San Francisco—Dentons, the global law firm, received the American Carbon Registry's prestigious 2017 Innovation award. The Firm was recognized for developing an offset methodology for Transition to Advanced Formulation Blowing Agents in Foam Manufacturing and Use. Jeffrey Fort, an Environmental partner, was presented the award at the American Carbon Registry's annual awards event.

The unique methodology measures carbon offsets used by manufacturers of polyurethane foam and is designed to provide incentives to use low-Global Warming Potential (GWP) blowing agents during the manufacturing process. The methodology is intended to provide access to carbon finance to increase uptake of available advanced technologies and accelerate a transition to low-GWP blowing agents in these sectors more rapidly than would otherwise occur. Currently, this methodology presents a low-cost approach to reducing greenhouse gases.

Foam Supplies, Inc. created the patented technology and provided support for the creation of the methodology.

About American Carbon Registry

The American Carbon Registry (ACR), a nonprofit enterprise of Winrock International, was founded in 1996 as the first private voluntary greenhouse gas registry in the world. A mission-driven institution named for philanthropist Winthrop Rockefeller, Winrock believes that climate change will have a profound impact on the poorest populations around the world and that markets are the most effective path to mobilize actions to reduce emissions.

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