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. This might include well-documented plans for mothballing facilities and timelines for staff retirements or reassignments.

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3BL Media

OCTOBER 13, 2022

DESCRIPTION: Thanks to everything from historic climate policies to being a topic of interest on late night television, the recent focus on carbon offsets — and the Voluntary Carbon Market as a whole — has never been stronger. Cool Effect vets project financials to ensure that it’s clear how all funds are being used.

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Corporate Knights

JULY 25, 2023

The policy won’t affect money that has already gone out the door or commitments that have already been signed, there is no published calculation of the future subsidies that will now be foregone, and the documents provide no cost figures for 129 non-tax measures that could be shifted as a result of this week's announcement.

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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. Countries and companies have taken responsibility for climate change and raised their carbon emissions reduction ambition. 2022 Sustainability Summary.

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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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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. . While the ETA will offer a “fixed price” for corporates, there are concerns that too low a price could reduce the quality of the credits and expose the market to greenwashing risk. .

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