Carbon neutrality: fresh initiatives at the Olypmics, a first for publishers, and a new campaign
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At ifPeople, we are delighted to see the growth of initiatives towards carbon neutrality around the world. Being a carbon neutral company, we celebrate innovative approaches to climate change. This time, we are featuring three recent events that provide us with great optimism for the years to come, including the first carbon neutral publishing company, the greening of the recent winter Olympics, and a campaign launched on the anniversary of Kyoto.
The greenest winter games
The Italian city of Torino is currently hosting the greenest Olympic Winter Games ever. In
line with the Kyoto protocol, the organizers
of the event developed the
HEritage Climate TORino (HECTOR) project, which aims at implementing
forestry, energy efficiency and renewable energy schemes both at home
and abroad to make the games as carbon neutral as possible.
The world event, supported by the United Nations Environmental Program (UNEP), will be able to offset the estimated 100,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide that will be generated during the 16 days of competitions. To this end, a number of environment-friendly measures were implemented, ranging from the installation of using solar panels in the Olympic village to the selection of good and service suppliers on the basis of the ecological quality of their products. Find more information on HECTOR on the official Web page
Ecotone: environmental principles put into practice
Ecotone
Publishing, LLC, a well-known
company in the American publishing
industry that specializes in the fields of green architecture and
design, has recently announced that it will offset all its carbon
dioxide emissions as from 2005. In order to so, Ecotone purchased 40
tons of carbon offsets from The Climate Trust and an additional 10 tons
from the Solar Electric Light Fund. This will counterbalance the
company`s pollutant emissions produced in 2005. This is a step in the
fight against global warning and sets a standard in the industry. Read More
Carbonfund.org launches awareness campaign to reduce the threat of climatic change
Carbonfund.org along with leading environmental organizations and socially responsible businesses plan to make millions of people ponder over the benefits of carbon neutrality and take action. Climate Challenge will invite millions of business, nonprofit organizations and individuals to celebrate the first anniversary of the entry into force of the Kyoto Protocol on 16 February by calculating their carbon footprint and taking steps to reduce their impact. To learn more and participate visit carbonfund.org Web page
