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Pioneering Offsets and Carbon Removal Technologies To Address Aviation’s Residual Emissions at American Airlines

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As a result, to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement, the aviation sector will need to rely on carbon offsets and removals to neutralize residual emissions. American also partners with Cool Effect, a leading nonprofit provider of carbon offsets, to give our customers the opportunity to purchase offsets.

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Planet Labs PBC Becomes a Carbon Neutral Company

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Planet worked with SCS Global Services , (SCS) an organization specializing in third-party certification, validation, and verification for environmental and sustainability quality performance claims, to certify its operations as carbon neutral in accordance with the internationally recognized PAS 2060: 2014 Carbon Neutrality Standard.

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Baker Hughes Foundation Contributes $350,000 to Global Reforestation

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The organization has planted over 40 million trees in more than 47 countries across the globe since 2014. Baker Hughes will not claim carbon offsets as a result of these projects.

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Philadelphia Union Joins Forces With Green Mountain Energy

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By offering only products with an environmental benefit and operating with a zero-carbon footprint, the energy provider remains committed to sustainability every step of the way. Green Mountain customers have collectively helped avoid nearly 100 billion pounds of carbon dioxide emissions, the equivalent of planting more than 11 million trees.

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NRG Energy 2021 Sustainability Report: Our Sustainability Strategy

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Our goals —to reduce carbon dioxide equivalent emissions by 50% by 2025 from our current 2014 baseline and to achieve net zero by 2050 – were certified by the Science Based Targets initiative as consistent with limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius. Business: renewable and virtual renewable power purchase agreements .

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The top 25 most sustainable fleets

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An Earthsmart FedEx zero-emission all-electrical truck in Lower Manhattan on July 17, 2014. . It's already powering its scooters and operations with clean energy as well as buying carbon offsets to neutralize emissions. However, the pandemic and remote work has thrown a wrench into many companies' commuter ZEV bus plans.

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20 C-suite sustainability champions for 2021

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In 2014, the electrical engineer and MBA became the first woman to lead a U.S. Natural carbon sinks, carbon mineralization and direct-air capture are early focus areas for Stripe’s 2019 Negative Emissions Commitment , which aims to spend at least double in these areas compared with what it pays for carbon offsets.