On Wednesday 5th October, ICROA participated at Italy's largest CSR event in Milan. ICROA was represented by Andrea Maggiani from Carbon Sink. He appeared on a panel discussing "Innovation and sustainability: New challenges for the food chain". Alongside him on the panel were representatives from Asdomar, Di Leo Pietro, Prosecco Consortium and Granarolo

Further details of the event can be found here, and the list of participants can be found here. 

Andrea Maggiani from CarbonSink representing ICROA on the panel.

On Tuesday 27th October, ICROA Programme Director Simon Henry gave a presentation to a workshop on "Leveraging domestic offset projects for a climate-neutral world" in Berlin.  The event was co-hosted by Adelphi, Umwelt Bundesamt and the German Emissions Trading Authority (DEHSt). 40 people attended the event from organisations such as offset retailers, Government ministries, consultancies and research institutions. 

Simon's presentation discussed ICROA's Code of Best Practice and how it handles the issues surrounding double counting. He also discussed ICROA's initial thoughts on what the regulatory framework for voluntary offsetting might look like post 2020. The slides from his presentation can be accessed here. 

ICROA is pleased to be a co-sponsor of the Sustainable Supply Chain Summit, taking place at Grange Tower Bridge from 20 - 21 October 2016. 

The event is Europe's premier meeting place for supply chain, sustainability and procurement professionals, with 150 attendees learning how to drive collaboration and go deeper in their supply chain to deliver bigger positive impact for stakeholders. Further details of the event can be found here.

As a co-sponsor, all IETA/ICROA members are eligible for a £200 discount on the price of a pass to the summit. Please contact ICROA Programme Director Simon Henry for details of how to claim this discount.

ICROA co-chair, Rob Stevens, will also be moderating a session on "Supply chain risk management – embedding technologies to successfully manage risk". To see the full agenda for the event, please click here. 

ICROA has collaborated with Imperial College London and the UNFCCC to design a survey to investigate the drivers behind corporate engagement in voluntary carbon offsetting and climate change mitigation strategies. It allows respondents to:

• Select the benefits to their business of carbon offset programmes, or why they choose not to offset
• Identify which carbon credit features they prefer, such as project type, location and co benefits
• Tell us what new features they would like to see in carbon offset programmes
• Provide some information on the role of their voluntary carbon offset programme within their company’s overall climate strategy

Responses to this survey will be anonymous and will only be accessed by Imperial College London. Only aggregated or average results will be used in the final report, which will be issued jointly by ICROA, the UNFCCC and Imperial College London. Publication is expected in Q1 2017.

To access the survey, please click here. To access the press release accompanying the launch of the survey, please click here.

ICROA & IETA co-hosted a webinar with Ecosystem Marketplace to present their latest report ‘Buying In: Taking Stock of the Role of Offsets in Corporate Carbon Strategies’.  The webinar discussed the the top voluntary offset buyers; Scope 3 emissions; companies' use of internal carbon pricing; emerging compliance carbon markets that include offsetting; and more. The slides from the presentation, and a recording of the webinar, can be accessed at the links below:

Presentation slides: Simon Henry (ICROA)
Presentation slides: Allie Goldstein (Ecosystem Marketplace)
Webinar recording

ICROA and IETA submitted a joint response to the National Treasury of South Africa on the use of offsets within their carbon tax. Thank you to all members who contributed comments and suggestions.

Please click here to view ICROA and IETA's consultation response

Tom Owino from ClimateCare represented ICROA at this year’s Africa Carbon Forum, held from 28^th – 30^th June in Kigali, Rwanda. Tom was part of a panel session titled ‘Private Sector Role in Financing and Implementing Climate Change Initiatives’. The panel was chaired by Dirk Forrister (IETA President and CEO) and also included:

• Milan Rusnak, Senior Finance Advisor, UNEP DTU
  
• Gustavo Nonato, International Expert, BNDES - Brazilian Development Bank
  
• Adam Simcock, Executive Director, Carbon Check
  
• Ntare Karitanyi, Founder and Managing Director, Hobuka Ltd
  

ICROA and the University of Bristol have released a report, "Insetting: Developing carbon offset projects within a company's own supply chain and supply chain communities."

To download the report, click here.

Today, ICROA launched their new website. 

Come and see us at our booth which can be found at Stand 11, Aisle D, Hall 11.2