These days, you hear a lot of talk from people who claim to advocate for businesses on the dangers of cap and trade for the economy. They create catastrophic scenarios and talk about potential losses to the GDP. Working with Fortune 500 customers every day, I can tell you that this simply isn’t true. Carbonetworks [...]
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Peel back the onion at Copenhagen and ignore the hype
Yesterday, ClimateBiz published an article by our CEO, Michael Meehan, on what truly matters about COP15. Here’s the text:
This week’s UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen has seen its fair share of press, but what is most compelling about this event is what’s happening on the ground. In my fourteen years working on Carbonetworks, I [...]
December 15th, 2009 by Marketing
Carbonetworks CEO to be interviewed at COP15
Carbonetworks CEO Michael Meehan featured on Climate Spark’s December 14th program. Meehan will be interviewed alongside Klaus Bondam, Mayor of Copenhagen about what they are doing in their sector to reduce carbon emissions, and discuss technological, and innovative business solutions to tackle climate change. Other featured panelists include Nic Robins, Head of Climate Change Excellence, [...]
December 14th, 2009 by Marketing
Economist: Programs that help businesses cut greenhouse gases are proliferating
The Economist recently published an article in their COP15 issue on carbon management software. This article described how many large companies are turning to offerings from Carbonetworks and others to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions, and in the process, improve their brand, cut costs, and increase their compliance. From the article:
While governments argue over emissions [...]
December 9th, 2009 by Michael Meehan - President & CEO
Message to Business: We Can Lead
Earlier this week, Carbonetworks had the privilege of gathering with over 100 other business leaders in Washington, DC to support climate change legislation. During the two-day event, our distinguished group met with top Obama Administration officials, Senate and House leaders, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, Energy Secretary Steven Chu, Commerce Secretary Gary Locke, officials from EPA [...]
October 9th, 2009 by Marketing
Introducing Carbonetworks GHG Jumpstart
This week has witnessed a sea change in our field. On Tuesday, September 22, the EPA issued a mandate for greenhouse gas (GHG) reporting. For the first time, large emitters of heat-trapping emissions must collect GHG data under a new reporting system.
The EPA Rule affects suppliers of fossil fuels or industrial greenhouse gases; manufacturers of [...]
September 25th, 2009 by Michael Meehan - President & CEO