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AB: Are Carbon Offsets the Next ESG Investing Frontier?

3BL Media

Carbon offsets occupy a relatively small space on the spectrum of environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues. But as more countries and companies commit to net-zero carbon emissions goals, they’re steadily gaining attention from investors as a tool to accelerate carbon reductions. Academia is on board too.

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Analyzing Carbon Offset Markets’ role in our journey to a net-zero world

Carlos Sanchez

Carbon offset markets have always been complex and controversial instruments to fight climate change. Reading this article, you will better understand the carbon offsets market, carbon offsets controversy and the key initiatives to follow. Carbon Offsets Markets size. Introduction.

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Net Zero Plans Must Face Forensic Scrutiny

Chris Hall

The use of carbon jargon to camouflage flimsy net zero plans will come to an end, exposing bad players, warns Gary Smith, Partner at Haven Green Capital Partners. Everyone and anyone can announce that they have a plan to achieve net zero carbon emissions in 2050. It is like the ‘Wild West’ out there. Biting the bullet.

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Tech for a faster road to sustainability

Sustainability Matters

With the onus on Australian businesses to lead the country towards net-zero carbon emissions, organisations can look to their technology architecture for ways to save energy and reduce their impact, according to Micro Focus. of the global total population, but its carbon emissions account for 1.3%. Australia accounts for 0.3%

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It’s a Start: Asset Managers Making Net Zero Commitments

Jon Hale

That’s the message that came out of the COP26 meetings in Glasgow this week from U.S. Such proposals also serve the purpose of demonstrating to companies the importance to its shareholders of transitioning to net zero emissions by 2050. Keynote Remarks by Secretary of the Treasury Janet L.