Comments on: Striving for Neutral http://blog.kld.com/climate-change/striving-for-neutral/ SRI, ESG, antitrust, Climate change, Emerging Markets, Engagement, Foundations & Endowments, Globalization, Green Building, Investments, KLD, Law & Economics, Management, Microfinance, Mission-based Investing, Organic Food, Pensions, Private Equity, Product Safety, Proxy Voting, SEC, Social Enterprises, SRI/ESG Investing, Supply Chain Management, Sustainability Reporting, Transparency Thu, 4 Dec 2008 03:23:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.3 By: Dave Stangis http://blog.kld.com/climate-change/striving-for-neutral/#comment-69 Dave Stangis Thu, 09 Aug 2007 23:11:40 +0000 http://blog.kld.com/climate-change/striving-for-neutral/#comment-69 Chris - thanks for tee'ing this up. It's something I'm struggling with and so is my company. For many years - we've place conservation above off-sets in terms of positive impact. But the world seems obsessed with carbon neutrality today. We done some economic modeling and could probably make some news - but would the same investment in conservation be better for the planet? I think so. Would it make news - I think not. http://blogs.intel.com/csr Chris - thanks for tee’ing this up. It’s something I’m struggling with and so is my company. For many years - we’ve place conservation above off-sets in terms of positive impact. But the world seems obsessed with carbon neutrality today. We done some economic modeling and could probably make some news - but would the same investment in conservation be better for the planet? I think so. Would it make news - I think not.

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]]> By: Chris McKnett http://blog.kld.com/climate-change/striving-for-neutral/#comment-76 Chris McKnett Mon, 13 Aug 2007 17:31:17 +0000 http://blog.kld.com/climate-change/striving-for-neutral/#comment-76 Yes, I like the tag-line of CarbonFund.org - "Reduce what you can, Offset what you can't". Energy efficiency is the real sweet spot because gains can be achieved with readily available technology that is economically competitive now. At the 2007 Ceres conference, energy efficiency was repeatedly referred to as the "first fuel". But you're correct that it is the least "sexy" of the solutions. Shame. Yes, I like the tag-line of CarbonFund.org - “Reduce what you can, Offset what you can’t”. Energy efficiency is the real sweet spot because gains can be achieved with readily available technology that is economically competitive now. At the 2007 Ceres conference, energy efficiency was repeatedly referred to as the “first fuel”. But you’re correct that it is the least “sexy” of the solutions. Shame.

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