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23 June 10 - Following a consultation between DECC and the Approval Body we have made revisions to the application prices originally published in February 2009. The following are the most significant revisions to the pricing:
- The charges for large and medium companies remain the same.
- A fee discount of 50% towards initial applications and renewals has been offered to the small and micro businesses.
- An introduction of two additional categories of sub-micro and charities. These have a 80% and 85% reductions respectively to the original fee.
- No minimum fee on the non-standard emission factors – fee will be determined on a case by case basis.
03 June 10 - The England's football team's flights to the World Cup are being offset through the UK Government's Quality Assurance Scheme for Carbon Offsetting. For further information click here
25 February 10 - Minutes of the third meeting of the Advisory Forum on the Quality Assurance Scheme for Carbon Offsetting - 26 January 2010
19 January 10 - Buying Solutions has had its carbon offsets approved under QAS. For further information click here
23 December 09 - TAP QAS approved offsets awarded by UNESCO - Planet Earth Award 2010
20 October 09 - Minutes of the second meeting of the Advisory Forum on the Quality Assurance Scheme for Carbon Offsetting - 23 September 2009
16 September 09 - The website URL for the UK Government's QAS has changed to http://www.decc.gov.uk/offsetting. The Scheme's requirements document has been updated to reflect this and other changes such as the new Defra's corporate reporting guidelines emission factors also incorporated.
19 June 09 - Minutes of the meeting of the Advisory Forum on the Quality Assurance Scheme for Carbon Offsetting - 8 June 2009
15 May 09 - Announcement of Membership of Quality Assurance Scheme Advisory Forum (previously referred to as the Industry Panel)
The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) called on 17 April for stakeholders to express their interest in becoming a member of the Quality Assurance Scheme (QAS) Advisory Forum, which will advise on the implementation and operation of the Government's Quality Assurance Scheme for Carbon Offsetting.
Following careful consideration of applications, DECC has selected the following members to join the Forum.
Carbon Footprint - Rebecca Honey/John Buckley
Clear - Bruce Elliott
Pure, the Clean Planet Trust - Robert Rabinowitz
Cleaner Climate Ltd - Benjamin Muir
Greenstone Carbon Management - Hugo Seymour
White & Case LLP - Tallat Hussain
United Kingdom Accreditation Services - Malcolm Hynd
Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment (IEMA) - Nick Blyth
Environment Agency - Rob Gemmill
The National Energy Foundation - Ian Byrne
The initial meeting of the Forum will be on 8 June 2009.
All applicants have been informed of the outcome of their applications.
17 Apr 09 - Call for expressions of interest to join the Advisory Forum (previously referred to as the Industry Panel)
The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) is calling for stakeholders to express their interest in becoming a member of the Quality Assurance Scheme (QAS) Advisory Forum, which will advise on the implementation and operation of the Government’s Quality Assurance Scheme for Carbon Offsetting. DECC has emailed stakeholders directly to inform click here to see a copy of the letter to stakeholders.
The closing date for expressions of interest is 1 May 2009. If you wish to apply please complete the application form shown below and e-mail to carbonoffsetting@decc.gsi.gov.uk by this date.