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The Integrity Council hosts events and webinars throughout the year, both in person and online.
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Past Events & Webinars
Webinar Recording – Market Consultation Group
When: 9 April 2024
What: Webinar of the Market Consultation Group. Find a recording of the event here.
Who:
Chris Leeds, Head of Carbon Markets Development, Standard Chartered
Alexia Kelly, Managing Director of the Carbon Policy and Markets Initiative (CPMI)
Kelly Kizzier, ICVCM Board, Standards Oversight Committee Co-Chair
Amy Merrill, ICVCM Executive Secretariat, Interim COO
Webinar Recording – Market Consultation Group
When: 6 March 2024
What: Webinar of the Market Consultation Group. Find a recording of the event here.
Who:
Chris Leeds, Head of Carbon Markets Development, Standard Chartered
Annette Nazareth, ICVCM Board Chair
Sonja Gibbs, ICVCM Board
Jeff Swartz, Market Representative, ICVCM Board
Webinar Recording – Market Consultation Group
When: 8 February 2024
What: Inaugural webinar of the Market Consultation Group.
Who:
Chris Leeds, Head of Carbon Markets Development, Standard Chartered
Alexia Kelly, Managing Director of the Carbon Policy and Markets Initiative (CPMI)
Amy Merrill, Interim COO
Tara Burke, Director of Communications
COP28 Recording – How Can Carbon Finance Work for Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities (IPs&LCs)?
When: 3 December 2023
What: Find full details of the event here.
Who:
Mere Takoko, Ngāti Porou, Te Whānau a Apanui, Rongowhakaata, Aotearoa (New Zealand)
Isack Bryson, Hadzabe, Yaeda Valley, Tanzania
Navy Kroeung, Bunong, Cambodia
Melena Pollard, Toshao (leader) of River’s View, Guyana
Annette Nazareth (Chair) and Kanyinke Sena (Board member) representing the ICVCM. Patricia de Matta representing Nature4Climate.
Progress Update Webinar
When: 27 November 2023
What: A recording of our latest Progress Update Webinar
Who: Chair Annette Lazareth is joined by ICVCM colleagues including: Chris Leeds, Jeff Swartz, Kelley Kizzier, Farrukh Khan, Amy Merril and Tara Burke.
IP & LCs public briefings on the Core Carbon Principles and Assessment Framework
When: 14 September 2023
What: The briefing covered how the CCP Assessment Framework is relevant for Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities, followed by a Q&A session.
Watch now in English, Français, Español, Português
You can find slide for the public briefings here in English, Français, Español, Português
Who: William McDonnell, COO of ICVCM
Spanish public briefing on the Core Carbon Principles and Assessment Framework
When: 13 September 2023
What: Our virtual Spanish language briefing on the full Core Carbon Principles and Assessment Framework.
Who: Daniel Ortega-Pacheco, Co-Chair of ICVCM
Core Carbon Principles Public Briefing
When: 1 August 2023
What: The briefing covered how the Integrity Council developed the CCP Assessment Framework and how it operates.
Who: Nat Keohane and William McDonnell (Executive Secretariat Representatives), Daniel Ortega-Pacheco (Expert Panel Co-Chair), and Alexia Kelly (Board)
Annette Nazareth at Sylvera’s Carbon Markets Summit
When: 30 June 2022
What: Our Chair Annette Nazareth joined the “Sustainability Leaders in 2022: Accelerating Climate Ambitions” panel to discuss whether regulators should demand the disclosure of carbon credit quality, and more.
Who: Margaret Mistry; Equinor and Torsten Lichtenau; Bain & Company
Annette Nazareth at TED
When: 16 June 2022
Our Chair Annette Nazareth participated in the TED Dilemma Series where she discussed the potential the voluntary carbon market and the important role of the Integrity Council in establishing robust standards that will bring much-needed transparency and integrity to the VCM. The video will be released later in the year.
(Photo disclaimer: Annette L. Nazareth speaks at TED Countdown Dilemma Session. June 16, 2022, TED World Theater, New York. Photo: Gilberto Tadday / TED)
Annette Nazareth at Economist Impact’s annual Sustainability Week
When: 6 – 9 June 2022
What: Our Chair Annette Nazareth joined a fireside chat with journalist and executive editor at the Economist, Anne McElvoy, to discuss how scaling the voluntary carbon market can impact climate change.
Integrity Council at CFTC Voluntary Carbon Market Convening
When: 2 June 2022
What: Our Governing Board member, Sonja Gibbs, presented at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) first ever Voluntary Carbon Markets Convening to discuss the supply and demand of high-quality carbon credits, and the important role of the VCM.
Who: Sonja was joined by fellow Integrity Council colleagues, including: Kelley Kizzier, Mark Kenber, David Antonioli, Alexia Kelly, Jeff Swartz, and Nat Keohane.
Nathaniel Keohane senior advisor for Integrity Council speaks in Global Returns Project’s webinar
When: 26 May 2022
What: Carbon Offsets: Solution or Scam?
Who: Nathaniel Keohane, senior advisor to The Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market and President of the Centre for Climate and Energy Solutions; Mark Stevenson strategic advisor to governments, NGOs and corporates; Dr Jose Maria Valenzuela, Research Fellow at Oxford Net Zero; Professor Andrew Macintosh, former Chair of the Australian Government’s Emissions Reduction Assurance Committee; Natasha White, Bloomberg News journalist.
Fireside chat for the World Bank Group’s Innovate4Climate with Integrity Council chair Annette Nazareth
When: 25 May 2022
What: Annette Nazareth was interviewed by Reuters’ editor-at-large, Axel Threlfall
Dirk Forrister President and CEO of IETA attends European Climate Summit
When: 24 May 2022
What: Dirk Forrister President and CEO of IETA, who are part of the Integrity Council’s executive secretariat, attends the IETA-led European summit.
Laurent Segalen and Dirk Forrister attend the Mobilising Capital for Clean Energy event at Climate Council Disrupt
When: 17 – 18 May 2022
What: Laurent Segalen member of the Integrity Council’s Distinguished Advisory Group, and Dirk Forrister, part of the Integrity Council’s executive secretariat, joined the Carbon Market panel at the Climate Council event.
Doris Honold Governing Board member of the Integrity Council speaks at PRMIA’s ESG Virtual Forum
When: 17 May 2022
What: Doris Honold joined PRMIA’s ESG Virtual Forum 2022: The New Era and Frontier of Risk Management to discuss what the future may hold for the voluntary carbon market.
Sonja Gibbs Governing Board Member to the Integrity Council joins an episode of the Smarter Markets podcast
When: 29 April 2022
What: Sonja Gibbs joined the season finale of the Smarter Markets podcast to discuss the importance of brining integrity to the voluntary carbon market.
Chris Leeds Elected Market Representative for the Integrity Council attends Institute of International Finances’ Sustainable Finance Roundtable
When: 21 April 2022
What: IIF’s Sustainable Finance Roundtable: Alignment, Integrity and Transition Finance brought together public and private sector participants to discuss key policy and market priorities for sustainable finance.
Nathaniel Keohane Senior Advisor to the Integrity Council speaks at Bloomberg NEF Summit
When: 20 April 2022
What: Nathaniel Keohane joins panellists for the BNEF summit: Voluntary Carbon Markets: Boom, Bust, Boom? What Comes Next? To discuss the markets shortfalls as it rises in popularity, and how these shortfalls can be
overcome.
Memorial service for Hugh Sealy, Integrity Council Co-Chair, on 1 April 2022
A memorial service will be held on 1 April for Hugh Sealy, Integrity Council Co-Chair. The service will take place at White Hall Lodge, Barbados at 10am local time (10am ET, 3pm UK, 4pm CET, 10pm SGT) and will be live streamed here
We have lost a great friend and leader. May his soul rest in peace.
Annette Nazareth Integrity Council chair speaks at The Economist Sustainability Week
When: 24 March 2022
What: Fireside Chat with Annette Nazareth
Annette Nazareth Integrity Council chair speaks at The Economist Sustainability Week
When: 24 March 2022
What: Fireside Chat with Annette Nazareth
Integrity Council Board Member Chris Leeds speaks at Edie Sustainability Leaders Forum
When: 8 March 2022 @ 3:25 p.m. GMT
What: The Big Debate: Carbon offsetting to reach net-zero emissions – who’s right, who’s wrong?
Who: Chris Leeds, Board Member of the Integrity Council & Head of Carbon Markets Development, Standard Chartered Bank; Solitaire Townsend, Co-Founder, Futerra; David Riley, Head of Carbon Neutrality, Anglian Water; Matt Gorman, Head of Sustainability, Heathrow; Nicholas Daniel, Head of Commercial Sustainability, ClimatePartner; Lisa Bolin, Climate Lead, Polestar
The Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market Co-Chair Dr. Hugh Sealy speaks at Financial Times Climate Capital Live
When: 8 March 2022 @ 3:15 – 3:55 p.m. GMT / 10:15 a.m. – 10:55 a.m. ET
What: The New Agenda Debate: Carbon Offsetting A Solution or a Con?
Who: Dr. Hugh Sealy, Co-Chair of the Integrity Council; Dr. Thomas Hale, Founder & CEO, Blavatnik School of Governance; Constance Chalchat, Head of CIB Company Engagement & Global Markets Chief Sustainability Officer, BNP Paribas
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