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CORRECTING and REPLACING AIG Completes Funding of Carbon Offset Projects in China and the United States
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AIG COMPLETES FUNDING OF CARBON
OFFSET PROJECTS IN CHINA AND THE UNITED STATES Projects Will Generate More Than 620,000 Metric Tons of CO2
Offset Credits To Be Retired As Part of Environmental Strategy
American International Group, Inc. (AIG) announced today that it has
completed funding for projects in China and the United States that will
reduce or sequester greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Total funding of the
projects is approximately $4 million.
Completing the projects will generate more than 620,000 metric tons of CO2
offset credits, an amount that represents all of the GHG emissions
attributable to AIG’s global operations in
2006 as determined by its global greenhouse gas emissions inventory. The
credits will then be retired as part of the company’s
ongoing environmental strategy.
"These projects reaffirm our commitment to an
environmental plan that includes mitigating the greenhouse gas impact of
our global business operations through energy efficiency and internal
measures, the purchase of renewable energy, and the funding of offset
projects,” said AIG President and Chief
Executive Officer Martin J. Sullivan. "We’re
extremely proud that these efforts are based in both China, the country
of AIG’s origin, and the United States, where
we are headquartered today.”
The portfolio of agricultural projects in China, which were originally
announced in October 2007, are located in the Xinjiang and Sichuan
provinces. The China projects are being developed by U.S.-based
Environmental Defense Fund and will be supported and assessed by
Boston-based nonprofit EcoLogic. The offsets will be registered and
retired in the China Beijing Equity Exchange.
Among the most notable benefits, the China projects will:
Allow crops to be grown with lower consumption of water and fossil
fuels
Promote more efficient use of nitrogen fertilizers
Produce biogas from human and agricultural wastes that will be used
for cooking and lighting
Improve water management in rice farming and production
Help retain water, control dust and reduce soil erosion through trees
planted in desert lands
"The Xinjiang and Sichuan projects contribute
to sustainable solutions that will benefit the people of China,”
said Daniel Dudek, Chief Economist for Environmental Defense Fund. "We’re
extremely pleased to be partnering with AIG on efforts focused on
improving the quality of life in rural parts of the country.”
In the U.S., a portfolio of three projects will focus on reforestation
and ecosystem enhancement. Specifically:
A project funded through Equator Environmental, LLC, will result in
marginal farmlands in North Dakota, South Dakota and Montana being
converted back to native grasslands. This effort will be registered
and offsets retired in the Environmental Resources Trust, Inc.
(ERT)/Winrock GHG Registry®.
A project funded through Trust for Public Land will result in the
reforestation of marginal cropland in the Mississippi River delta
region of Louisiana. This effort will also be registered and retired
in the GHG Registry.
A project funded through The Conservation Fund will result in improved
management of California harvested timberlands designed to produce
increased standing volume of biomass fuel. This effort will be
registered in the California Climate Change Action Registry and
retired in the GHG Registry.
"The U.S. projects will help mitigate three
of the more serious environmental issues our country is facing,”
said Wiley Barbour, Director of the ERT Business Unit of Winrock
International. "From the West Coast, to the
Great Plains, right through to the center of Bayou Country, the positive
agricultural and reforestation impacts will be felt for generations to
come.”
American International Group, Inc. (AIG), a world leader in insurance
and financial services, is the leading international insurance
organization with operations in more than 130 countries and
jurisdictions. AIG companies serve commercial, institutional and
individual customers through the most extensive worldwide
property-casualty and life insurance networks of any insurer. In
addition, AIG companies are leading providers of retirement services,
financial services and asset management around the world. AIG's common
stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange, as well as the stock
exchanges in Ireland and Tokyo.
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