London, October 16-17 2007

Whilst the rising demand for voluntary offsets is raising the profile of corporate action on climate change, a significant amount of uncertainty surrounds the fragmented voluntary carbon market.

The inaugural Voluntary Carbon Markets conference brought together leading carbon markets professionals to learn about the latest developments in standardisation, current VCM programmes and the path to sustainable future growth of the market.

Amongst those companies who benefitted from this excellent learning and business networking opportunity were senior executives from Veolia, BP, Shell, Nuon, Caisse des Dépôts, Masdar, EDF, Acciona, Morgan Stanley, Merrill Lynch, Radio Taxis, HSBC, DEFRA, Generation M, New Zealand Ministry of Environment, Orbeo, Linklaters, Carbon Resource Management, Clifford Chance, South Pole Carbon, EcoSecurities, Cheyne Capital Management, SGS, Natsource, CantorCO2e, ECX, Barclays Bank and many more.

"I really enjoyed the conference. It was very well organized, the panels were interesting, the moderators prepared and the discussion inspiring. There are few conferences which make me stay and listen to the panels throughout the days. Yours counted among them". CS, Climate Focus