ESG Today

DECEMBER 18, 2023

By: Clare Adelgren, EY Global Head of Blockchain Sales and Operations As companies globally accelerate their decarbonization journeys, scope 3 emissions—which include all indirect emissions originating from organizations’ upstream and downstream activities such as supply chain—present a significant challenge.

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GreenBiz

MAY 29, 2020

It might, for example, buy carbon offsets to kickstart action in the short term without delay, then move on to supporting initiatives that directly affect its operations, such as installing new technologies for energy efficiency or clean energy. Carbon Removal. Sponsored Article. Corporate Strategy. Collective Insight.

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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. Examples are the Swiss art 964 and the German supply chain act. Figure 3: Calculated impacts of company A for the fiscal year 2019 (own operations and upstream supply chain).

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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. Your best bet is to plan intelligently.

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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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3BL Media

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

This is the second in a three-part series exploring how Article 6 of the Paris Agreement can spur the clean energy transition. Japan instituted the Joint Crediting Mechanism (JCM), a pioneering project-based option under Article 6 to cooperate with developing countries on greenhouse gas (GHG) reductions and sustainable development.

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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. We define greenwashing and explain why it hurts your company.

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3BL Media

JULY 26, 2022

Overview: This no-frills offering delivers exactly what regulatory-minded leaders are looking for: trending topics, regulatory updates, and a featured article that goes more in-depth on a specific topic. Recent newsletters featured content on the future of grid modernization, the integrity of carbon offsets, and energy policy news.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 7, 2021

More companies are committing to emissions reductions but still struggle to measure and verify the impact from corporate headquarters to global operations to supply chains. It’s important to keep in mind that not all carbon offsets are created equal. Carbon Removal. The world is changing, and it’s changing fast.

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B the Change

OCTOBER 27, 2022

“When you’re thinking of centering justice in your climate action plan, it’s important to understand there are many tools and many actions you can take as a business, and carbon offsets are just (some of the tools) in the toolbox to fight climate change,” Schrock said. They’re interlinked, and we must think holistically and broadly.”

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Sense and Sustainability

MARCH 3, 2021

Editor’s note : This is the second of two articles published concerning greenwashing, both historically and at present. This week’s article examines some alternatives and strategies for avoiding the practice. The first article can be seen here. What are the Alternatives to Greenwashing? How to Avoid Greenwashing?

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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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Corporate Knights

MARCH 10, 2022

Carbon markets are trading systems through which countries, businesses, individuals or other entities buy or sell units of greenhouse gas emissions. These markets facilitate carbon offsetting — compensating for carbon dioxide emissions in one location by reducing or removing emissions elsewhere. Communities at risk.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Overall, Anheuser-Busch has a goal to slash carbon emissions by a quarter across its entire supply chain by 2025. It's already powering its scooters and operations with clean energy as well as buying carbon offsets to neutralize emissions. Sponsored Article. Just a short five years away. Media Source.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 28, 2020

German sportswear company adidas committed to using only recycled polyester across its supply chain by 2024. And pressing companies to eliminate deforestation in their supply chains has long been an activist focus. Featured in featured block (1 article with image touted on the front page or elsewhere). Leadership.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 11, 2021

The company touts advancing responsibility for sourcing raw ingredients, such as cobalt, within its supply chain. Rosalind Brewer is the first African-American and woman to steer the company’s Americas operations as well its global supply chain, product and store development. and globally by 2040. Company profile.

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Stanford Social Innovation

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

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. ” Solving for S.

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GreenBiz

MAY 5, 2021

IBM’s supply chain tracking efforts are based on a private blockchain called Hyperledger, which uses a mechanism called Byzantine Fault Tolerance. For instance, carbon offsets. An NFT could be used to record the unique attributes of a carbon offset project, helping to address issues of double counting.

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3BL Media

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Now markets for environmental attributes like renewable energy credits (RECs) and carbon offsets are part of a global effort to reduce emissions. There are more decisions around that single energy purchase and the supply chain that are becoming much more important. Read the full article here: [link].

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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. rePurpose says it “collects chain-of-custody documentation from all stakeholders involved in the supply chain.

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 10, 2020

While agroforestry is seen as having significant potential for the carbon offset market, its variability makes it a more complicated agricultural investment. Additionally, Propagate works to arrange commercial contracts with buyers who are interested in adding agroforestry-sourced products to their supply chains.

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Chris Hall

JULY 1, 2022

Sentifi sources its data from more than 500 million tweets, news articles, forums and blogs to identify price changes in over 59,000 stocks, indices, commodities and currencies, as well as monitoring allocation decisions across 150,000 active and passive funds. CME Group has traded 135 million carbon offsets since launch.

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B the Change

MARCH 23, 2023

B Corps Go Beyond By Building Strong Supply Chains for Social and Environmental Impact The first day of Expo West 2023 included a Climate Day panel with Heather Terry, CEO of GoodSAM Foods , a U.S.-based This article was originally published at [link]. based B Corp that works with farmers in Colombia, Kenya, Mexico, and Bolivia.

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B the Change

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Rebel Green partners with organizations like trees.org to advance work on the UN Sustainable Development Goals, and offers a carbon offset option on shipping. The B Corp also ensures the cut-and-sew factories in its supply chain meet ethical and legal standards. from HQ to the factory floor?—?to

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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. Can new voluntary guidelines fix that?

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