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Approved to verify airline emissions data

25/08/2010

LRQA among the first firms entrusted by United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS) as deadline nears.

LRQA has been chosen to support the global airline industry's efforts to measure and offset the carbon emissions they produce when flying to and from European airports.

Lloyd’s Register Quality Assurance (LRQA) has been chosen to support the global airline industry's efforts to measure and offset the carbon emissions they produce when flying to and from European airports, as the EC's member countries look to reduce the impact of global warming.

LRQA was accredited by UKAS to independently verify emissions-related data submitted by the individual airlines in accordance with legislation created to support the European Union's Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS). The deadline for submissions is March 31, 2011.

For more details on this story read the press release: LR/24/10