GreenBiz

MARCH 22, 2021

The pandemic led ICAO to scale back the program, CORSIA (for Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation), to make it easier for airlines to comply. The sooner that the costs of carbon control are included in the costs of doing business, the sooner new technologies will be developed. Pull Quote.

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3BL Media

AUGUST 2, 2023

While a focus on ESG has been prevalent for some time now, this surge in interest has been fueled by Canada’s commitment to achieving net-zero emissions by 2050 and an increasing number of stakeholders who expect ESG considerations be integrated into their investment programs.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

Thanks to the rise in plastics pledges, an emerging and undefined market for plastic offsets is just beginning to take shape. And, much like the market for carbon offsets, it’s messy. . The potential for greenwashing is high. Here are five things to know about the emerging market for plastics credits: . Given that U.S.

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Chris Hall

MAY 1, 2024

As the fallout continues over the Science Based Targets initiative’s approach to offsets, is the net zero target-setting landscape for corporates fit for purpose? As an example of good practice, Turner cited the Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA). “It

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Chris Hall

MARCH 31, 2022

Linking our factual data to tech-enabled tools is a powerful antidote to ESG ratings confusion and concerns about greenwashing.” Data for the US and broader developed markets will be added in the second quarter of 2022. The domestic Indonesian carbon market will be linked to ACX’s international client order book.

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Carlos Sanchez

DECEMBER 18, 2022

In 2022, the voice against “greenwashing” practices was clear and loud. Figure 2: Word Greenwashing rated 100 in popularity in 2022 – source Google Trends. Moreover, measuring impact is still in its early development, with most funds using SDGs or qualitative assessments to measure their impact.

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3BL Media

AUGUST 25, 2022

Forbes reports that at least one-fifth of the world’s largest companies have committed to meeting net-zero targets in the pursuit of a low-carbon economy. Lack of visibility and perceptions of “greenwashing”. Meanwhile, renewable energy sources continue to become more accessible and affordable. It’s the right move.

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Corporate Knights

MARCH 7, 2023

The European Union, China, the United Kingdom and about 20 other countries are developing such taxonomies as a way of discouraging greenwashing and channelling investment to the climate transition. There is another potential loophole in the report.

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Chris Hall

JUNE 7, 2022

With Google, Unilever and Hitachi among those already signed up to road-test the provisional code, VCMI is hoping more businesses will take up what it calls a globally standardised benchmark when using carbon credits as part of their net zero strategies. . Market-based solutions are critical to reducing emissions.

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Chris Hall

MAY 4, 2022

It is a truth universally acknowledged that a company transitioning to net zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2050 or sooner is in want of a detailed plan. . How do they translate on a net zero journey? UK proposals to mandate climate transition plans are part of wider scrutiny effort. .

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Carlos Sanchez

DECEMBER 7, 2021

The world fought back against the pandemic, and in just one year, developed four vaccines and immunized half of the world’s population. Despite poor coverage in developing countries (6%) and new variants bringing back lockdowns, we hope to go back soon to a new normality. ESG trends in 2022: Net-Zero ambition.

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Chris Hall

MAY 10, 2022

UK plan for net zero financial centre depends on development of a “nature-positive” economy, according to new report. In its new report, UKSIF further argued that the UK will not be able to achieve its objective of becoming a net zero financial centre without the development of a “nature-positive” economy.

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

There are no risk-free options, especially in such a maturing sector where our understanding of carbon offsetting and reduction is constantly evolving. You need consultants or brokers to help you buy ‘the right’ offsets. Buying carbon offsets is a challenging and alienating experience.

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Corporate Knights

JULY 25, 2023

Officials cast it as one major part of a process that also includes a phaseout of public financing for domestic fossil fuel projects through Crown agencies like Export Development Canada. Those guidelines are due to be released in 2024. In a release Monday, Oil Change International placed the total at $50 billion since 2019.

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Chris Hall

AUGUST 17, 2023

Simon Puleston Jones, CEO of carbon brokerage and advisory firm Climate Solutions, told ESG Investor that the “widespread availability of accurate, affordable and timely data” in relation to carbon abatement projects is “critical if carbon markets are to scale”.

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Stanford Social Innovation

OCTOBER 4, 2022

They opened the conversation by saying they already had a strategy in mind: to pursue a certification called “ Climate Neutral ,” and as part of that, buy offsets so that they could claim “net-zero” emissions status. I spent the next hour explaining why I thought that was a terrible idea.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 28, 2020

To recall some of the key developments, as I have done each December for more than a decade, I’ve plumbed the nearly 1,300 stories, columns and analyses we've published on GreenBiz.com since the dawn of 2020 — a.k.a. In 2020, several new developments help put sustainability in fashion. Net-zero commitments found infinite potential.

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

This means end-buyers, the companies which retire the credits to compensate part of their emissions, can only provide limited information on their offsetting strategy or on the specific characteristics of the projects they source their credits from, said Britsch, adding that there is also a power imbalance between VCM stakeholders.

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Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Before the end of the year, it will publish a price for carbon emissions, which Cohen hopes will put an end to one of the many hot and increasingly political debates surrounding the net zero transition. There are lots of prices for the cost of polluting the atmosphere by emitting more CO2.

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Corporate Knights

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

I spent a large part of my career working on international finance at the World Bank and the United Nations and now advise public development and private funds and teach climate diplomacy focusing on finance. Getting to net-zero – without greenwashing. degrees Celsius – a pledge to net-zero.

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Corporate Knights

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Governments are being called on to put some regulatory muscle behind corporate net-zero pledges to ensure they don’t amount to mere greenwashing. . We must have zero tolerance for net-zero greenwashing. -UN The planet cannot afford delays, excuses, or more greenwashing.” .

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Mobilising public and private capital to fund the net zero transition efforts of emerging markets and developing economies (EMDEs) has been a central theme of discussions at COP27 in Egypt. . One of the most notable was announced by US Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry on COP27’s Finance Day.

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