The World Business Council for Sustainable Development has recently released some reports helpful to creation of bioregional sustainable economies such as The Rappahannock Exchange. These include the following:

• The WBCSD’s Cement Sustainability Initiative (CSI), representing the collective effort of 18 leading cement companies from around the world, today released the report “Cement Industry Energy and CO2 Performance: ‘Getting the Numbers Right‘.”
• ClimateWire, 13 July 2009 -  Federal regulators are preparing to launch “a very serious look” at requiring corporations to assess and reveal the effects of climate change on their financial health, according to a commissioner on the Securities and Exchange Commission.
• Reuters, 10 July 2009 -  Indonesia’s forestry ministry has released what are believed to be the world’s first set of revenue sharing rules governing forest carbon projects, a ministry official said on Friday.
• ClimateWire, 8 July 2009 -  The global carbon market continues to expand, and trading volumes are way up, a direct result of the global economic slump, argues a leading market research firm in its latest mid-year review.
• GreenBiz.com, 6 July 2009 -  Scaling up energy efficiency, renewable energy and deforestation prevention can dramatically reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the short-term while next generation technologies are developed, according to a new report.

Thanks to the World Business Council, ClimateWire, Reuters, and GreenBiz.com, for their work in this area.

The Conference Board’s study, Reducing U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions: How Much at What Cost?, has been posted on Conserv’s Sustainability Blackboard.