Search Results for 27
ACR Publishes International Ozone Depleting Substances Destruction Methodology
September 16, 2021|post
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 […]
Winrock’s AWBC Wins Grant from U.S. Small Business Administration to Support Women-Owned Businesses Impacted by COVID
August 23, 2021|post
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|post
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 […]
Climate Action Can’t Wait: IPCC Releases Sixth Report
August 11, 2021|post
The sixth Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Working Group 1 Report highlights the dire need for global climate action at an unprecedented scale to dramatically reduce GHG emissions over the coming decades to avoid irreversible, catastrophic climate impacts. Winrock is proud to be a part of the solution through our work in carbon capture, […]
Survivors Become Champions and Leaders of New Counter-Trafficking Movement
July 28, 2021|post
With support from Winrock and an expanding range of engaged governments and private partners, trafficking survivors globally are creating and leading a new generation of community-based networks, connecting, and drawing strength from their own bitter experiences to help protect vulnerable people in their communities and counter the malign influence of human traffickers. Survivors are becoming […]
“Labor of Loss:” Winrock’s USAID Asia Counter Trafficking in Persons Project Launches New Podcast Series
July 27, 2021|post
Experience Stories of Human Exploitation – and Hope – from Trafficking Survivors, First Responders and Rights Advocates across Asia Labor of Loss, a podcast series by Winrock’s USAID Asia Counter Trafficking in Persons project and Freedom Collaborative, explores experiences of human trafficking and labor exploitation across Asia, taking listeners on a journey from a fishing […]
Instructions for downloading Winrock RFP package
page
Instructions for downloading Winrock RFP package Below you’ll find the steps for downloading a copy of the Winrock RFP package to your computer. The package is a .zip file format containing the RFP document (a PDF document) and an Attachments folder including all attachments referenced in the RFP file. This is stored in Winrock’s website. […]
ACR Testifies before the U.S. Senate on the State of U.S. Forest Carbon Markets
May 20, 2021|post
WASHINGTON, D.C. – MAY 20, 2021 – Today, the American Carbon Registry’s Director of Forestry, Jessica Orrego, testified in front of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition & Forestry for its hearing on Federal, State, and Private Forestlands: Opportunities for Addressing Climate Change. ACR, a nonprofit enterprise of Winrock International, was invited to testify […]
Southern Small Businesses and Nonprofits Impacted by Covid Can Now Apply for Support from Multi-Million Dollar Fund
April 28, 2021|post
April 27, 2021 – Small business owners and nonprofits across the South can begin applying today for very low interest loans of up to $100,000 and free business support through the Southern Opportunity and Resilience (SOAR) Fund—a new program created by a diverse group of community lenders aimed at helping small businesses and nonprofits navigate and […]
ART Welcomes the Launch of the LEAF Coalition
April 22, 2021|post
April 22, 2021 – The Secretariat of the Architecture for REDD+ Transactions (ART), hosted by Winrock International, welcomes today’s announcement of the Lowering Emissions by Accelerating Forest finance (LEAF) Coalition, a public-private initiative which aims to raise global climate ambition and mobilize at least $1 billion in results-based finance for the protection of tropical forests. […]