Offsets from forestry and grasslandsPresentation to the Tribes

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Calculating Your Carbon Footprint Carbon Offsets
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George Hoguet, Director of Product Marketing
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What Is Carbon Offsetting?

• An activity that reduces the emissions of
  greenhouses gases (GHG) or stores GHG
  permanently.
• Involves supporting projects that reduce
  emissions renewable energy, energy efficiency,
  capture and destruction of agricultural and
  landfill methane.
• Projects that store GHG forestry and land-use.
• To be credible, offset projects go through
  rigorous screening and validation of
• Carbon Reductions
• Additionality
• Permanence

Are they real? Beyond business-as-usual Durable
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How To Get ROI With Offsets

• Generally, the process involves the following
  steps
• 1) Measure emissions -
• 2) Set offset goals within a climate change
  strategy ?
• 3) Clarify expectations about the benefits of
  offsetting versus making reductions internally
• 4) Prioritize offsets desired attributes
• 5) Explore the range of offset offerings
• 6) Choose offset providers
• 7) Communicate your actions

Offsetting Emissions A Business Brief on the
Voluntary Carbon Market Second Edition February
2008 Business for Social Responsibility
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Brand Identity (Interface, ClifBar, Ben
Jerrys, Stonyfield, GMCR)
Offsets in Business
Stakeholder Relations - Employees
(Timberland, Mohawk Paper) - Customers
(Aveda, ClifBar, Stonyfield, GMCR)
Enhance Reduction Project ROI vs Offset Costs
Strategic Value
Gaining Carbon Market Experience
Corporate GHG reduction or Green Power
commitment - GPP, Climate Leaders, CCX
Regulatory Requirement - EU/CA/RPS
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Additionality Co-Benefits

Location, type, biodiversity
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Offset Project Types
65 MT 331MM (US)
240 increase over 2006
80 purchased by businesses
Source State of the Voluntary Carbon Market 2008
Ecosystems Marketplace restated
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Our Clients Value Story
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NativeEnergy Projects

• Rosebud Sioux Tribe Wind
  
• First large-scale Native American wind turbine
  built
• Owl Feather War Bonnet Wind Farm under
  development
• Three Affiliated Tribes Wind Turbine
  
• Second Native American wind turbine completed
• Alaska Native Village Wind Projects
• Two wind farms completed
• Community Wind and Methane Projects
  Colorado school wind turbine and Vermont biogas
  generator
• Farmer-owned Methane Projects
  
• Projects completed and more under construction
• Farmer-owned Wind Farms
• Midwest projects completed more under contract
• Solar Projects
• NH largest array and others under discussion

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More Recent Projects
?Truck Efficiency with Cascade Sierra Solutions
(NGO) Supports locally-owned, long-haul diesel
truckers in securing financing, regulatory
guidance and equipment discounts to help reduce
fuel use by up to 25 12 to 55 tons
CO2/year/truck ? Afforestation and
Reforestation Projects under review Native
American projects Amazon Rainforests Mexico and
Costa Rica Voluntary Carbon Standard, CCBA,
CDM ? Small Hydropower
Renewables Paraiso River in Brazil used to avoid
fossil plant expansions Social Carbon
Standard Salish Kootenai Tribes in Montana on
the Flathead Reservation. 350 kW mini power.
Repair renovation project.
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Communicate Your Actions

• Walk the Talk, then Talk the Walk
• Engage Employees. Make sure they understand
  your
• objectives and commitment.
• Involve other stakeholders risk managers,
  bankers, the Board
• Be explicit not vague in all
  communications particularly to clients OR run
  the risk of greenwashing.

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ARSO or OSCARS?

• A.R.S.O. Avoid/Reduce/Substitute then Offset
  what remains. Vision of Forum for the Future ,
  UK NGO
• We suggest action to prime the pump
• O.S.C.A.R.S Offset/ to Start Conversations
  about how to Avoid/Reduce/Substitute

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A Great Example