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Kiwi Ingenuity in Global Climate Financing
Saturday, 15 April 2017, 1:19 pm | Ekos
Kiwi Ingenuity in Global Climate Financing In a meeting in London this week a kiwi carbon entrepreneur presented the design of a new climate financing instrument proposed for the United Nations Framework on Climate Change (UNFCCC). Sean Weaver from Takaka, ... More >>
Ekos Partnership with Maori More than Just Trade
Monday, 6 February 2017, 6:56 pm | Ekos
Ekos is a rainforest carbon boutique working in partnership with Maori landowners to build a low carbon future through rainforest protection and carbon offsetting. This work, though, is more than just a business for Ekos and the Maori landowners ... More >>
Ekos Lowers the Bar to Carbon Neutrality
Monday, 2 January 2017, 2:10 pm | Ekos
Ekos Lowers the Bar to Carbon Neutrality 2017 could become the year when carbon neutrality starts to become the new normal. But many New Zealand businesses have disregarded carbon neutrality as an expensive voluntary activity where costs outweigh the benefits. ... More >>
Ekos Calls On Private Sector To Show Climate Leadership
Tuesday, 22 November 2016, 1:46 pm | Ekos
Carbon financing entrepreneur Sean Weaver of Ekos is calling on the New Zealand private sector to help the government in climate change ambitions by showing more leadership in climate change responsibility. Dr Weaver was responding to a call by prominent ... More >>
Ekos Wins Sustainable Business Network Award
Friday, 18 November 2016, 12:09 pm | Ekos
Last night the charity Ekos won the Sustainable Business Network Award for Restorative Innovation at the SBN Awards Ceremony in Auckland. Ekos is a ‘rainforest carbon boutique’ founded by forest carbon scientist Sean Weaver, based in Takaka. More >>
PM Invited to Offset Flights to PI Forum
Friday, 9 September 2016, 11:26 am | Ekos
New Zealand-based carbon offsetting charity Ekos invites the Prime Minister to offset his flight emissions to and from the Pacific Islands Forum in Micronesia with certified carbon offsets from the Ekos rainforest carbon project in Vanuatu. Ekos Executive ... More >>
Catching The Climate Ball And Running With It
Friday, 13 May 2016, 3:33 pm | Ekos
Imagine a rugby game where a group of very capable players try to help one player called Johnny to simply catch the ball and run and score a try. Imagine Johnny just standing there, watching the ball arch across his field of view and letting it bounce ... More >>
Integrity-Free Carbon
Tuesday, 26 April 2016, 3:30 pm | Ekos
Sean Weaver, Ekos The carbon offsetting world seems to have three broad personalities. The first are those who do not care about the climate system but want to look like they are doing the right thing at minimum cost. The second are those who care about ... More >>
NZ Rainforest Carbon Offsetting
Monday, 25 April 2016, 2:39 pm | Ekos
Climate Change Minister Paula Bennett has signaled that the private sector will need to play an active role in helping New Zealand reduce its carbon emissions. At the same time the integrity of the Government’s carbon offset supply from the Ukraine ... More >>