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AgCert Canada Announces Agreement with EPCOR Utilities
Dublin, Ireland – 05 December 2005
Under the agreement, AgCert Canada will deliver 100,000 tonnes of CO2 equivalent (CO2e) offsets to EPCOR for an initial period of six years, commencing in 2006. These offsets will be generated to conform to the standards set by the Canadian Offset Program Authority, which is expected to be established in early 2006.
“EPCOR is serious about mitigating greenhouse gas emissions and doing our part to support Canada’s greenhouse gas management commitments,” said Dr. David Lewin, EPCOR’s Senior Vice President of Environment. “By working with AgCert, we have secured high value Canadian offsets that are authentic and verifiable and have taken action to support a stronger offset market within the country.”
Bill Haskell, CEO, AgCert International, said, “AgCert and EPCOR have entered into one of the largest emission offset credit purchases ever undertaken within the emerging Canadian marketplace. AgCert Canada looks forward to working with the new Canadian Offset Program Authority to further advance Canada’s domestic marketplace. Through the development of a market that is based on verifiable and authentic offsets, AgCert Canada can help Canadian businesses to reduce their emissions in an effective and economically sustainable manner.”
For further information:
| AgCert International | |
| Bill Haskell, CEO | Tel: +1 321 409 7801 |
| Paul D'Alton, CFO | Tel: +353 1 245 7400 |
| Todd Jones | Tel: +1 321 409 7801 |
AgCert media inquiries:
| Maitland | |
| Liz Morley / Brian Hudspith | + 44 (0) 20 7379 5151 |
About AgCert AgCert Canada Ltd. is a subsidiary of AgCert International plc which is listed on the London Stock Exchange. AgCert Canada was one of the first AgCert subsidiaries to enter into contracts with farmers to reduce greenhouse gases. The Group was founded in 2002 to produce and sell reductions in greenhouse gas emissions (referred to as "Offsets") from agricultural sources on an industrial scale. The Group's methods enable it to produce Offsets by changing conventional methods used in animal waste management systems (AWMSs). To achieve this, AgCert has developed proprietary systems and processes which have been designed to be fully scalable and adaptable to the AWMSs of large confined animal feeding operations including those for swine, dairy and poultry. AgCert recently received UN approval to globally apply its methodologies, which are used to create agriculturally-derived emission reductions by changing animal waste management practices. Agriculture has an unmatched capacity to consistently produce qualified offsets, as well as renewable energy solutions and its projects in Brazil and Mexico have drawn wide-scale interest from European, Canadian and Japanese customers. About EPCOR Utilities Inc. EPCOR Utilities Inc. is one of Canada’s top providers of power and water. We provide energy and energy-related services and products and supply power and water solutions to customers in Alberta, Ontario, British Columbia and the U.S. Pacific Northwest. Drawing on over 100 years of experience, EPCOR builds, owns and operates power plants, electrical transmission and distribution networks, water and wastewater treatment facilities and infrastructure. EPCOR has been named one of Canada’s Top 100 employers for six consecutive years, and was the 2004 Overall Winner of the Conference Board of Canada/Spencer Stuart National Award in Governance. EPCOR is headquartered in Edmonton, Alberta. EPCOR’s web site is www.epcor.ca. |