Lloyd’s Register Quality Assurance Responds to Global Climate Change Initiatives
HOUSTON--Lloyd's Register Quality Assurance (LRQA), a member of the Lloyd's Register Group, responds to global climate change initiatives as it participates in the upcoming Latin American Carbon Forum to be held in Lima, Peru September 5-6, 2007. Luiz Bueno da Silva, LRQA Brazil Business Center Manager, will moderate a panel session entitled "Credibility, Efficiency and Integrity of CDM (Clean Development Mechanism), lessons learned from Monitoring and Verification."
LRQA’s participation in the Latin American Carbon Forum is one of many current environmental management and carbon market events in which LRQA is taking part worldwide, including:
- Carbon Footprint Consumer Products Summit, Chicago, IL, US September 13-14
- Carbon Footprint Construction Summit, Bloomsbury, London, UK September 17-18
- Green Issues – Carbon Labelling and Food Miles, Marlborough, London, UK September 26
- International Emissions Trading Association (IETA) AGM & Annual Conference, Washington D.C., US September 26-28
- Carbon Expo Asia, November 6-7
“Climate change issues and awareness have grown rapidly in the last few years and LRQA is pleased to be associated with this important event in South America and to demonstrate our commitment to and involvement in the Climate Change debate and assurance,” says Dr. Anne-Marie Warris, Global Technical Manager GHG for LRQA.
LRQA continues to broaden its scope of verification and assurance services through supply chain assurance, sustainability report verification, emissions management, carbon performance analysis, and environmental management system assessments. For more information on LRQA’s verification and assurance services, visit www.climatechange.lrqa.com.
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NOTES TO EDITORS
1. Lloyd's Register is an independent risk management organization. The Lloyd's Register Group works to help improve its clients' quality, safety, environmental and business performance throughout the world, because life matters.
2. The Lloyd's Register Group's management systems business is mainly provided under the brand LRQA (Lloyd's Register Quality Assurance). LRQA is a leading business assurance company providing verification, certification and training services to a wide range of organizations around the world. LRQA has issued thousands of global approvals in areas including environmental, quality, health and safety, and security.
Services are provided by members of the Lloyd’s Register Group.