Upcoming Comment Period for Retail Greenhouse Gas Product Certification Program Announced
Source: LOHAS Weekly Newsletter
Published: Friday, November 24, 2006
Published: Friday, November 24, 2006
the wake of the harrowing predictions included in the Stern Review on the Economics of Climate Change, and in light of other similar reports recently in the press, the Center for Resource Solutions (CRS) announced today that the new Green-e Retail Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Product Certification Standard will be released for stakeholder comment in the next few weeks. CRS is developing the new standard with the Green-e GHG Advisory Group, comprised of key environmental organizations, government agencies, businesses, and advocacy organizations who work on climate change issues.
The Green-e Program is developing this new certification standard to provide consumer protection and market support to the emerging retail greenhouse gas reduction market and the growing number of consumers who choose to decrease their own contribution to global warming by purchasing greenhouse gas reductions. Recent press coverage of voluntary greenhouse gas reduction programs highlights the need for a well designed standard that ensures customers are getting high quality reductions and are protected from double counting and misleading marketing practices.
Growing public and business interest in voluntary climate action, along with predictions in the Stern Report that highlight the need to take immediate action, have added an additional level of urgency to CRS’s work. “For consumers wanting to use their market power to bring about change, certification and verification of greenhouse gas reduction products will give them the reassurance that their purchase is making a difference,” said Dr. Jan Hamrin, president of CRS.
For 10 years, CRS has developed standards for renewable energy in a complex electric regulatory environment. CRS brings that valuable experience to the table in the creation of this new standard for retail greenhouse gas reduction products. The CRS consumer protection standards use transparent, open, stakeholder-driven processes to ensure consensus-based standards that are widely accepted by stakeholders.
Those interested in participating as stakeholders in the upcoming standard review process should should contact Alex Pennock, measurement & verification services associate, at alex@resource-solutions.org.
The Green-e Program is developing this new certification standard to provide consumer protection and market support to the emerging retail greenhouse gas reduction market and the growing number of consumers who choose to decrease their own contribution to global warming by purchasing greenhouse gas reductions. Recent press coverage of voluntary greenhouse gas reduction programs highlights the need for a well designed standard that ensures customers are getting high quality reductions and are protected from double counting and misleading marketing practices.
Growing public and business interest in voluntary climate action, along with predictions in the Stern Report that highlight the need to take immediate action, have added an additional level of urgency to CRS’s work. “For consumers wanting to use their market power to bring about change, certification and verification of greenhouse gas reduction products will give them the reassurance that their purchase is making a difference,” said Dr. Jan Hamrin, president of CRS.
For 10 years, CRS has developed standards for renewable energy in a complex electric regulatory environment. CRS brings that valuable experience to the table in the creation of this new standard for retail greenhouse gas reduction products. The CRS consumer protection standards use transparent, open, stakeholder-driven processes to ensure consensus-based standards that are widely accepted by stakeholders.
Those interested in participating as stakeholders in the upcoming standard review process should should contact Alex Pennock, measurement & verification services associate, at alex@resource-solutions.org.