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Grand Targhee Resort becomes first North American
organization with a Climate Registered™ GHG emissions
inventory
Ski resort is first to register complete emissions inventory
with The Climate Registry
(March 24, 2009 – Alta, WY) The Climate Registry today
announced Grand Targhee Resort became its first Member to have its
greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions inventory registered in its online
reporting tool, the Climate Registry Information System (CRIS), and
achieve the status of Climate Registered™. By achieving this
milestone, Grand Targhee Resort is the first organization in North
America to officially establish a Registry-recognized baseline for its
carbon footprint, which it can use to accurately and comprehensively
manage its emissions.
The Climate Registry sets consistent and transparent standards to
calculate, verify and publicly report GHG emissions. For an emissions
report to be accepted by The Registry and labeled as Climate
Registered, it must include applicable data on all six
internationally-recognized GHGs for all North American locations. The
data must be reported according to the comprehensive and rigorous
standards established in The Registry’s General Reporting
Protocol (GRP) and verified by an independent, third-party Verification
Body that is accredited by the American National Standards Institute
(ANSI) and recognized by The Registry. With consultation from The
Brendle Group, Grand Targhee Resort reported its 2007 emissions
inventory. The inventory was verified by Advanced Waste Management,
which was the first Verification Body to verify an emissions inventory
with The Climate Registry. The detailed report and summary can be
viewed at http://cris.theclimateregistry.org/eats/tcr/.
Grand Targhee Resort, which is located on the western slope of the
Teton Mountains in Wyoming and receives 500 inches of snow annually,
elected to voluntarily report its emissions inventory with The Climate
Registry for several reasons. As a ski operation that depends on the
environment for the success of its business, it is very concerned about
climate change. It also is interested in opportunities to engage
hundreds of thousands of winter sports enthusiasts each year through
education and example.
“The Climate Registry’s protocol for measuring
greenhouse gases ensures a level of accuracy and transparency that far
exceeds all other tools we evaluated. Registering our first inventory
was a huge success, but we are much more excited about the potential
ripple effect. We now have the opportunity to extend our knowledge and
activities out to our customers and to also accurately manage our
impact on the environment. We have a long way to go toward reducing our
environmental impacts, but understanding precisely what those impacts
are is essential to effectively mitigating them,” said
Christina Thomure, Director of Sustainable Operations, Grand Targhee
Resort.
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