Tue 15 Mar 2011, 12:43 GMT

Carbon War Room to host presentation


Webinar to be held later this week to present ship efficiency initiative.



Carbon War Room has announced that it will be hosting a second webinar presentation of its website Shippingefficiency.org for stakeholders.

The website uses data compiled by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) to categorize 60,000 ships based on standardized efficiency indices, providing free environmental ratings from A to G, with A being the most efficient.

Since its launch, the site is said to have received an average 15,000 unique users per month and 1,750 registered users. The Carbon War Room’s first webinar in January attracted over 150 participants.

The second webinar will take place on Thursday 17th March at:

8am PDT / 11am EDT
3pm GMT / 4pm CET

Panellists Peter Boyd, COO Carbon War Room and Elena Craft, air quality specialist at Environmental Defense Fund, will be hosting a Q&A session after the presentation.

Interested parties can register at www.shippingefficiency.org/webinars-and-events or by emailing kastley@carbonwarroom.com.

About Carbon War Room

In addition to Virgin Group Chairman Richard Branson, Carbon War Room was founded by Craig Cogut, founder of Pegasus Capital Advisors; Vladas Lasas, CEO Skubios siuntos UAB Kaunas & UPS Lithuania; Strive Masiyiwa, Executive Chairman of Econet Wireless; Shelly Meyers, Founder and President of Palisades Management LLC; Boudewijn Poelmann, co-founder and chairman of the Dutch Postcode Lottery and Mark Shuttleworth, founder of the Ubuntu Project.

"The project aims to bring together successful entrepreneurs in collaboration with the most respected institutions, scientists, national security experts, and business leaders to implement the change required to avoid catastrophic climate change," Carbon War Room says on its website.

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