The inaugural Voluntary Carbon Markets USA conference took place in New York in February 2008 and brought together carbon market experts to discuss the current status of the voluntary carbon market, the latest developments in standardization and attempts to bring transparency to the market. Emphasis was placed on the opportunities within the market to foster innovation and creativity, and the reasons behind people’s involvement in the market, be it for CSR reasons or pre-compliance.

Voluntary Carbon Markets USA 2009 will build on the success of VCM USA 2008 and provide a unique insight into the industry a year on. Has the voluntary market achieved credibility and transparency through the establishment of several standards, registries and other market mechanisms? The event will also take a close look at the new demands consumers are putting on their offset partners of choice and what companies are doing to communicate their carbon neutral activities to their target audience.

“Extremely well organised, the speakers were both informative and entertaining” Carbon Zero at Voluntary Carbon Markets USA 08.

The only event to focus solely on the US voluntary carbon market

• Find out how a future compliance market will affect the voluntary market
• Learn from practical voluntary offsetting case studies
• Understand consumer requirements
• Benefit from a series of interactive panel discussions
• Prepare your business for climate regulation

Plus benefit from:

• Co-located exhibition area
• Interactive pre-conference Seminar
  Biodiversity & Ecosystem Finance Seminar

Here’s who you’ll meet

• Project Developers & Hosts
• Bankers & Finance
• Government & Municipalities
• Analysts & Research
• Carbon Consultants
• Project Verifiers
• Carbon Brokers
• Press

Amongst those companies who benefitted from this excellent learning and business networking opportunity in 2008 were senior executives from The Bank of New York Mellon, 3 Degrees, Alcoa Power Gen, APX, Bonneville Environment Foundation, The Business Council for Sustainable Energy, Chevron Corporation, Chicago Climate Exchange, Clifford Chance, Climate Change Capital, Consulate of General Sweden, Dow Chemical Company, EcoSecurities, Equator Environmental, Gold Standard, IMG, McKinsey & Co, KPMG, The Walt Disney Company, USDA Forest Service, The World Green Exchange and many more.

Keynote Speaker: Hunter Lovins

A worldwide recognized leader in helping companies and communities profit from more sustainable practices, Hunter Lovins has authored and co-authored numerous books, including Brittle Power (1982), Energy Unbound (1986), Factor Four—Doubling Wealth, Halving Resource Use (1997), Green Development (1998), Natural Capitalism (1999), and hundreds of papers and articles.  She was named as a Time magazine Hero for the Planet in 2000. Hunter has consulted for governments and the private sector, briefing senior management at such groups as Interface, Mitsubishi, Bank of America, Royal Dutch/Shell Group, and numerous utility companies.  She is a founding Professor of Business at Presidio School of Management.

This is a CarbonNeutral® event.

The CO2 emissions generated by the energy, waste and land travel associated with this event have been measured and reduced to net zero through a verified carbon offset project. The project used to achieve this CarbonNeutral® status is a wind power project in the Hatay and Kırkağaç districts of Turkey.

Delegates travelling to the event by air are invited to make their flights CarbonNeutral®

The Voluntary Carbon Markets event offers an integrated solution of brand positioning, business development and face-to-face networking opportunities with senior decision makers.

Connecting you with the right people
With a proven track record of delivering high calibre project developers, Voluntary Carbon Markets provides the perfect environment for you to do business with project developers under one roof.

First class business opportunities
Our sponsorship and exhibition packages are designed to help you meet your business objectives. If you are looking to win prospective clients, strengthen existing relationships or enhance your company profile, we will help you do so in a cost effective manner.

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Global sponsor

First Climate is one of Europe’s leading carbon asset management companies. With 13 offices on four continents and more than ten years’ experience in the market, it is one of the few intermediaries to cover the entire carbon credit value chain. First Climate develops, finances, and implements CDM, JI, and VER projects, purchases the resulting carbon credits, and customizes trading solutions for companies subject to the EU ETS. As investment advisor to several institutional investors, First Climate structures and develops carbon funds and related products. In the voluntary market, the company provides VERs verified according to the highest international standards. First Climate is one of the main sponsors of the Gold Standard Version 2.

Supporting sponsor

The TZ1 Registry: The Platform for Environmental Markets. The TZ1 Registry is the "meta-Registry" for the secure management and holdings of environmental commodities (carbon & biodiversity). Financial markets based, the TZ1 Registry's on-line services include issuance, holdings, transfers, and retirements, of carbon credits and biodiversity certificates. The TZ1 Registry is integral to the financial sector providing such automated services as straight-through processing and interoperability to exchanges, clearing houses and other registries. TZ1 Registry is an authorized VCS Registry, the only Biodiversity Conservation Certificates Registry, the sole Social Carbon Registry and can manage/list most carbon credit types that meet its robust and formalized Rules of Registry.

Endorsed by:

The Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership (REEEP) is an active global partnership that structures policy and regulatory initiatives for clean energy, and facilitates financing for sustainable energy projects.

Backed by national governments, businesses, banks and NGOs, REEEP is uniquely placed to contribute to international, national and regional policy dialogues. The partnership has funded more than eighty high quality projects in forty countries that remove market barriers to clean energy, primarily in the developing world.
www.reeep.org

With nearly a thousand member companies, the German American Chamber of Commerce in New York belongs to the largest international German Chambers of Industry and Trade. Its head office is located in New York City.
Your contact for Renewable Energies is Sebastian Göres
www.gaccny.com

Overseas Environmental Cooperation Center, Japan (OECC) was established in 1990 supported by Environment Agency (currently Ministry of the Environment) of Japanese Government for the promotion of international cooperation in a non-governmental position.
OECC envisions through the direction of environmental issues and the incorporate movements in political, economic, and social field under the progress of international mutual dependence in the 21st century. And then, OECC is to contribute to promote the conservation of global environment in terms of research study, personnel training and supporting non-government activities under the international cooperation with many countries.
Many of activities are funded and achieved in line with the environmental policy of the Ministry of the Environment, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC), etc. These accomplishments are thus utilized for policy making of international environmental cooperation and execution of environmental cooperative projects. www.kyomecha.org / www.oecc.or.jp

The Business Council for Sustainable Energy is a broad-based business organization representing the energy efficiency, renewable energy and natural gas industries.  The Council is comprised of over 50 members, including clean energy companies, utilities, retailers, energy end-users and trade associations.  Council members represent industry solutions such as advanced batteries, biomass, biogas, combined heat and power, fuel cells, geothermal power, hydropower (including new waterpower resources such as ocean, tidal and in-stream hydrokinetic), recycled energy, solar power, wind energy, and supply-side and demand-side energy efficiency.  Please see www.bcse.org for more information.

The Carbon Markets and Investors Association (CMIA) is an international trade association representing service providers to the global carbon market.

Representing businesses working to reduce carbon emissions through the market mechanisms of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Kyoto Protocol, CMIA was created to ensure the progressive business voice is heard - market-friendly climate change policy creating new business opportunities.

Providing highly-skilled jobs and value to the economy through services to the growing global market for the reduction of carbon emissions, CMIA's international membership accounts for an estimated three quarters of the transaction value in the global carbon market, worth roughly 100 billion USD in 2008.

With member companies including financial institutions, carbon funds, project developers, lawyers, verifiers and emissions brokers, we aim to promote growth and stability in the carbon market and to enhance competitiveness in the climate change sector.

Visit www.cmia.net for more information.

The International Carbon Reduction and Offset Alliance (ICROA) is a not for profit alliance of leading carbon reduction and offset providers. It provides leadership and a unified voice advocating for rigorous industry standards.  ICROA members adhere to the ICROA Code of Best Practice. This requires ICROA members to measure footprints according to accepted international standards and to implement a responsible “reduce and offset” approach to internal and external greenhouse gas reductions. ICROA members support the use of credible offsets verified under leading compliance and voluntary standards; CDM/JI, Voluntary Carbon Standard and Gold Standard. ICROA members submit annual reports to demonstrate compliance with the ICROA Code of Best Practice.  ICROA also plays an active role in engaging with Governments and NGOS on voluntary carbon market issues.
For a full list of members visit http://www.icroa.org/

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