The race for quality carbon offsets
GreenBiz
JULY 7, 2022
Recognizing and avoiding the risks associated with an obfuscated carbon offset market
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How to fix the broken carbon-offset system
Corporate Knights
JUNE 27, 2022
In March, Jim Hourdequin, the CEO of Lyme Timber – one of the world’s largest suppliers of carbon offsets to companies like Chevron – admitted that lax standards have allowed his forestry company to earn US$53 million over the past two years without making significant changes to business as usual.
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Carbon offset market faces uncertain long-term outlook
GreenBiz
JANUARY 17, 2022
Influential analyst firm argues prices for carbon offsets could reach as high as $120 a ton by 2050 or as low as $47 a ton
3 primers for buying carbon offsets
GreenBiz
DECEMBER 1, 2022
As interest and scrutiny involving the use of carbon credits toward net-zero goals intensifies, resources from Shopify, Frontier Climate and Ecosystem Marketplace have some answers for corporate buyers
Duke Carbon Offsets Survey
Environmental News Bits
JUNE 22, 2022
The Duke Carbon Offsets Initiative is collecting information about how higher education institutions with carbon neutrality goals use (or don’t use) carbon offsets. The goal of the survey is to better understand how institutions think about and interact with carbon offsets. Institutions with a carbon neutrality goal are invited to complete the confidential survey by … Continue reading Duke Carbon Offsets Survey.
‘Phantom’ Carbon Offsets Found to Have No Climate Benefit
Impakter
JANUARY 21, 2023
Impakter ‘Phantom’ Carbon Offsets Found to Have No Climate Benefit Contrary to what your gym membership wants you to believe, you can’t out-exercise a poor diet – you are what you eat at the end of the day. The same can probably be said for carbon offsets and climate change.
Sorry, carbon offsets still aren’t settled
GreenBiz
DECEMBER 1, 2021
Few climate solutions create as much controversy and confusion as offsets. Here's a primer on the latest developments
What Are Carbon Offsets and Why Do Corporations Use Them?
3BL Media
NOVEMBER 13, 2022
When one greatly outweighs the other, problems arise, and currently there is a big one brewing in the carbon offset market—demand has grown exponentially and supply simply cannot keep pace. What are carbon offsets? What are different types of carbon offsets?
Why Land Remediation Is the Future of Carbon Offsets
3BL Media
JULY 22, 2022
Carbon offsets, which are typically based on neutrality and preservation, are woefully unable to meet this challenge for two reasons: they are inadequate to tangibly address the accelerating climate crisis, and there simply are not enough of them to meet corporate demand.
Is Carbon Offsetting Worth It?
3BL Media
AUGUST 31, 2022
DESCRIPTION: Significant price spikes in the energy attribute certificate (EAC) and carbon offset markets have many companies are wondering whether environmental commodities are the right way to reach their goals, asking: is carbon offsetting worth it?
Are Carbon Offsets Worsening the Climate Crisis?
Impakter
NOVEMBER 24, 2022
Are Carbon Offsets Worsening the Climate Crisis? If you’ve ever been asked to tick a box on a website that offers a minimal surcharge to offset the carbon footprint of your upcoming plane ride or package delivery, you’ve witnessed the voluntary carbon market in action.
Sorry, carbon offsets still aren’t settled
Environmental News Bits
DECEMBER 23, 2021
Read more → Carbon offsets/credits Corporate sustainabilityRead the full story in GreenBiz. For ESG investors, there is some good news to take away from the Article 6 deal, but much remains unresolved.
Setting the record straight on carbon offsets
Renew Economy
FEBRUARY 10, 2022
How can an organisation tell a good quality carbon offset from a bad one? When should offsetting be used? The post Setting the record straight on carbon offsets appeared first on RenewEconomy. Climate Explainers Markets Carbon offsets
AB: Are Carbon Offsets the Next ESG Investing Frontier?
3BL Media
JULY 15, 2022
Carbon offsets occupy a relatively small space on the spectrum of environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues. Companies have relied on offsets to help avoid or reduce emissions for decades. Offsets are still evolving as a distinct asset class.
What Pachama’s latest funding says about carbon offset verification
GreenBiz
MAY 11, 2022
Tech startup Pachama gets $55 million to scale digital verification of forest carbon projects
Are carbon offsets a joke? A response to the comedian John Oliver
GreenBiz
AUGUST 30, 2022
The segment on HBO made the rounds on in the sustainability universe. What he got right, wrong and where there is a little more nuance
Is the food sector moving away from carbon offsetting?
GreenBiz
FEBRUARY 24, 2022
At GreenBiz 22, sustainability leaders talked about how carbon credits will play a role in their sustainability strategies
How to repair the world’s broken carbon offset market
GreenBiz
JANUARY 10, 2022
Any economist take on reforming carbon markets to resolve a system plagued by problems and play a significant role in slowing global warming
Carbon Offset Program Has Been Developed for Produce Growers
Environment + Energy Leader
JULY 20, 2022
ProducePay, the marketplace for the global produce industry, has partnered with ALLCOT to create a carbon offset program developed specifically for growers of primary crops.
Corporate carbon offsets get reexamined as U.S. wildfires rage
Environmental News Bits
AUGUST 17, 2021
reaching record highs this year, and burning up forests, companies are being compelled to reexamine nature-based carbon offsets. Read more → Carbon offsets/credits Corporate sustainability WildfiresRead the full story at Environment + Energy Leader. With wildfires across the western U.S.
Is carbon offsetting enough?
Envirotec Magazine
FEBRUARY 8, 2022
How carbon offsetting compares to carbon reduction. It made clear that more must be done to reduce and offset carbon emissions. As the name suggests, this involves growing trees that soak up carbon dioxide from the air.
Chubb Review into the integrity of Australian Carbon Offsets sends mixed messages
John Englart
JANUARY 8, 2023
Chubb review into the integrity of carbon offsets ignores the elephant in the room argues the Climate Council: too many major emitters are buying ACCUs so that they can continue to pollute as usual.“The But the most important question is: where and how will carbon credits be.
Voluntary Certification, Timber Legality and Carbon Offsets in Africa - Opportunities and Challenges
3BL Media
MAY 4, 2022
DESCRIPTION: Voluntary Certification, Timber Legality and Carbon Offsets in Africa - Opportunities and Challenges. Turning the tide: Reversing deforestation and forest degradation. SOURCE: SCS Global Services.
Cargill aims to connect farmers to carbon offset buyers
GreenBiz
SEPTEMBER 29, 2021
A new program from Cargill, RegenConnect brings food companies with carbon commitments together with farmers to encourage regenerative agriculture for a new income stream
This timber company sold millions of dollars of useless carbon offsets
Environmental News Bits
APRIL 22, 2022
Carbon offsets Corporate sustainabilityRead the full story at Bloomberg. Now Lyme Timber CEO Jim Hourdequin wants to fix a broken system to create a market that actually helps slow climate change.
These new services are like Consumer Reports, but for carbon offsets
GreenBiz
MARCH 10, 2022
Calyx, Sylvera and BeZero are in the process of rating hundreds or even thousands of offset projects
Faulty Credits Tarnish Billion-Dollar Carbon Offset Seller
Alaistair Marsh
MARCH 23, 2023
South Pole, the world’s leading purveyor of offsets, is facing allegations that it exaggerated climate claims around its forest-protection projects. The uncertainty could influence how legions of companies try to slash their emissions. world
Ben Allen on Indigo Ag's impact in carbon offset surges across all sectors
GreenBiz
MARCH 4, 2021
Ben Allen on Indigo Ag's impact in carbon offset surges across all sectors. Jim Giles, Senior Analyst and Conference Chair for Food and Carbon Systems, Greenbiz Group interviewed Ben Allen SVP of Global Market Development during GreenBiz 21 on February 9-11th. This video is sponsored by Indigo Ag.
XPO Logistics Carbon Offset Program Aims to Lower Trucking Industry Emissions
Environment + Energy Leader
MAY 4, 2022
A carbon offset program aims to reduce emissions in road freight shipping. The post XPO Logistics Carbon Offset Program Aims to Lower Trucking Industry Emissions appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.
ANU says flaws with Australia’s carbon offset “irrefutable” as Coalition appointees resign
Renew Economy
JULY 14, 2022
ANU researchers detail 'irrefutable' flaws with Australia's carbon offset regime, as trio of Coalition appointees resign from oversight committee.
REDD+ ALERT: Are nature-based carbon offsets part of the climate problem?
GreenBiz
MARCH 16, 2022
Offsets are out. Onsets are in
Macquarie Invests in Carbon Offset Consultancy EP Carbon
ESG Today
OCTOBER 6, 2022
Macquarie Group’s Commodities and Global Markets division announced today an investment in carbon offset project-focused consultancy Ecological Carbon Offset Partners (EP Carbon), in a move aimed at supporting EP Carbon’s expansion and advancing Macquarie’s voluntary carbon offsets business.
To offset or inset? Carbon offset market insists it can provide ‘transparency and integrity’ as food firms look to supply chain solutions
Environmental News Bits
MAY 31, 2022
Food companies are increasingly opting for insetting over offsetting their carbon emissions, it’s been claimed, as the voluntary carbon offset market continues to look to improve its credibility. Carbon offsets Climate mitigation Corporate sustainability Food and beverage manufacturingRead the full story at Food Navigator USA.
Clean Energy Regulator defends carbon offset scheme as Labor flags review
Renew Economy
MARCH 25, 2022
The Clean Energy Regulator defends Australia's carbon offset regime following claims it lacks integrity. The post Clean Energy Regulator defends carbon offset scheme as Labor flags review appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Now we know the flaws of carbon offsets, it’s time to get real about climate change
Renew Economy
APRIL 24, 2022
We have to move past the magical thinking that carbon offsetting alone will lead to the technology shifts that will save us. The post Now we know the flaws of carbon offsets, it’s time to get real about climate change appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Clean Energy Regulator mulls carbon offsets for mining waste and carbonates
Renew Economy
JUNE 22, 2022
One of Australia's largest resources companies could soon claim carbon offsets for emissions captured from waste products of its mining operations. The post Clean Energy Regulator mulls carbon offsets for mining waste and carbonates appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Pachama's Diego Saez-Gil on using tech to achieve quality carbon offsets
GreenBiz
MARCH 9, 2022
This video is sponsored by Pachama. Jim Giles, VP of Net Zero at GreenBiz, interviewed Diego Saez-Gil, CEO of Pachama, during GreenBiz 22 (2/15/22-2/17/22). View archived videos from the conference here: [link
Satellites detect no real climate benefit from 10 years of forest carbon offsets in California
Environmental News Bits
DECEMBER 16, 2022
by Shane Coffield, NASA and James Randerson, University of California, Irvine Many of the companies promising “net-zero” emissions to protect the climate are relying on vast swaths of forests and what are known as carbon offsets to meet that goal.
Head of carbon offset watchdog rejects predecessor’s claims that offsets lack integrity
Renew Economy
JUNE 7, 2022
ERAC chair rejects predecessor's claims that bulk of Australian carbon offsets lack environmental integrity. The post Head of carbon offset watchdog rejects predecessor’s claims that offsets lack integrity appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Greens aim for negative emissions with generous floor price for carbon offsets
Renew Economy
APRIL 6, 2022
The post Greens aim for negative emissions with generous floor price for carbon offsets appeared first on RenewEconomy. Australian Greens offer a generous guaranteed floor price for ACCUs as part of a plan to get Australia to net negative emissions.
“They are clearly afraid of scrutiny:” Dispute deepens over carbon offset integrity
Renew Economy
JUNE 8, 2022
Former head of Australia's carbon offset watchdog defends claims most offsets lack integrity, and says regulators are "clearly afraid of scrutiny".
Financial Accounting Standards Board takes up environmental credits, carbon offsets
Utiliity Dive
MAY 31, 2022
The U.S. standard setter's move to upgrade environmental credits to its technical agenda signals another new priority for FASB
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