3BL Media

AUGUST 25, 2022

As an article published by the investment management firm BlackRock Inc. in the Harvard School Forum on Corporate Governance explains : “Companies will need to assess their operations and vulnerabilities, craft scalable solutions, and consider low-carbon investments, among other initiatives.

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3BL Media

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

In this article, we'll summarize each new law as well as outline the likely impact on businesses. This transparent and robust claim mitigates the risk of greenwashing or greenhushing, in conjunction with the “Funding Climate Action" label. They require the disclosure of climate-related information by most public companies in the U.S.

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Corporate Knights

JULY 25, 2023

The document also holds out the possibility of subsidies for carbon trading deals under Article 6 of the Paris agreement, and for Indigenous participation in fossil fuel projects. Speaking on background Monday, an official said the odds of any oil or gas project taking advantage of the Article 6 provision were “relatively remote”.

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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. In 2022, the voice against “greenwashing” practices was clear and loud. Figure 2: Word Greenwashing rated 100 in popularity in 2022 – source Google Trends.

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Carlos Sanchez

DECEMBER 7, 2021

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. Besides, companies will have to limit the carbon offsetting to a max of 10% of the firm’s emissions. 2 – Carbon Offset Markets price Hike.

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Corporate Knights

OCTOBER 19, 2023

They point to Verra’s carbon credit program which came under scrutiny this year for lack of verifiability and for serving as an excuse for companies not to reduce their carbon footprint. ACC’s Dewing counters that “people say this is greenwashing. But] this is not greenwashing at all.

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Carlos Sanchez

DECEMBER 17, 2020

In this article, you will learn what net-zero companies are, why embark in such endeavour and how to make your net-zero targets credible. The cause for climate change is due to human activities (read my article about Milankovitch Earth’s Cycles ). Therefore, companies have increasingly focused on reducing carbon emissions.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 28, 2020

As such, net-zero could soon be in the crosshairs of activists eager to point out corporate greenwash. In September, the Science Based Targets initiative unveiled plans to develop a global standard for corporate net-zero goals, including the role of carbon offsets, a practice whose massive expansion is itself problematic and controversial.

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 10, 2020

What a company considers "agroforestry" also can be squishy, she points out — a situation that makes her and other climate advocates worry about companies using the term to "greenwash," or essentially pretend to be environmentally friendly without making substantive change. Sponsored Article. What is agroforestry?" Food & Agriculture.

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James Militzer

JULY 12, 2023

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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Corporate Knights

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Getting to net-zero – without greenwashing. The last climate conference, COP26 in Glasgow, Scotland, nearly fell apart over frustration that international finance wasn’t flowing to developing countries and that corporations and financial institutions were greenwashing – making claims they couldn’t back up. Read the original article.

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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. This article originally appeared in Grist at [link].

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

And there are wider issues around the VCMs already in operation, such as credit pricing, third-party verification and reducing the risk of greenwashing. . While the ETA will offer a “fixed price” for corporates, there are concerns that too low a price could reduce the quality of the credits and expose the market to greenwashing risk. .

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