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

Corporate Knights

Nestlé is paying ranchers for regenerative grazing practices that get sold as carbon credits. General Mills makes a regenerative-beef protein bar that it claims offsets 80% of its greenhouse gas emissions through regenerating soil practices.” Walmart Canada stocks 2.5 Then scientists in the Netherlands, the U.K.

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Strategy firm BCG pledges net-zero impact, eyes ‘carbon positive’ future

GreenBiz

It’s also planning an investment push that will see it fund carbon removal projects at an expected cost of $35 per metric ton in 2025, increasing to $80 per metric ton in 2030 — far higher than the amount companies traditionally pay to purchase carbon offsets on voluntary markets. . Carbon Removal. Corporate Strategy.

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20 C-suite sustainability champions for 2021

GreenBiz

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. billion toward regenerative agriculture into 2025. LinkedIn | Company profile.

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Taking Inspiration from Innovation: Key Insights from Eight Entrepreneurs Making an Impact in Emerging Markets

James Militzer

When Gravity Water first launched in Nepal, the country was still rebuilding after two devastating earthquakes in 2015,” said Danny Wright, the company’s founder and executive director. SaniTap will use the fast-emerging carbon offset market to finance the work,” said Andrew Tanswell, managing director.

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Creating a Business Climate Action Plan Centered in Justice

B the Change

“When you’re thinking of centering justice in your climate action plan, it’s important to understand there are many tools and many actions you can take as a business, and carbon offsets are just (some of the tools) in the toolbox to fight climate change,” Schrock said.

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4 Steps Your Company Can Take to Move Toward Net Zero

B the Change

Greenhouse gases can be removed through natural processes, like growing trees, or potentially through new technologies, like “direct air capture” or underground carbon sequestration. The idea of net zero gained attention at the 2015 Paris Agreement on climate, with the goal for global emissions to reach net zero by 2050.

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

GreenBiz

While agriculture investment is only a small subset of these numbers, there are signs that investments in "regenerative agriculture," practices that improve rather degrade than the earth, are also increasing rapidly. with regenerative agriculture criteria. tons of carbon per hectare per year) is because of what they replace.