GERMANY - Wiesenhof has drawn up its first certified carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions balance sheet. The production of one kilogram of chicken meat equates to 3.2 kg of carbon dioxide in the Wiesenhof budget.

The first company in the poultry branch to do so, the PHW Group has calculated the greenhouse gas emissions caused during the production of chicken meat for its Wiesenhof brand and had them certified. This product-specific carbon footprint (PCF) represents the greenhouse gas emissions, which are caused directly and indirectly by a specific product.

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Environment - From 2010, airlines with operations to, from and within the European Union (EU) are required to monitor data in preparation for the EU’s emissions trading scheme in 2012. Consultant Sebastian Gallehr says, “Our advice here is to take a step back and use the time available to approach this from the business perspective.”

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Business Traveller asks the experts what will happen when aviation is included under the EU Emission Trading Scheme. Climate change is in the air, but how much progress is being made? The recent talks at Copenhagen were described by Sebastian Gallehr, CEO of both the European Business Council for Sustainable Energy, and sustainable risk management consultancy Gallehr and Partner as “a disaster in terms of the organisation, the process and the outcome”. The coming months will see if any further progress can be made, but in the meantime, the aviation industry, among others, is preparing for the introduction of the EU Emission Trading Scheme in 2012.

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The Competent Authorities responsible for monitoring and administering most of the aviation CO2 emissions to be covered by the EU Emissions Trading Scheme say that all the larger aircraft operators under their administration have now submitted monitoring plans. The UK reports that operators responsible for 98% of the total CO2 emissions produced by aircraft operators attributed by the European Commission to the UK for regulation have now complied with the scheme and submitted plans to the Environment Agency, with Germany reporting a 97% compliance. However, many hundreds – possibly thousands – of smaller operators on the Commission’s list remain unaccounted for or who have not submitted plans.

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Airlines should shortly be declaring their methods of emissions monitoring in preparation for Europe's trading scheme. But lack of information means they are running out of time as the deadline approaches.

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GALLEHR + PARTNER share knowledge and experience of EU-ETS Directive in their latest Newsletter focusing on “Who is really affected by the EU-ETS? A Recommended Approach” and become strategic Partner to IATA in order to further promote understanding of environmental strategies in the Aviation Sector.

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Frankfurt-Karben, Germany / 24 November, 2009: GALLEHR+PARTNER support Montenegro Airlines as they celebrate 15 years of success and embrace the challenges of the EU ETS within their plans for growth.
As an airline committed to opening new routes and increasing the number of passengers served, management at Montenegro Airlines understood that the challenges of the EU ETS needed to be met with a strategic and expert approach. GALLEHR+PARTNER were appointed to support them in putting together their monitoring plans.

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When the implications of the EU ETS became clear, Japat AG brought in the experience of GALLEHR+PARTNER to help them navigate their way through the requirements laid down by the EU.

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Aviation is not alone in its suffering at the hands of the emissions-trading scheme, and it should try to see its way through the frustration to some positive outcomes. This is the perspective of Sebastian Gallehr, whose Germany-based Gallehr Sustainable Risk Management company has been helping other industries with the complexities of ETS for more than seven years.

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With the 31 August deadline just days away for aircraft operators to submit emissions monitoring plans in advance of the start of the Aviation EU Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS), a patchwork of deadline extensions is emerging from the Competent Authorities (CAs) appointed by EU states to administer operators. The official EU deadline comes barely a week after its formal publication of the list of operators who could be eligible to join the scheme. So far, extensions have been granted by Bulgaria, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Slovenia, Sweden and the United Kingdom.

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