27th October 2009, www.island.lk
Carbon Conservation Company, a firm set up to offer ‘carbon footprint consultancy and an ecologically responsible alternative to current carbon offset trading’, announced the formal launch of its first vintage of voluntary carbon credits. Company CEO Subramaniam Eassuwaren invited ‘concerned companies and individuals who wish to obtain carbon offsets that are more than mere licences to pollute’ to consider investing in the company’s ‘sustainable carbon credits’.
The firm specialices in helping companies calculate their impact on the environment including their carbon and water footprints. After helping them monitor their footprints, they then offer the companies ecologically sound credits to offset what they cannot reduce.
They are now working with several boutique eco hotels to reduce their carbon footprints while also advising individuals and organisations on how to manage their lands in an environmentally sound manner.
Conservation Carbon Company (CCC) carbon credits are earned through a special process known as Analog Forestry, which helps preserve biodiversity and benefits local communities even as it sequesters carbon through the planting of trees. Analog Forestry is the brainchild of Dr. Ranil Senanayake, a famous biologist, conservationist and champion of the world’s rainforests, who is celebrated for the discovery of several new plant and animal species and who founded the International Analog Forestry Network in 1996. Dr. Senanayake serves in a senior capacity on the board of CCC.
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