Catherine Lee Presents on Carbon Markets to Corporate Roundtable

WESTBROOK, ME — Catherine A. Lee, managing director of Lee International and an attorney with Gallagher, Callahan & Gartrell, will present on the market in carbon credits trading in the U.S. at a roundtable meeting of the Transatlantic Retail Working Group, a joint collaboration of Clean Air-Cool Planet and The Climate Group in Framingham, Massachusetts this week. Lee, an authority on international emissions trading, will provide an overview of the carbon market, offset products that are proposed for the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) and why US businesses should get involved.

Participating are US and UK representatives of retail and consumer products corporations including British Airways, Honda, Ikea, Ben & Jerry's, Staples, Starbucks, Virgin Retail, Bank of America and Verizon Communications. In addition to Lee, they will here from: Mark Kenber, The Climate Group, on “Offsetting as an Emission Reduction Opportunity for Consumer Facing Brands;” Sarah Woodhouse Murdoch, The Nature Conservancy, on “The Role of the Northeast Forests — Carbon Sequestration Project”; and Erin Kelley, Interface, Inc., on “Going Carbon Neutral — A Corporate Perspective.”

Clean Air-Cool Planet creates partnerships in the Northeast to implement solutions to climate change and build constituencies for effective climate policies and actions.

The Climate Group is an independent, nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing business and government leadership on climate change. We are based in the UK , the USA and Australia and we operate internationally.

Gallagher, Callahan & Gartrell is a multidisciplinary law firm with offices in Augusta , Boston and Concord , that assists businesses with monitoring, evaluating and implementing greenhouse gas initiatives and strategies.

Lee International helps organizations benefit strategically and financially from emissions trading schemes with a focus on Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) projects in developing countries. The firm provides a full complement of legal, regulatory and advisory services connecting sellers in Brazil, South Africa and China with buyers in Canada, EU and Japan, while monitoring emerging carbon trading programs in the United States.

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