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Lawyers leading the way to a low carbon economy

14/02/10

Lawyers leading the way to a low carbon economy

BBHO is committed to working collaboratively to take action on climate change by reducing their carbon footprint and adopting environmentally sustainable practices via strategic partnership.

Our achievements so far and roadmap in 2010:

2008 - creation of the International Centre for Legal Compliance Ltd (ICLC) whose aims are to monitor international trends towards climate change, policies and regulations with particular emphasis on markets across the UK, Europe and China.

2009 – BBHO became a strategic partner with The Harmony Climate Group (THCG) based in Beijing. THCG and BBHO assist European compliance buyers and green energy investors to source primary Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) projects in China, pursuant to the Kyoto Protocol.

2009 – BBHO joined the Legal Sector Alliance which is an inclusive movement of law firms to act on climate change and enables adoption of best practice within BBHO to reduce carbon footprint.

2009 – William Ho, Managing Partner at BBHO attended the Climate Change Summit in Copenhagen, taking the opportunity to meet with influential NGOs, government officials and commercial agencies of China and Europe.

2009 – BBHO committed themselves to purchase 100 tons of Verified Emissions Reductions (VERs) through the China Beijing Environmental Exchange (CBEEX) to offset our carbon footprint in 2009.

2010 – William Ho, Managing Partner at BBHO was awarded the position of General Consul and Vice-chair of the Green Investment Promotion Association (GIPA) based in Hong Kong, GIPA aims to promote investments in new and renewable energy sectors in China and internationally. GIPA also focuses on the development of markets relating to low carbon economy including carbon credits projects.

2010 – BBHO, ICLC, GIPA and THCG work in conjunction with each other to host a series of green energy and technologies seminars in the UK and China.  (see below)

 

We are expecting our forthcoming Green seminars to prove very popular but I can offer members of this newsletter group priority booking for these events. If you are interested in attending, don’t delay and e-mail William Ho at who@bbho.co.uk  or Dr Michael Shen at mhs@bbho.co.uk today.

 

We also have a number of hydro-power projects based in China that generate CDM carbon credits. Those compliance buyers and any investors in the UK and Europe who are interested in receiving Project Idea Notes (PINs) please e-mail us.

 

Finally, for those companies and investors interested in capital investment within the renewable energy sector in China, we are also aware of primary projects where we can explore the opportunities available with you. Just e-mail us.

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