Hi Rob,
We have about $1.4M in Carbon Credit Sales Funds, and (as just one of the potential uses) we would like to know the most impactful energy project this could support in terms of maximum emission reductions. Could I talk with Sylvia about that, or do you have someone else I should contact?
Hello,
iSEE has been notified by Second Nature that there is an incoming payment for recent carbon credit sales, totaling $15,625. I have attached the sales confirmation. The wire will be sent today or tomorrow to the account previously used for these payments.
Hi Jen and Morgan
Susan has asked me to give a short (less than 10 min) presentation at the next CRAWG/RIN meeting on Oct 6 on carbon credits.
The last slide with offsets – was a bit confusing
Amy can send you the recording of the meeting for more details.
Thanks
Since we were talking about RECs last week, I came across this presentation that was made at ETH Chicago last week.
The following links are articles detailing the business practices of Chevron's carbon offsets.
Chevron-expose_English_FINAL.pdf (corporateaccountability.org)
Dear Jennifer,
Hi Morgan!
It's Brandon--blast from the past!....
Attachment from Warren Lavey.
Attached is the Carbon Offset Planning and Buying Guide Step 1 and Step 2. The documents contain information on UIUC's offsetting goals and approach with Second Natures MOU with UIUC.
Attached is a carbon credits information sheet and resources for further learning.
Below is an email exchange between Meredtih Moore of iSEE and Steve Muzzy of Second Nature:
Hi Steve,
Ehab Kamarah and Madhu Khanna approved $135,000 of funding from the Carbon Credit Sales Fund for the Grind2Energy system.
"This project will install the Grind2Energy system for food waste at the Lincoln Avenue
Dining Hall on campus... Housing has successfully installed the Grind2Enery system as a sustainable solution for dining hall pre-consumer and post-consumer food waste in four of the five dining halls. This funding would allow them to complete the final installation before the student body returns in fall 2022." -Morgan White (12/14/2021)
On Oct 6, 2021 Jenny Kokini, Amy Rosenbery, Tony Spurlock, Morgan White, and Meredith Moore met to discuss an RFP for carbon credit replacement. Attached is a draft solicitation request.
Below is an email exhange discussing Carbon Offsets RFP:
Hi Aaron,
I hope you are well! Looking at our old files, back in 2016 it would appear we sent out an RFP in order to purchase carbon offsets. Attached is the document that Ben McCall filled out at that time.
Below is an email from the Ecosystem Marketplace: A Forest Trends Initiative.
Dear Friends,
Today, we are so pleased to announce our new role as part of the Taskforce on Scaling Voluntary Carbon Markets’ new governance body. Michael Jenkins will serve as a member of the Senior Advisory Council, and our Ecosystem Marketplace initiative will be a Founding Sponsor. We join a diverse expert group; our shared mission is to ensure that markets keep growing with the highest level of quality and integrity possible.
Madhu Khanna and Ehab Kamarah approved $18,025 of funding from the Carbon Credit Sales Fund for a Resilience Development Proposal.
First launched in 2005 by non-profit Forest Trends, Ecosystem Marketplace (EM) has continuously run the world’s first and only independent international carbon offsets market tracking, reporting, and knowledge-sharing mechanism. In April, EM launched its new Global Carbon Survey online platform, aimed at taking carbon market transparency to the next level.
AlliedOffset, a database of voluntary carbon offset programs in the world, helped curate a case study regarding carbon offsetting at UIUC. This document offers a variety of information including, but not limited to, Credits Retired per Year per Student, Ranking of Universities by Total Credits Retired, and details regarding major solar installation projects on campus.
See the attached file to read the case study.
