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How a new wave of lawsuits is targeting airline "greenwashing"

Corporate Knights

A wave of anti-“greenwashing” litigation is seeking to hold major players in the aviation industry to account for sensational claims of being sustainable, low-carbon or contributing to net zero. Why greenwashing? The rise in greenwashing litigation can in part be attributed to the relative ease with which cases can be brought.

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Aviation is plotting a sustainable course

GreenBiz

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.

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

Corporate Knights

General Mills makes a regenerative-beef protein bar that it claims offsets 80% of its greenhouse gas emissions through regenerating soil practices.” Many of Canadian meat giant Maple Leaf Foods’ products have carried a “carbon zero” label since 2019, when it declared itself to be the “world’s first major carbon neutral food company.”

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Analyzing Carbon Offset Markets’ role in our journey to a net-zero world

Carlos Sanchez

Carbon offset markets have always been complex and controversial instruments to fight climate change. Reading this article, you will better understand the carbon offsets market, carbon offsets controversy and the key initiatives to follow. Carbon Offsets Markets size. Introduction.

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The music industry changes its tune on climate change

Corporate Knights

Since 2019, that slogan has been a rallying cry for the music industry. Aiming to create a carbon-negative album release, they calculated the “cradle-to-grave” carbon impact of both a CD and vinyl LP from manufacturing to shipping, from its life in a fan’s stereo to its likely afterlife in a landfill 100 years from now.

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

Corporate Knights

In a release Monday, Oil Change International placed the total at $50 billion since 2019. Canadian LNG producers have long had their eye on Article 6, a deeply contentious, nine-paragraph section of the Paris deal meant to support international carbon trading as a way to drive down emissions. Carbon Capture Backed by Carbon Offsets?

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Climate Neutral Certification – Is It For Your Organization?

Eco Coach

For those businesses, one of the steps to consider is calculating their carbon footprint. Once the footprint is determined, they can take actions to reduce their emissions, and between reductions and carbon offsets, become carbon neutral. Climate Neutral is a 501(c)(3) that was started in early 2019 to solve this problem.