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Can a new fund give tropical forests a future?

Eco-Business

JULY 23, 2025

However, the Global Forest Coalition, an international alliance of NGOs and Indigenous peoples, has dubbed the initiative “ a false solution for tropical forests ” that “could be used to greenwash companies that invest in it.” Education 5. Gender equality 6. Economic growth 9. Infrastructure 10. Infrastructure 10.

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JUNE 18, 2025

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JULY 21, 2025

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Trump’s second term is creating ‘a limbo moment’ for US battery recyclers

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JUNE 16, 2025

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The Wild West of plastic credits and offsets

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. . In the same way that a company’s carbon credit may offset its U.S. The potential for greenwashing is high.

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Aviation is plotting a sustainable course

GreenBiz

MARCH 22, 2021

body, set a course for airlines to offset emissions of international flights above a 2019-20 baseline. 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. It’s not just passenger carriers.

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Delta Hit with Greenwashing Lawsuit over Carbon Neutrality Claims

ESG Today

MAY 31, 2023

The lawsuit comes as companies globally face increasing scrutiny of their environmental sustainability claims, with consumers and regulators increasingly on the lookout for greenwashing, or claims that exaggerate or misrepresent the impact or sustainability profile of products and business operations.

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Concerns about credibility of carbon offsetting schemes expressed in UK environmental services survey

Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 13, 2024

While almost a third of those questioned (33%) believed carbon offsetting is a viable strategy for achieving net-zero emissions, just 37% have employed it as a strategy to reduce their businesses’ environmental impact. The full report and survey findings can be downloaded here.

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United Airlines Launches $100 Million Sustainable Aviation Fuel Venture Fund

ESG Today

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

SAF is generally produced from sustainable resources, like waste oils and agricultural residues. United Airlines has committed to fully reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 without relying on carbon offsets. It’s not about offsets or things that are just greenwashing. This fund is unique.

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At long last, Canada restricts oil and gas subsidies (except for all the loopholes)

Corporate Knights

JULY 25, 2023

The Fine Print on Carbon Credits The definitions in the federal document take a fairly expansive view of “inefficient” subsidies that “encourage wasteful consumption, reduce our energy security, impede investment in clean energy sources, and undermine efforts to deal with the threat of climate change,” as the G20 defined the term in 2009.

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Mythbusting sustainable business practices

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. People always want choice.

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Is the burgeoning 'plastic credits' market a new wave of greenwashing?

Corporate Knights

OCTOBER 19, 2023

With plastic production rising exponentially, from 2 million metric tons in 1950 to more than 400 million metric tons in 2020 , and expected to double by 2040, it’s clear that plastic waste is increasing exponentially too, and credits by themselves can’t possibly keep up with the surge.

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2020 was the year that…

GreenBiz

DECEMBER 28, 2020

The issues are many, from the resources needed to grow cotton or produce synthetic fabrics, usually from petroleum feedstocks, to the waste that ends up in landfills, especially for inexpensive and trendy clothing items that often have a short useful life. In 2020, several new developments help put sustainability in fashion.

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How ski resorts are adapting to climate change

Corporate Knights

JANUARY 29, 2025

Aspen One also built the first electricity plant in the United States to run on biogas waste methane (that would otherwise be released into the atmosphere). We need to fight the larger political battles. Our lobbying paved the way for huge supplies of renewables in Colorado today, Schendler says.

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Can a new fund give tropical forests a future?

The misleading accounting behind your ‘recycled’ plastic

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Trending Sources

Uncovering the exposome: An emerging field casts a wide net

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Trump’s second term is creating ‘a limbo moment’ for US battery recyclers

The Wild West of plastic credits and offsets

Aviation is plotting a sustainable course

Delta Hit with Greenwashing Lawsuit over Carbon Neutrality Claims

Concerns about credibility of carbon offsetting schemes expressed in UK environmental services survey

United Airlines Launches $100 Million Sustainable Aviation Fuel Venture Fund

At long last, Canada restricts oil and gas subsidies (except for all the loopholes)

Mythbusting sustainable business practices

Is the burgeoning 'plastic credits' market a new wave of greenwashing?

2020 was the year that…

How ski resorts are adapting to climate change

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