Remove tag carbon-removal
article thumbnail

Rewilding British farms is bringing back threatened species, storing carbon and growing hope

Corporate Knights

If it weren’t for the plastic tags in the cows’ ears and the overhead drone of occasional passenger planes, we could be 600 years ago. But if it doesn’t, we feel that we are actually now a self-sufficient business, which we never would have been if we’d have had subsidies removed from us when we were farming.” increase in soil carbon.’

article thumbnail

This Week’s Tech and Tools News: London Stock Exchange Consults on VCM

Chris Hall

The London Stock Exchange has published a public consultation on the market rules for its planned voluntary carbon market, first announced at COP26 last November, which will provide access to publicly traded carbon funds focused on investing in climate mitigation projects.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Do Voluntary Carbon Markets Help or Hinder Climate Action?  

Chris Hall

As media investigations reignite the debate on the viability of carbon offsets, academics argue for wider stakeholder engagement and changes to carbon accounting approaches to build robustness. Greta Thunberg said it showed “the ugly truth of carbon offsetting”. Social media was scathing with criticisms in reaction.

article thumbnail

Mercurial matter: Puzzling out PFAS removal in landfill

Envirotec Magazine

The tag “forever chemicals” is clearly very appropriate for a class of synthetic compounds whose unusual molecular structure, including the carbon-fluorine (C-F) bond (considered one of the strongest found in organic chemistry), appears to offer little scope for any thermal or other degradation at all, so they endure permanently.

Waste 40
article thumbnail

Guest Post: Combatting Greenwashing

ESG Today

Therefore, the stick of regulation must still be waived as the carrot of climate resilience and carbon neutrality take too long for impatient investors whose performance is monitored not just quarterly but daily. The data must also be machine-readable (“digitally tagged”).

article thumbnail

The rise of the chief sustainability officer

Corporate Knights

The 10-year plan cut carbon dioxide production in Unilever’s manufacturing by 75% and reduced manufacturing waste by 96%. In 2023, she was named co-chair of The Fashion Pact, a global alliance aiming to make the industry carbon-neutral. At Ikea, each country CEO also wears the CSO hat.

article thumbnail

Beyond emissions: The life of a carbon molecule

GreenBiz

Beyond emissions: The life of a carbon molecule. Carbon is everywhere. Carbon atoms flow through all living organisms, from the atmosphere to the earth to the oceans and back again. But carbon is also moving constantly through the global economy, which historically has been powered by burning fossil fuels for energy.