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CALIFORNIA CLIMATE ACTION REGISTRY
The California Climate Action Registry (CCAR and www.climateregistry.org) is a non-trading register where participants are invited to register certified (verified) GHG emissions. Two reasons to do so are to create an authoritative record of an entity’s historic emissions and gain experience in reporting. Companies can then make better informed decisions about abatement options and will be better able to understand the implications of Californian legislative regime.
SGS North America Inc. is an accredited certifier to the CCAR. We apply the same principles and procedures to verification in California as we do in the EU ETS, UK ETS and CDM. Consequently, we firmly believe that we are bringing best practice to verification in the US and we will continue this practice as we expand our services into other schemes and initiatives throughout the US.
CCAR is also developing project protocols including forestry and SGS will be providing certification services to these activities as well.
CHICAGO CLIMATE EXCHANGE
The Chicago Climate Exchange (CCX) is a greenhouse gas emission reduction program for emission sources and offset projects in the United States, Canada, and Mexico. Members have made a voluntary, legally binding commitment to reduce their emissions of greenhouse gases by four percent below the average of their 1998-2001 baseline by 2006, the last year of the pilot program.
SGS North America Inc. is an accredited certifier to the CCX.
OTHER SCHEMES
As new schemes and initiatives develop and the demand for reliable third party involvement materializes, we will invest in gaining accreditation to offer highly credible services where third party verification is required.
CONTACTS
Please click here for a list of contacts in North America.
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