“Your ideas present a clear, direct methodology we can—and will—use to show our end user how to maximize their dollars and make the right choice for our environment at the same time. ”

A TESTIMONIAL FROM UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SANTA CRUZ PURCHASING DEPARTMENT

“I don’t see the downside. I know folks say there will be some kind of economic tax. … I’m not sure anyone who worries about that has done the full analysis.”

Lorraine Bolsinger, the executive in charge of GE’s Ecomagination Initiative.

“Some local officials are betting there is revenue in a forest resource that few appreciated before: the ability of trees to absorb carbon dioxide, a heat-trapping gas that can contribute to global warming.”

NY Times, March 28, 2009

“Saving the world and making a profit is not an either/or proposition.”

Bob Willard, a former IBM(Research) executive and author of The Sustainability Advantage
 

AB32

The California Global Warning Solutions Act of 2006 (AB32) is the nation’s leading regulatory and market based approach to reducing greenhouse gases. The statute gives authority to the California Air Resources Board (CARB) to monitor and coordinate efforts to reduce greenhouse gases. The CARB must establish a emissions cap for 2020 and develop mandatory reporting rules. It must develop a plan of action and adopt regulations to achieve the maximum technologically feasible and cost-effective emissions reductions. The CARB also must convene an environmental justice advisory committee and technology advancement advisory committee to advise the Board. AB32 also requires early action measures to be implemented before January 1, 2010. Transportation, energy generation, and cement manufacturing are some of the sectors that will be directly affected by this new legislation.

Currently, the CARB has developed the steps that different entities are required to take in order to comply with AB32. Our AB32 consulting services include an examination of specific requirements for your organization, as well as an assessment of how your organization can benefit from the emission trading schemes that developed under AB32.

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