Comments on: Calling All Accountants Seeking a Green Career http://greeneconomypost.com/carbon-accountant-green-career-1109.htm Wed, 17 Mar 2010 23:29:56 -0700 hourly 1 By: Twitter Trackbacks for Calling All Accountants Seeking a Green Career | The Green Economy Post: Green Careers, Green Jobs, [greeneconomypost.com] on Topsy.com http://greeneconomypost.com/carbon-accountant-green-career-1109.htm/comment-page-1#comment-1743 Twitter Trackbacks for Calling All Accountants Seeking a Green Career | The Green Economy Post: Green Careers, Green Jobs, [greeneconomypost.com] on Topsy.com Tue, 01 Sep 2009 08:09:56 +0000 http://greeneconomypost.com/?p=1109#comment-1743 [...] Calling All Accountants Seeking a Green Career | The Green Economy Post: Green Careers, Green Jobs, greeneconomypost.com/carbon-accountant-green-career-1109.htm – view page – cached Over at JustMeans, Dave Stanis, of the Campbell Soup Company, speculated that based on current trends, carbon accounting will be a growing, in demand, career specialty. He recommends taking classes in carbon accounting. I think he is on to something because Groom Energy has declared 2009 the Year of Enterprise Carbon Accounting and a recent Greenhouse Gas Management Institute study revealed that the industry is suffering from a profound skills shortage. For those of you who have never heard of carbon accounting, it is the accounting undertaken to measure the amount of carbon dioxide equivalents that will not be released into the atmosphere as a result of Flexible Mechanisms projects under the Kyoto Treaty. — From the page [...] [...] Calling All Accountants Seeking a Green Career | The Green Economy Post: Green Careers, Green Jobs, greeneconomypost.com/carbon-accountant-green-career-1109.htm – view page – cached Over at JustMeans, Dave Stanis, of the Campbell Soup Company, speculated that based on current trends, carbon accounting will be a growing, in demand, career specialty. He recommends taking classes in carbon accounting. I think he is on to something because Groom Energy has declared 2009 the Year of Enterprise Carbon Accounting and a recent Greenhouse Gas Management Institute study revealed that the industry is suffering from a profound skills shortage. For those of you who have never heard of carbon accounting, it is the accounting undertaken to measure the amount of carbon dioxide equivalents that will not be released into the atmosphere as a result of Flexible Mechanisms projects under the Kyoto Treaty. — From the page [...]

]]> By: HINTON HUMAN CAPITAL JOB MARKET UPDATE:NAVIGATING THE “JOBLESS” RECOVERY « Hinton Human Capital Blog http://greeneconomypost.com/carbon-accountant-green-career-1109.htm/comment-page-1#comment-1058 HINTON HUMAN CAPITAL JOB MARKET UPDATE:NAVIGATING THE “JOBLESS” RECOVERY « Hinton Human Capital Blog Thu, 23 Jul 2009 01:54:49 +0000 http://greeneconomypost.com/?p=1109#comment-1058 [...] stages of the recovery will be a bumpy ride but the specific areas of job growth will include: Accounting, Alternative Energy, Climate Change, Environmental Consulting and Civil Engineering, [...] [...] stages of the recovery will be a bumpy ride but the specific areas of job growth will include: Accounting, Alternative Energy, Climate Change, Environmental Consulting and Civil Engineering, [...]

]]> By: Carol McClelland of Green Career Central http://greeneconomypost.com/carbon-accountant-green-career-1109.htm/comment-page-1#comment-15 Carol McClelland of Green Career Central Wed, 25 Mar 2009 02:27:51 +0000 http://greeneconomypost.com/?p=1109#comment-15 I've also seen more and more indications that the field of Carbon Accounting is one of the upcoming waves for the green economy. I met the founder of the Greenhouse Gas Management Institute at the Good Jobs, Green Jobs Conference in Washington, DC in early February. I was very impressed by what this institute is doing. Finding their Institute was one of the high points of my trip. I also agree that education is the key to getting into this field. Get the training you need and you are likely to be on the cutting edge of a very important industry. I’ve also seen more and more indications that the field of Carbon Accounting is one of the upcoming waves for the green economy.

I met the founder of the Greenhouse Gas Management Institute at the Good Jobs, Green Jobs Conference in Washington, DC in early February. I was very impressed by what this institute is doing. Finding their Institute was one of the high points of my trip.

I also agree that education is the key to getting into this field. Get the training you need and you are likely to be on the cutting edge of a very important industry.

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