• A bottom-up, top-down global energy policy
  Lloyd Timberlake, Communications Director, World Business Council for Sustainable Development
  
  

  It was government that signed the Kyoto Protocol (or not, as the case may be), but it is business that is delivering on its principles, irrespective of the politics; and although Certified Emissions Reductions are worth more to the markets, there are many more Voluntary Emissions Reductions in the pipeline.

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• Multi-stakeholder partnerships
  Randall Krantz, Global Leadership Fellow, World Economic Forum
  
  

  Climate change is one of the foremost global issues about which civil society, business and G8 governments are seeking to engage. In response to this demand, a series of high level public-private partnership projects on climate change has been created within the World Economic Forum’s Centre for Public-Private Partnership.

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• Leadership for Carbon Management
  Dr Aled Jones, Development Director, University of Cambridge Programme for Industry
  
  

  With the recent Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Fourth Assessment Report and the Stern Review on the Economics of Climate Change, the scientific consensus behind anthropogenic climate change has been forcefully demonstrated. It is now clear that mitigating climate change will cost us much less than dealing with its unconstrained effects.

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• Interview with Dr Richard L. Sandor
  Chairman and Chief Executive of the Chicago Climate Exchange
  
  

  It is only fitting that the inaugural edition of Carbon Business should recognise some of the prescient moves that have already been made in the transition to a carbon-sensitive economy by celebrating the 'father of carbon trading' Dr Richard Sandor, Chairman and Chief Executive of the Chicago Climate Exchange (CCX).

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• Consumer protection in the voluntary carbon market
  Robert Rabinowitz, Company Secretary, PURE
  
  

  As arguments rage in the voluntary carbon market about how best to regulate carbon offsetting, Robert Rabinowitz examines the parallels with other forms of consumer protection.

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• What after 2012?
  Cédric Philibert, International Energy Agency
  
  

  Companies are run by people as conscious of their responsibilities towards the environment and future generations as anyone else, and they can do a lot to mitigate climate change. Oil prices are unlikely to return to their levels of a couple of years ago as global demand surges and production margins get tighter.

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• Recruiting for Climate Change
  Tom Leathes, Co-Founder, Acre Resources
  
  

  As a specialist recruitment firm in the Environment and Sustainability sector, Acre works with a wide range of organisations, from some of Europe’s biggest brands to specialist climate change consultancies. This broad network and experience has given them an interesting viewpoint on where the sector is moving.

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• Climate change and your business
  Andrew Pinkess, Strategy Director, Rufus Leonard
  
  

  Carbon branding is fast becoming a unique selling point for companies in search of the ethical dollar. Getting the message right is critical for brand integrity, however, as savvy consumers are increasingly wise to hypocritical andinsincere gestures.

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• The business imperative for adopting carbon management practices
  Daniel Turner, Project Manger, Carbon Disclosure Project
  
  

  Daniel Turner explains just how far carbon management has penetrated the corporate psyche and demonstrates that it is at its most pervasive amongst market leaders. But there is still much room for improvement.

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• Carbon accounting
  Nick Silver, Actuarial Consultant
  
  

  Why are hard-nosed investors so interested in a “green” issue like climate change? Once exclusively regarded as part of corporate social responsibility (CSR), companies’ climate change and carbon management strategies are being increasingly scrutinised by the money men.

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• Behavioural change unlocks results for business in a carbon constrained economy
  Emma Griffiths, Consultant
  
  

  Technology is often heralded as the answer to minimising the impact of climate change. Changing corporate behaviour is also an essential element of a business’ carbon strategy.

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• Climate change and shareholders expectations
  Susanna Jacobson, Research Analyst, Innovest Strategic Value Advisors
  
  

  Carbon branding is fast becoming a unique selling point for companies in search of the ethical dollar. Getting the message right is critical for brand integrity, however, as savvy consumers are increasingly wise to hypocritical and insincere gestures.

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