The resort has won certification from Green Globe, an international sustainability monitoring service.
In 2005, after adopting stringent standards, the company won certification to provide its highest-end products to the European Union, Japan and Korea.
Something much more hopeful also happened in December 2008 -- the start of contract talks between UC and PRO/UAW, the union that had won certification the preceding month to represent the more than 5000 postdocs on UC's 10 campuses.
To win certification, Rimba Raya has to show that the forest is under genuine threat: no point in giving carbon credits for conserving trees and peatland that were not in danger anyway.
Once the coursework is done, cultural sites can win certification by launching an informational Web page in Mandarin, issuing Mandarin maps and guidebooks, and accepting China UnionPay, Chinese travelers' favored credit card.
The 12,000-square-foot shop was spotless, and the company had won industry certifications for the quality of its products.
Even so, more than 200 models representing nearly two dozen brands have won the certification.
Asked how many counselors had sought, and won, that certification last year, Mr. Dingledine had a ready answer: about 20.
C2C has mainly been a business-to-business endeavor, and only a few of the 100 products that have won MBDC certification — Herman Miller chairs, United States Postal Service envelopes — are familiar to consumers.
"I won a certification of merit in our province for my outstanding work quality (many honorary credentials are attached on the wall of the consulting room), and I consistently handle my cases with great care.
