally friendly power options for entertainment and sports events in Canada including the 2010 Winter Olympics.
As a partner with EcoNeutral Entertainment Viridian will be able to offer not only a greener choice for event power it will implement an EcoNeutral carbon offset program to ensure the power related GHG footprint is neutralized for each event.
For more information visit
www.viridian-power.com
© 2010, EcoNeutral™.
Announcing Viridian Power
posted by EcoNeutral on Wednesday, October 1, 2008
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
EcoNeutral Partners with Round Square.
The Round Square Conferences are unique experiences that bring delegates together from over 65 Round Square schools from around the world to learn, to share and to celebrate the IDEALS: Internationalism, Democracy, Environment, Adventure, Leadership and Service.
Collingwood School in Vancouver and Glenlyon Norfolk in Victoria will be co-hosting the 2008 Conference. We will host one conference, but in two sites: Round Square Schools will be divided proportionately and will attend the conference in either Vancouver or Victoria.
We are proud and excited to present this year’s theme; “Creating Sustainable Communities-Local to Global”. The timely nature of our theme cannot be underestimated: as humans, we are now finally beginning to recognize that the preservation of our Earth is perhaps the most important issue that we all face. As the late Chief Seattle, a prominent First Nations leader of our region stated, “What befalls the Earth befalls the sons and daughters of the Earth”.
Over the next year, each host school community will be busy bringing this conference to life. We are presently arranging for world-class speakers and workshop facilitators on our theme of sustainability to teach and inspire us.
We join them to partner in positive environmental and social change that we are all capable of achieving, as we build sustainable communities: local to global.
For more information visit: www.collingwood.org/round_square/
EcoNeutal has provided guidance to the students who are calculating the footprint of this year’s conference and then we are sponsoring the offsetting program to ensure the estimated emissions of the event are neutralized.
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© 2010, EcoNeutral™.
EcoNeutral Partners with Round Square.
posted by EcoNeutral on Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
EcoNeutral Featured in 24 Hours Magazine
EcoNeutral was featured in the Vancouver newspaper 24 Hours on September 24th. Pamela Groberman met with Pro Racer Tony Morris to talk about why he is offsetting with EcoNeutral. This year Tony is racing in the first Children’s Charity Grand Prix (a fundraiser for BC Children’s Hospital and Children’s Wish Foundation) and in an effort to help the planet and the image of motor racing he will be offsetting his participation with EcoNeutral.
© 2010, EcoNeutral™.
EcoNeutral Featured in 24 Hours Magazine
posted by EcoNeutral on Wednesday, September 24, 2008