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NRG Energy 2021 Sustainability Report: A Business Structure for Sustainability Success

3BL Media

Carbon offsets. Carbon capture innovation. Active engagement with climatetech ecosystem, academic, industry, and non-government organizations to identify decarbonization pathways. Commitment to supply chain engagement. Sustainable Solutions. Energy storage. Demand response. Sustainable energy consulting.

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A Framework for Companies That Want to Avoid Greenwashing

B the Change

Our guidance comes from recently published research that reviewed academic and practical guidance on greenwashing and legal frameworks in the EU, United Kingdom, and United States. A company might set a goal of net zero carbon emissions and pursue it through carbon offsets. Greenwashing can be hard to spot.

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Southwire 2022 Sustainability Report: Energy & Emissions

3BL Media

INVEST IN CLEAN, RENEWABLE ENERGY such as solar panels, EV charging stations and alternative fuels, and support our electricity providers to shift to lower-carbon energy sources. PURCHASE RENEWABLE ENERGY CERTIFICATES AND CARBON OFFSETS to offset Southwire’s carbon footprint and support carbon-reduction projects.

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Calling Out the VCM Middlemen

Chris Hall

The lack of transparency in VCMs has driven debate, particularly among academics, on the viability of carbon offsets to effectively drive climate action. This is likely to require larger investment than buying offsets. “Stakeholders can work together to circumvent the goal of intermediaries and improve transparency.”

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4 Steps Your Company Can Take to Move Toward Net Zero

B the Change

Basically, net zero means that a company’s operations — including supply chain, products and services — are not increasing the amount of greenhouse gases (GHGs) in the atmosphere. There are clear consequences for business , as well, from supply chain and shipping disruptions to higher costs, changing markets, and regulatory shifts.

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Fixing the S in ESG

Stanford Social Innovation

Commentators and investors have described S in many different ways: as social issues, labor standards, human rights, social dialogue, pay equity, workplace diversity, access to health care, racial justice, customer or product quality issues, data security, industrial relations, or supply-chain issues. For example, a 1.6

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Investors say agroforestry isn’t just climate friendly — it’s profitable

GreenBiz

There’s an academic, philosophical definition, but there’s not a practical definition, nothing that says, ‘It includes this many species.’ While agroforestry is seen as having significant potential for the carbon offset market, its variability makes it a more complicated agricultural investment. What is agroforestry?"