Green Globe Index Announces Enters Greece and Cyprus Markets

LONDON –(PR NEWSWIRE)—July 14, 2009–Green Globe Index, today announced a licensing agreement with Green Wealth, Ltd., a UK based company, to facilitate the delivery of Green Globe tools and services to the Greece and Cyprus markets.

Included in the Green Globe licensed products that will be marketed into Greece and Cyprus are the Green Globe Index tool (www.greenglobeindex.com), which allows clients to calculate their CO2e footprint, the financial cost of that CO2e, and to track their performance of energy and water consumption and non-recyclable waste production; Green Globe Certification, the leading international green certification for tourism businesses (www.greenglobecertification.com); and a variety of additional Green Globe sustainability consulting services.

The agreement calls for there to be a Green Globe Summit held in the Greece/Cyprus market by October 30, 2009. Green Globe Certification Summits offer a unique opportunity for interested businesses, hotels and individuals to attend a conference and training on how to use Green Globe Index for environmental cost savings, community benefits, and enhance their marketing. Innovation for Sustainable Development Centre, a US non-profit organization, will have some of its special advisors, associates and fellows on hand to help develop innovative approaches to developing their green economy.

Hugo Kimber, Managing Director of Sustainability Index Limited, who created and manages the Sustainability Index program licensed to Green Globe International, said, "This agreement further extends the reach of Green Globe branded programs in Europe, and compliments our initiative with the EU Hotel Energy Solutions program, in collaboration with UNWTO, UNEP and IH&RA. We are pleased to have a partner in Green Wealth, Ltd. with specific knowledge of the targeted markets."

"As part of its core business model, Green Globe Index will continue to pursue similar licensing agreements with qualified partners in markets around the world," Mr. Kimber added.

"We expect our partnership with Green Globe to add value to more than 9,000 hotels in Greece and Cyprus. Green Wealth and its network will start immediately the promotion and implementation of Green Globes services," stated a Green Wealth spokesperson.

About Green Globe
Green Globe, an affiliate member of the United Nations World Tourism Organization, is the leading global provider of sustainability index, benchmarking and certification programs, carbon footprint calculation and reduction programs, and a broad range of consulting services. Green Globe International has been admitted as. Over 5,000 hotels, destinations, attractions, airports, etc globally have been benchmarked or certified since its founding in 1992 by The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC), the business leaders’ forum for the travel and tourism industry. For more information on the company and its programs, please visit www.greenglobeint.com.

Green Globe services in the Asia Pacific are distributed, managed and sold exclusively by Green Globe Asia Pacific (GGAP) through EC3 Global. If you would like further information on GGAP, please visit www.greenglobe.org.

About Sustainability Intelligence
Sustainability Intelligence, with headquarters in the United Kingdom, is engaged in the business of systems development, support, management, aggregation, publishing and analysis of sustainability related content and data for government, corporate, and consumer markets around the world. Sustainability Intelligence is backed by a team of carbon and sustainability related experts from private sector, NGO and academia, supported by an IT team of skilled engineers and support staff.

The Sustainability Index, along with a full range of other carbon related tools, have been licensed by Sustainability Intelligence to Green Globe and other associations, NGO and private companies around the world to support reduction and management of carbon emissions for all industry sectors.

For the travel and tourism industry, Sustainability Intelligences, in collaboration with The Carbon Consultancy, offers Indexing solutions for Green Meeting Events; Destination Sustainability Indexing; Carbon Responsible – resource for Calculation, Analysis, Management and Reporting for corporate, government, events, and individual travel (air, hotel, auto and rail); Carbon offset guide – what are they and who sells what; and the Green Hotel Finder – 7,000 global green rated hotels; etc. For more information on the company and its programs, please visit www.sustainabilityintelligence.com.

About Innovation for Sustainable Development Centre
Innovation for Sustainable Development is a non-profit US company which is focused on sustainable businesses, communities and environment. Its objective is to be a catalyst facilitating sustainability and carbon neutrality through learning, dialog, innovation, research, investment and partnership amongst cross-sector tourism stakeholder players. The focus is to find common grounds that meet the stakeholders’ interests and facilitate the implementation of their initiatives and investments that foster responsible tourism related job creation, trade, preservation of culture and environment, and enhancing the economy of disadvantaged communities. Tourism stakeholders from government, NGO, travel & tourism industries, financial sector, academia, commerce & trade, facilities & infrastructure development, IT & communications, and science & medicine have the opportunity to interact and learn through global online communities and forums, as well as in person events.

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