Current / Upcoming
Introduction to Green-e Re:print and Printing with Renewable Energy
February 22, 2012 11 a.m. PST / 2pm EST. Green-e is pleased to present re:print, a printer and paper supply chain program that allows organizations to print with renewable energy like wind and solar. A growing number of organizations are looking to minimize the footprint of their printing and Green-e provides a tremendous tool through its re:print program to access these organizations. With high national recognition, the Green-e logo is also a great way to differentiate your business. Join us for a free webinar introducing Green-e re:print and be part of the next big movement in sustainable printing.
Webinar: Carbon Offsets 101 ($45)
February 23, 2012. 12 p.m. PST. This essential introduction to carbon offsets covers the basics of how offsets work and provides an overview of the global voluntary market. This hour-long webinar will cover offset terms and definitions, project types, quality criteria, project standards and credit certification, and retail offset transactions and product certification. We'll also cover the state of and trends in the voluntary marketplace, and an overview of different players in the market.
Who Should Attend: Anyone new to carbon offsets, students, job-seekers, or anyone who wants to learn more about this complex and fast-moving industry.
Navigating the American Carbon World (NACW) 2012
April 10-12, 2012. 2012 marks the 10th anniversary of Navigating the American Carbon World (NACW), North America’s largest and most anticipated carbon conference. Over the last decade, NACW has been known as the most trusted and reliable event for getting updates and insights into climate policy and carbon market information. The event features the most forward-thinking minds that are driving action to address global climate change. And, because of the depth and diversity of its delegates, who represent business, NGOs, academia and government agencies, it is known as the single best place for networking and collaborating. NACW 2012 will take place April 10-12 in San Francisco and will present a detailed look at California’s cap-and-trade program and other types of mitigation, as well as current and potential linkages between state-level, regional and international carbon markets and sub-national REDD programs. The event is hosted by the Climate Action Reserve.
Past Events (2012)
Webinar: Renewable Energy 101
January 19, 2012. This essential introduction to renewable energy in the U.S. covered the basics of how the U.S. electricity grid operates, and the expanding role of clean energy to the nation's energy portfolio. This hour-long webinar also reviewed renewable energy terms and definitions, types and distribution of resources like wind and solar, the basics of transmission and project financing, renewable energy certificates and utility opt-in green power programs, and certificate tracking. We also covered the state of the renewable energy marketplace, including politics, players, and policies.
The presentation is available. Watch the speaker deck.
Past Events (2011)
Webinar: Growing Utility Green Pricing Programs
February 23, 2011. CRS hosted a free webinar on growing utility green pricing programs, including marketing and messaging to consumers, case studies from successful programs, purchasing trends, and overcoming hurdles to supply. Learn from four industry experts about these topics and much more:
- Growing demand for green electricity
- Methods of securing supply
- The pulse of the industry and consumer behavior
- How to successfully build a green pricing program
- Marketing strategy and materials used
- Case studies of successes and hurdles overcome
- Benefits and perspective of purchasers
The presentation is available. Watch the video.
Webinar: Introduction to Green-e Energy
March 9, 2011. A free webinar that originally aired on Wednesday, March 9th explaining the Green-e Energy certification program and how it works within the larger voluntary renewable energy market in North America. The webinar covered the basics of how renewable energy is generated, tracked, and sold; how Green-e Energy protects consumers by ensuring clear title to renewable energy purchases that are as advertised; and how consumers, businesses, and renewable energy sellers can become involved with Green-e Energy.
The presentation is available. Watch the video or download the PDF.
Webinar: Introduction to Green-e Climate
March 10, 2011. A free webinar about the Green-e Climate certification program and how it works within the larger voluntary carbon offset market. The webinar covered the basics of carbon offset projects and international offset trading; how carbon offsets serve to reduce global carbon emissions; the role of Green-e Climate certification and the benefits it confers on certified products; how Green-e Climate protects consumers by ensuring clear title to carbon offset purchases that are as advertised; and how consumers, businesses, and offset sellers can become involved with Green-e Climate.
The presentation is available. Watch the video or download the PDF.
Webinar: Introduction to Green-e Marketplace
March 17, 2011. A webinar that originally aired on Thursday, March 17, at noon PST about Green-e Marketplace, a program that recognizes organizations using certified renewable energy and enables them to demonstrate their environmental commitment through the use of the nationally recognized Green-e logo. Green-e Marketplace gives its participants unique resources to help them communicate their commitment to clean energy on their collateral, website, and products. This hour-long webinar explained the requirements of joining the program, the benefits of clean-energy purchases to an organization's sustainability strategy, and how Green-e Marketplace fits into the overall green-labeling ecosystem.
The presentation is available. Watch the video or download the PDF.
Federal Clean Economy Acceleration Roundtable
March 17, 2011. Hosted by Joint Venture Silicon Valley in San Jose CA. Jennifer Martin was a participant.
RECs Market Meeting 2011. Renewable Energy: The Power of Transparency
March 30–31, 2011. Brussels, Belgium. Jennifer Martin spoke on the U.S. REC market.
Navigating the American Carbon World 2011
April 13–15, 2011. Los Angeles, CA. Green-e Climate will exhibit.
Certification, Consumption and Change
May 24, 2011. Washington, D.C. Sponsored by Justmeans. Jennifer Martin joined a panel on ethical certification with Kerry Coughlin, Regional Director of the Americas for the Marine Stewardship Council, and Han de Groot, Executive Director of UTZ Certified. The conference was an international convention of thought leaders and practitioners working in the field of ethical certifications.
This event brought together 150 thought leaders from leading brands and certifying bodies for a day of thought-provoking panel discussions concerning the future of certification.
Green Marketing Compliance Summit
May 24–25, 2011. Chicago, IL. Robin Quarrier spoke on the "'Green Science' Primer: Essential Tools To Effectively Substantiate Claims By Understanding The Terminology and Industry Verification Behind Green Marketing Initiatives."
Eco-Certifications: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
May 26, 2011. Oakland, CA. Robin Quarrier was part of a panel discussion of the revised FTC "Green Guides," the gold standard for Renewable Energy Credit Certifications, and some recent lawsuits in this area."
Sustainable Brands Conference in Monterey, CA
June 7-10th, 2011. Oakland, CA. Green-e Marketplace will be exhibiting at the upcoming Sustainable Brands Conference held in Monterey, CA.
Webinar: Understanding the Proposed FTC Green Guides: Marketing for Renewable Energy and Carbon Offsets
June 8, 2011. Robin Quarrier gave a free webinar on Wednesday June 8 at 10 a.m. PDT on the U.S. Federal Trade Commission's (FTC) proposed updates to the “Green Guides” – expanding its critical review of environmental claims by manufacturers and energy consumers. In this program, attendees will learn about the scope of the proposed new FTC Green Guides, their application to product manufacturers and renewable energy hosts, sellers, and purchasers.
The presentation is available. Watch the video.
Webinar: Renewable Energy 101
June 22, 2011. This essential introduction to renewable energy in the U.S. covered the basics of how the U.S. electricity grid operates, and the expanding role of clean energy to the energy portfolio. This hour-long webinar also covered renewable energy terms and definitions, types and distribution of resources like wind and solar, the basics of transmission and project financing, renewable energy certificates and utility opt-in green power programs, and tracking. We also covered the state of the renewable energy marketplace, including politics, players, and policies. If you're new to clean energy, don't miss the next easy-to-understand tutorial from the renewable energy experts at CRS.
The presentation is available. Download the PDF
Engaging Employees in Sustainability: Insights from the Field Webinar
June 29, 2011. This was a webinar on strategies for engaging employees in sustainability initiatives, presented by two industry leaders, ING's Dawn Murray and Marty Sedler from Intel. They shared their companies' recent green efforts, highlighting both their successes and challenges in providing meaningful internal employee programs, including those focused on renewable energy. If you're looking to create meaningful employee connections and interactions on environmental programs, you won't want to miss "Engaging Employees in Sustainability: Insights From the Field".
The presentation is available. Watch the video.
Webinar: Carbon Offsets 101
August 18, 2011. This essential introduction to carbon offsets covered the basics of how offsets work and provides an overview of the global voluntary market. The webinar covered offset terms and definitions, project types, quality criteria, project standards and credit certification, and retail offset transactions and product certification. Also discussed were the state of and trends in the voluntary marketplace, and an overview of different players in the market was given. If you're new to offsets, you won't want to miss this easy-to-understand tutorial from the experts at CRS.
The presentation is available. Download the PDF.
Webinar: Introduction to Green-e Energy
August 25, 2011. CRS hosted a free webinar that explained the Green-e Energy certification program and how it works within the larger voluntary renewable energy market in North America. The webinar covered the basics of how renewable energy is generated, tracked, and sold; how Green-e Energy protects consumers by ensuring clear title to renewable energy purchases that are as advertised; and how consumers, businesses, and renewable energy sellers can become involved with Green-e Energy.
The presentation is available. Download the PDF.
Webinar: Introduction to Green-e Marketplace
September 15, 2011. CRS offered a free webinar about Green-e Marketplace, a program that recognizes organizations using certified renewable energy and enables them to demonstrate their environmental commitment through the use of the nationally recognized Green-e logo. Green-e Marketplace gives its participants unique resources to help them communicate their commitment to clean energy on their collateral, website, and products. This hour-long webinar explained the requirements of joining the program, the benefits of clean-energy purchases to an organization's sustainability strategy, and how Green-e Marketplace fits into the overall green-labeling ecosystem.
The presentation is available. Download the PDF.
RETECH 2011
September 20–22, 2011. Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Washington D.C. RETECH assembles all of the renewable energy technologies, industries and applications in one place; providing government officials, utilities, financial professionals, technology leaders, industry executives, engineers, and other professionals a one-stop annual update on renewable energy.
Webinar: Best Practices for Commercial Carbon Offset Purchasing
September 29, 2011. Green-e Climate with Adrian Rimmer, Chief Executive Officer, The Gold Standard Foundation; and Elyse Rhodin, Clean Energy Analyst, Think Energy.
This comprehensive webinar presented the Center for Resource Solutions' vision of credible voluntary offsetting, from the role and value of offsetting in corporate environmental strategies to the ideal use of offsets, and the identification of credible offset retailers and products. We explained what is necessary for assurance of offset quality and consumer protection throughout the lifecycle of a retail carbon offset product, from project to end-use consumer. (Read the Announcement)
The presentation is available. Download the PDF.
Climate Ride
Climate Ride is the first multi-day, multi-city charitable bicycle ride to address sustainability, climate, and renewable energy issues. The event also supports bike advocacy and showcases the bicycle as the ultimate carbon-free machine and a viable form of transportation. Participants can currently register for the ride online at www.climateride.org.
Webinar: Managing Energy: Insights from Silicon Valley
October 6, 2011. Energy efficiency and energy management are critical for business strategy by lowering operating costs and sparking organizational innovation. Green-e Marketplace looked at energy strategies with two Silicon Valley industry leaders, Adobe's Michael Bangs and Bruce Klafter of Applied Materials. Both companies highlighted their recent strides with energy efficiency, renewable technologies and thoughts on future strategy.
The presentation is available. Watch the video.
Webinar: Introduction to Green-e Climate
October 27, 2011. CRS hosted a free webinar about the Green-e Climate certification program and how it works within the larger voluntary carbon offset market. The webinar covered the basics of carbon offset projects and international offset trading; how carbon offsets serve to reduce global carbon emissions; the role of Green-e Climate certification and the benefits it confers on certified products; how Green-e Climate protects consumers by ensuring clear title to carbon offset purchases that are as advertised; and how consumers, businesses, and offset sellers can become involved with Green-e Climate.
The presentation is available. Watch the video or download the PDF.
GreenGov 2011
October 31 – November 2, 2011. Washington Hilton (Washington, DC). Alex Pennock spoke on a panel about "Sourcing for Clean Energy" at the 2011 GreenGov Conference. The 2011 GreenGov Symposium represents the second time the White House Council on Environmental Quality will bring together leaders from Federal, state, local and tribal governments, nonprofit and academic communities and the private sector to identify opportunities around greening the Federal Government.
Associate of Women in Water, Energy and Environment – Panel Discussion
November 2, 2011. Navigant Consulting (San Francisco, CA). Jennifer Martin spoke as part of a panel discussion with experts on water, carbon and habitat restoration markets that discussed how cap-and-trade, payments for environmental services and other innovative market mechanisms can be used more effectively to protect resources in California and the West.
Award-Winning Printing: Sourcing with Renewable Energy
Thursday, December 8, at noon PST. Cost: Free. Join Green-e Marketplace to learn about printing with renewable energy and a unique sustainability partnership with the winners of the 2011 Green Power Leadership Awards, Villanti & Sons, Printers, and New Leaf Paper. The group will tell their story about the supply chain initiative that utilized the Green-e re:print program to promote renewable energy across three difference industries. The webinar will begin with an introduction to the re:print program, including details about printing with renewable energy and the Green-e logo.
The presentation is available. Watch the video.
Webinar: The 2010 Green-e Verification Report
December 14, 2011. The 2010 Green-e Verification Report was released on November 15, detailing renewable energy and carbon offset figures for all three Green-e programs for 2010. Early reports show that sellers of Green-e Energy Certified renewable energy products made a total of 33.3 million MWh of certified sales in 2010, a 21% increase over 2009 sales overall. With Green-e Energy certifying nearly two-thirds of the voluntary renewable energy market in the U.S., this report gives an unparalleled look at the state of the market and trends for the current year's sales.
The presentation is available. Watch the speaker deck.
Webinar: The Real Deal on Certifications and Seals
December 14, 2011. With Robin Quarrier, CRS Counsel. Sponsored by Sustainable Brands. Thank goodness for LEED, Green-e, FSC, CRADLE TO CRADLE, ENERGY STAR, 1% for the PLANET, GREEN SEAL and FAIR TRADE CERTIFIED among the many other labels that help us make good purchasing decisions. But, did you know that the use of 3rd party labels—those that indicate some environmental benefit provided by your products or services – can expose your company to liability? This past summer, AVON and TransFair were taken to task by the National Advertising Division of the Better Business Bureau for the use of a general Fair Trade Certified logo on personal care products comprised of only 2-5% fair trade ingredients and high-profile, high-dollar class action law suits for "false green claims" are becoming all the more common.
While organizations like GreenBlue are launching new logos intended specifically to comply with the anticipated release of the Revised FTC Green Guides, others, like 1% for the Planet have to consider whether to revise their logo and marketing materials. What lessons can be learned from the TransFair case? What exactly are the new guidelines on Certifications and Seals? How is GreenBlue's new Packaging Recovery Label System a model of compliance? These questions, and yours, will be answered during this webinar hosted by The Brand Geek, Lara Pearson, of Rimon Law Group.
