Press Release
ACR Announces Open Public Comment Period on Methodology for Plugging Abandoned and Orphaned Oil and Gas Wells
September 30, 2021
The American Carbon Registry (ACR), a nonprofit enterprise of Winrock International, announces the public stakeholder consultation period for a Methodology for the Quantification, Monitoring, Reporting and Verification of Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions Reductions from the Plugging Abandoned & Orphaned Oil and Gas (AOOG) Wells. This first-of-a-kind Methodology — developed by ACR in partnership with Dr. Mary Kang […]
ACR Publishes Methodology for Improved Forest Management on Canadian Forestlands
September 23, 2021
LITTLE ROCK, AR, September 22, 2021 – The American Carbon Registry (ACR), a nonprofit enterprise of Winrock International, has approved a Methodology for the Quantification, Monitoring, Reporting, and Verification of Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reductions and Removals from Improved Forest Management (IFM) on Canadian Forestlands. Similar to the ACR’s published Improved Forest Management Methodology for Quantifying […]
Winrock Receives Funding from Walmart to Assist Black-owned Businesses in the South
September 22, 2021
Little Rock, Ark. – September 22, 2021 – Winrock International has received funding from Walmart through the Walmart.org Center for Racial Equity to provide business development support to Black-owned e-commerce and wholesale retail enterprises in Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi. The grant will support the Readying Small Business for Access to Capital program to help businesses […]
ACR Announces Public Comment Period for Updated Improved Forest Management (IFM) Methodology
September 21, 2021
The American Carbon Registry (ACR), a nonprofit enterprise of Winrock International, is soliciting public comments on an updated version 2.0 of its approved Methodology for the Quantification, Monitoring, Reporting and Verification of Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reductions and Removals from Improved Forest Management in Non-Federal U.S. Forestlands. Similar to previous versions of the Methodology, greenhouse gas […]
ACR Publishes International Ozone Depleting Substances Destruction Methodology
September 16, 2021
LITTLE ROCK, Ark., September 16, 2021 – The American Carbon Registry (ACR), a non-profit enterprise of Winrock International, is celebrating the International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer by announcing the approval of a new Methodology for the Quantification, Monitoring, Reporting, and Verification of GHG Emissions Reductions from the Destruction of Ozone Depleting […]
Launch of USAID Cambodia Counter Trafficking in Persons (CTIP) Program
August 26, 2021
PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA, August 26, 2021 — The United States launched a new, five-year USAID-funded Cambodia Counter Trafficking in Persons (CTIP) activity that will address the root causes of human trafficking, protect vulnerable populations from trafficking, and assist the Cambodian government to combat trafficking and support victims more effectively. The activity, launched on August 26 […]
Winrock’s AWBC Wins Grant from U.S. Small Business Administration to Support Women-Owned Businesses Impacted by COVID
August 23, 2021
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. ── August 23, 2021 ── The Arkansas Women’s Business Center (AWBC) has been awarded a Resilience and Recovery Demonstration Grant from the U.S. Small Business Administration’s (SBA’s) Office of Women’s Business Ownership program. The AWBC is one of 14 women’s business centers in 13 states to receive the SBA awards, which aim […]
ART Expands TREES Standard to Mobilize Large-scale Climate Solutions from Forests
August 19, 2021
ARLINGTON, VA — August 19, 2021 — The Architecture for REDD+ Transactions (ART) has released an expanded version of The REDD+ Environmental Excellence Standard (TREES), its high-integrity standard for measuring, monitoring, verifying, and crediting climate progress in the forest sector. The updated version – TREES 2.0 – broadens opportunities to unlock large-scale solutions from forests in […]
Winrock President & CEO Rodney Ferguson Appointed Concordia Senior Advisor
August 18, 2021
Washington, D.C. – August 18, 2021 – Winrock President and CEO Rodney Ferguson has been named Senior Advisor to Concordia for the 2021-2022 term. Concordia’s Advisors and Senior Advisors are carefully selected by Concordia’s executive leadership, Leadership Council, Board of Directors, and staff, and serve for a one-year term. Concordia’s Senior Advisors are a small, […]
USAID Partners Launch Online Campaign Marking World Day Against Trafficking in Persons
July 29, 2021
Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan, July 29, 2021 – The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)-funded Safe Migration in Central Asia program, implemented by Winrock International, and its partners from Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, and Uzbekistan have launched a digital campaign to raise public awareness about human trafficking and measures to identify and avoid being trafficked. The campaign will […]