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Cooking the books: The magical math of ‘climate-friendly’ meat

Corporate Knights

In 2023, we purchased carbon offset credits from 16 projects that neutralized approximately 7% of our Scope 3 emissions,” Maple Leaf spokespeople tell Corporate Knights – specifically for products that carry the “carbon zero” marketing label. That includes emissions from animals and meat purchased from suppliers. “In

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Greenwashing, From the Eighties till Today (Part 2)

Sense and Sustainability

Editor’s note : This is the second of two articles published concerning greenwashing, both historically and at present. What are the Alternatives to Greenwashing? Along with producing coffee, the Roar Gill team is committed not only to carbon neutrality, but to continuous improvement. How to Avoid Greenwashing?

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

Corporate Knights

They also noted the due diligence aspects of a framework that must now be implemented by all federal departments and agencies in line with the targets in the 2015 Paris climate agreement. Carbon Capture Backed by Carbon Offsets? The announcement has no impact on provincial subsidies last calculated at a minimum of $2.5

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A Commitment to Rigor & Integrity: Exploring Cool Effect’s Approach to Selecting High-Quality Carbon Reducing Projects

3BL Media

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 calls it “Carbon Done Correctly,” because that’s exactly what it is.

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SBTi Clarifies that “No Change Has Been Made” to Use of Carbon Credits in Net Zero Plans Following Backlash

ESG Today

The SBTi was founded in 2015 with the goal to establish science-based environmental target setting as a standard corporate practice.

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What Net-Zero companies are and How to start the journey

Carlos Sanchez

Then, the organization can balance out the remaining emissions by investing in projects that remove emissions (carbon sinks). After the signature of the Paris Agreement in 2015, science has become widely accepted. Therefore, companies have increasingly focused on reducing carbon emissions. Mandatory vs Voluntary Carbon Offset.

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Investors say agroforestry isn’t just climate friendly — it’s profitable

GreenBiz

billion acres by 2050, Drawdown estimated carbon dioxide emissions could be reduced over those 30 years by up to 42 gigatons — more than enough to offset all carbon dioxide emitted by humans globally in 2015, according to NOAA — and could return $206 billion to $273 billion on investment. billion acres to 1.9