CALGARY, June 7,
2011- The Greenhouse Gas Management
Instituteand the
Environmental Careers Organization of Canada (ECO
Canada) have announced a global
personnel certification program for "carbon management"
professionals.
The Environmental Professional
Certification on Greenhouse Gases -
EP(GHG)- is the world's first and
only professional greenhouse gas-related certification accredited
to ISO
17024.
ISO
17024, an international accreditation
standard for bodies operating personnel certification schemes,
defines criteria that a professional certification program must
meet to assure quality and objectivity.
As the first and only ISO 17024 accredited program for greenhouse gas
professionals, the EP(GHG) certification stands as a robust,
globally recognized credential.
With
pressure to meet strict standards and regulations, companies and
governments continue to increase the demand for experts highly
qualified in measuring and managing greenhouse gas emissions and
removals.
The EP(GHG)
is open to all qualified professionals working on the
quantification and/or verification of GHGs arising from national
activities, from activities of organizations, entities, facilities
or emissions reduction projects.
How
will this impact the global community?
"Greenhouse gas measurement,
reporting, and verification underpin all international efforts to
address climate change. It is our vision to ensure
that there is an adequate supply of certified professionals
to meet the growing needs of the global GHG measurement and
management climate policies/programs.
The EP(GHG)will
provide certainty to the global community that quantification and
verification of GHGs can be undertaken at the highest possible
professional standard," says Grant
Trump,
CEO of ECO Canada.
A globally uniform
and ISO accredited professional certification is a
fundamental institutional building block of a low carbon
future. "The world desperately needs for the
field of GHG management to mature. To implement the type of climate
change policies necessary to fully address the problem, a process
of professionalization must be initiated quickly, globally, and at
all levels, from intergovernmental to corporate,
stated
Michael
Gillenwater
, Executive
Director and Dean of the GHG Management
Institute.
"Our
future relies on building and maintaining the confidence of the
public and decision makers that climate change policies can
work,"he added.
Building the world's leading
environmental workforce
To help build a new and growing
generation of GHG professionals, the Greenhouse Gas Management
Institute and Environmental Careers Organization Canada partnership
is also launching the Environmental Professional in Training title - EPt
(GHG).
The EPt(GHG) distinction will be
available to emerging professionals who have satisfied EP(GHG)
post-secondary education requirements but have not yet completed
the extensive work experience and/or GHG training necessary to
achieve the EP(GHG) certification. Both the EP(GHG) and EPt(GHG)
titles are available worldwide.
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