January 8, 2008 -- Federal Trade Commission workshop on Carbon Offsets and Renewable Energy Certificates, Washington DC

The Institute will be attending the workshop hosted by Federal Trade Commission.
The workshop will address the marketing of carbon offsets and renewable energy certificates (RECs). The workshop will focus on consumer protection issues in these markets, such as consumer perception of carbon offset and REC advertising claims and substantiation for such claims. The workshop will take place on January 8, 2008 at the FTC’s Conference Center in Washington, DC. For more information about the workshop,
please click here: www.ftc.gov

February 5 and 6 --- Voluntary Carbon Markets conference, New York City

Tom Baumann and Michael Gillenwater will speak at the Voluntary Carbon Market conference to be held in New York City on Feb 5-6, 2008. This is the only event to focus solely on the US voluntary carbon market. This event will provide delegates an opportunity to learn about the size of the voluntary market, the range of voluntary standards created and the key to sustainable future growth of the market. Mr. Baumann, Chief Executive Officer, ClimateCHECK & Director of Professional Programs, GHG Management Institute, will speak on “The Voluntary Standards and Registries” and Mr. Gillenwater, Dean of the Institute, will discuss on the “Convergence of the Renewable Energy Certificates and the Voluntary Market”. To know more about this event,
click: www.greenpowerconferences.com

February 26 and 27, 2008 ---Carbon Forum America event, San Francisco, California

The Institute will be participating as an exhibitor in the Carbon Forum America to be held in San Francisco, California on February 26 and 27. CFA is the first US industry event which combines a Trade Fair with a Conference. CFA is a response to the demand for an organized and regulated market. The event is organized by the International Emissions Trading Association (IETA) and Koelnmesse. To learn more about this event,
click here: www.carbonforumamerica.com

March 4, 2008 --- Carbon Disclosure Project Spring Workshop

A day long workshop in New York City, designed to help U.S. based companies to understand best practice in reporting to the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP). Agenda will include presentations from large cap company CDP responders; CDP signatory investors and report writers as well as discussion around audit standards for carbon accounting and the new CDP6 guidance. Tom Baumann, our Director for Professional Programs is among the speakers. Visit www.cdp.net for more information.

March 10, 2008 --- Joint meeting of Canola Council of Canada and the National Institute of Oilseed Products (NIOP) in Miami, Florida.

The Canola Council of Canada is holding its 41st annual convention in conjunction with the National Institute of Oilseed Products March 9-11, 2008 to be held in Miami, Florida. Mr. Robert Janzen of ClimateChECK will serve as speaker on “How Growers Capitalize on Sustainability”.

March 12-14, 2008 ---Globe 2008 Trade Fair and Conference, Vancouver, Canada

The GLOBE 2008 on its 10th year, will be holding their biennial trade fair and conference on business and the environment in Vancouver, Canada. The event themes are: Corporate Sustainability, Finance and Sustainability, Energy and the Environment , and Building Better Cities. The GLOBE 2008 Trade Fair will be a major international marketplace for innovative environmental technologies, products and services, as well as to survey leading environmental and clean energy technology firms globally. ClimateCHECK will participate as an exhibitor. To join over thousand delegates in the premier event on the business of the environment, visit: www.globe2008.ca

April 2 and 3, 2008 -- Wall Street Green Trading Summit, New York City

The Institute is a media partner at the 7th Annual Wall Street Green Trading Summit (WSGTS) April 2-3, 2008, New York Times Building, New York. The 7th Annual Wall Street Green Trading Summit is the seminal New York City environmental financial market event created by Peter C. Fusaro. Working with Hedge Connection for the third year, this event does it all in 2 days covering carbon emissions trading and finance, renewable energy markets, cleantech VC, green hedge funds and energy efficiency financial markets. For more information about the summit,
visit:www.wsgts.com