GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

Organizations such as rePurpose and The Plastic Bank, as well as third-party organizations such as Verra’s 3RI Initiative, are selling claims to plastics credits in exchange for a financial investment in initiatives to collect plastic from the environment or establish infrastructure to prevent further plastic leakage into waterways and oceans.

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Corporate Knights

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Several other companies around the world are also offering to arrange for collecting plastic from where it winds up and doesn’t belong (landfills, waterways, roadsides), and then verify credits, including Plastic Bank and Plastic Credit Exchange. “As ACC’s Dewing counters that “people say this is greenwashing.

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Just Capital

DECEMBER 15, 2023

How does the world address climate change while safeguarding economies, acknowledging disparities, protecting worker well-being and jobs, meeting consumer needs, and supporting communities? How do we advance a just transition ? These are questions that JUST’s work is grounded in. Perhaps a win-win is achievable after all.

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Corporate Knights

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

It credits all core content relating to environmental, social and governance performance, with topics ranging from biodiversity to carbon pricing, Indigenous consultation, child labour, corruption reduction and employment equity. The inertia that Goodstein says characterizes mainstream corporate culture in the U.S.

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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. . To ensure a just transition, the ETA will also establish social safeguards and benefits to local economies, such as supporting job creation and training. .

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