3BL Media

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

DESCRIPTION: Tetra Tech’s Rodrigo Chaparro, senior climate advisor, looks at how the carbon finance options defined at the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) can help cut greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction costs for power utilities and large energy consumers. What are the implications of Article 6?

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GreenBiz

MARCH 22, 2021

This article originally appeared in the State of Green Business 2021. body, set a course for airlines to offset emissions of international flights above a 2019-20 baseline. The sooner that the costs of carbon control are included in the costs of doing business, the sooner new technologies will be developed. Sponsored Article.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

Thanks to the rise in plastics pledges, an emerging and undefined market for plastic offsets is just beginning to take shape. And, much like the market for carbon offsets, it’s messy. . Featured in featured block (1 article with image touted on the front page or elsewhere). Sponsored Article. Given that U.S.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 13, 2020

In an open letter to its clients, HSBC CEO Noel Quinn said the bank had been motivated to ramp up its environmental ambition by customer concern about climate change. "We It also said it would work with the broader finance sector to create a standard to measure financed emissions and support a functioning carbon offset market.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 11, 2020

In May, the World Resources Institute warned of regenerative ag’s " limited potential to mitigate climate change." If so, should we be building an offsets market around soil credits? This article was adapted from the GreenBiz Food Weekly newsletter. Sponsored Article. Food & Agriculture. Alternative Protein.

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Corporate Knights

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Carbon offsets are ‘riddled with fraud.’ Solving credibility issues may require a greater overhaul of carbon markets. Carbon insetting Business-speak for companies reducing emissions in their own supply chains; an alternative to carbon offsetting. One reason 2023 was so hot (apart from climate change)?

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3BL Media

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

The state's environmental leadership also extends to climate change mitigation policy. In 2011, enforcement began of the state's low-carbon fuel standard , the world's first. They require the disclosure of climate-related information by most public companies in the U.S.

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Corporate Knights

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Something significant is happening in the desert in Egypt as countries meet at COP27 , the United Nations summit on climate change. Europe and others to bring forward a new road map for the World Bank’s response to climate change this year. It’s been too slow in coming, but change in the financial system is on the way.

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GreenBiz

MAY 5, 2021

Beyond raising funds, the foundation aimed to raise awareness about the potential for digital technologies to address climate change, as well as their potential negative impact. For instance, carbon offsets. Energy & Climate. Featured in featured block (1 article with image touted on the front page or elsewhere).

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GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

An international soil carbon offset marketplace. VERGE Accelerate runner-up ConserWater Technologies, represented by CEO Aadith Moorthy, won the Carbon Pitch session earlier in the week. Featured in featured block (1 article with image touted on the front page or elsewhere). Sponsored Article. Innovation.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 14, 2020

I was paid by Shell for this work but not to write this article, which has not been reviewed by the company.) CORSIA has helped catalyze a new generation of biofuels and carbon offsets, the two primary tools for reducing the aviation industry’s contribution to climate change. Leisure travel was down even more.

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Innovative pilot schemes are attracting interest after failed COP28 negotiations on carbon markets under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement. Despite limited progress on carbon trading rules at COP28 , experts believe recent trial projects will unlock investment opportunities for private investors.

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Corporate Knights

MARCH 20, 2023

A stark choice between climate stability and global devastation is the constant drumbeat from a landmark report released today by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Already, “widespread and rapid changes in the atmosphere, ocean, cryosphere , and biosphere have occurred,” the report says.

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3BL Media

AUGUST 25, 2022

Operational audits and implementation of changes. As an article published by the investment management firm BlackRock Inc. Many companies are weighing significant choices about the future, as this online McKinsey article explores. When it comes to mitigating this risk, much of it comes down to clarity and context in messaging.

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Corporate Knights

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

billion tonnes of planet-warming emissions into the atmosphere, leading international climate researchers to deem Montney the world’s sixth-largest “carbon bomb.” Yet this is still being presented by gas advocates as global progress on climate change. Read the original article here.

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Corporate Knights

JULY 25, 2023

The Fine Print on Carbon Credits The definitions in the federal document take a fairly expansive view of “inefficient” subsidies that “encourage wasteful consumption, reduce our energy security, impede investment in clean energy sources, and undermine efforts to deal with the threat of climate change,” as the G20 defined the term in 2009.

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3BL Media

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

DESCRIPTION: Tetra Tech’s Rodrigo Chaparro, senior climate advisor, looks at three Cooperative Approaches as a market-based path toward net zero in advance of the 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27). Japan works with 17 partner countries under the JCM to facilitate uptake of leading low-carbon technologies.

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Chris Hall

JULY 1, 2022

We are now at the tipping point of nature-based carbon solutions, says Phil Cohn, Executive Director, Pollination. Investment into nature-based solutions (NBS) must play a critical role in mitigating the twin crises of climate change and nature loss. Leveraging the voluntary carbon market. billion by the end of this year.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 18, 2021

Examples of this dynamic include projects such as a hydroelectric plant in Guatemala ( later linked to egregious human rights abuse ) and forest preservation projects in Brazil ; both offered Western companies opportunities to gain carbon offset credits, but the reality of their impact from a human rights standpoint was less understood. .

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B the Change

OCTOBER 27, 2022

How Companies Can Center Most Affected Communities in Climate Action Work (Photo by Rodrigo Flores on Unsplash ) With the future of our planet under threat, more business leaders are taking action on climate change. To guide Certified B Corporations and other sustainable businesses on this climate justice work, B Lab U.S. &

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 10, 2020

"People are beginning to ask more questions about how their money is working for them as it relates to financial returns, or how it might be working against them in the creation of extractive economies, climate change or labor issues.". Featured in featured block (1 article with image touted on the front page or elsewhere).

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B the Change

AUGUST 14, 2022

How Companies Can Best Address Climate Change Through Measurements and Accountability Climate change is already a problem, as anyone who follows the headlines can see. all follow from changing weather patterns. In the battle against climate change , companies are important actors.

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Carlos Sanchez

DECEMBER 7, 2021

Furthermore, COVID19 and climate emergency made Environment Social and Governance topics become top-of-mind among investors, consumers and companies boards. In this article, I’ll summarise key sustainability events defining 2021 and then present four sustainable ESG trends that will settle companies’ environment in 2022.

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B the Change

JULY 28, 2022

Businesses May Soon Face New SEC Requirements By Chelsea Hicks-Webster As the Earth warms and humans experience the negative impacts of climate change , investors and society are pressuring companies to react. This pressure has led to a host of standards dictating how companies should report on their carbon performance.

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Eron Bloomgarden, Founder and CEO at non-profit Emergent, noted the urgency of climate risks, with the world increasingly likely to miss the 1.5°C Under Article 6, countries can transfer carbon credits earned from the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions to help one or more countries meet climate targets.

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Carlos Sanchez

DECEMBER 18, 2022

In this article, I’ll summarise key events defining 2022 and present four sustainability trends that will prepare you to create an impact in 2023. As I wrote in my article , the many sustainability frameworks suck companies’ resources and confuse stakeholders. 2022 Sustainability Summary.

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Increased use of carbon offsets by corporates among drivers of future market expansion. Two new reports predict strong growth in the voluntary carbon market (VCM) this year as increasing numbers of companies globally set carbon neutrality and other climate goals that will rely partly on use of carbon offsets.

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Carlos Sanchez

DECEMBER 17, 2020

According to scientists achieving net-zero before 2050 is critical to keeping us safe from the catastrophic consequences of climate change. The number of net-zero emissions commitments has doubled this year, as many prioritize climate action in their recovery from Covid-19 ( Data-Driven EnviroLab report).

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B the Change

FEBRUARY 4, 2023

In your company, you might have responsibility for: Preparing a product marketing campaign Shaping net zero strategy Deciding on the company’s affiliations and public positions This article gives you concrete guidance on how to avoid greenwashing in all these areas. This distracts from the urgency of the climate crisis and slows action.

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Chris Hall

APRIL 28, 2023

The ASA could therefore consider complaints under the social responsibility rules contained in the CAP Code in light of the “increased focus on the role of consumer behaviour change to achieve net zero targets. It differs among jurisdictions and may also differ among sectors.

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B the Change

FEBRUARY 25, 2023

How to Set Business Targets That Help Address Climate Change (Photo by Andreas Gücklhorn on Unsplash ) This article by Matthew Lynch , Rob Klassen , and Chelsea Hicks-Webster is part of “ The Basics ” series by the Network for Business Sustainability (NBS) that provides essential knowledge about core business sustainability topics.

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James Militzer

JULY 12, 2023

Are carbon credits a legitimate tool to fight climate change? Despite their growing popularity as a way for businesses and other carbon emitters to offset their own emissions by buying credits from other entities that reduce or remove carbon from the atmosphere, recent research has called their effectiveness into question.

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

As media investigations reignite the debate on the viability of carbon offsets, academics argue for wider stakeholder engagement and changes to carbon accounting approaches to build robustness. Greta Thunberg said it showed “the ugly truth of carbon offsetting”.

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3BL Media

MARCH 11, 2022

Sustainability experts rank climate change as the top development challenge of our day, along with biodiversity loss, water scarcity, destructive resource extraction, water pollution, and poverty. Pursuing these sustainable energy practices can significantly reduce your carbon footprint. SOURCE: NRG Energy.

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B the Change

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

By using plant-based products, ALOHA reduces carbon emissions and water waste while minimizing agricultural land use and mitigating climate change. Building on its commitment to sustainability, ALOHA is beginning the process of obtaining climate neutral certification.

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Corporate Knights

AUGUST 16, 2023

Carbon credit investment is going through an “ethical shakedown,” said Ivan de Klee, the head of natural capital at the U.K.-based There is a “cry for integrity” for real data, rather than modeling-based carbon offset options, de Klee added. This article was first published by Mongabay. In the U.K.,

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Corporate Knights

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

While the WTTC’s net-zero roadmap commits [pdf] to halve tourism-based travel emissions this decade, the council admits the most likely scenario is a 25% increase by 2030—the deadline set by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change to reduce across-the-board global emissions by 45%. You can read the original here.

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