ESG Today

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

United Airlines has committed to fully reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 without relying on carbon offsets. It’s not about offsets or things that are just greenwashing. SAF producers estimate the fuels can result in lifecycle GHG emissions reductions of as much as 85% relative to conventional fuels.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 31, 2022

Linking our factual data to tech-enabled tools is a powerful antidote to ESG ratings confusion and concerns about greenwashing.” Carbon credits rating provider Sylvera has added carbon credit pricing from Xpansiv Market CBL , the spot exchange for carbon offsets, to its carbon intelligence platform.

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ESG Today

APRIL 16, 2024

The initial standard, issued in 2021, did not permit carbon credits for emissions reduction.

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 8, 2024

No country in the region has made reporting against the frameworks mandatory, further increasing greenwashing risk and due diligence costs. A comprehensive taxonomy can mitigate the risk of greenwashing by enforcing stringent requirements and maintaining transparency.”

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 8, 2024

No country in the region has made reporting against the frameworks mandatory, further increasing greenwashing risk and due diligence costs. A comprehensive taxonomy can mitigate the risk of greenwashing by enforcing stringent requirements and maintaining transparency.”

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Corporate Knights

AUGUST 1, 2024

The world’s leading authority on corporate climate plans has dealt a blow to the carbon-offset industry, signalling that it objects to corporations using carbon credits in place of emission reductions in their own supply chains.

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 28, 2022

The primary problem with the phrase ‘net zero’ is the first word, which introduces a fog of uncertainty and has encouraged many organisations to promise carbon offsetting in the future instead of reducing emissions today. One net zero plan that has caught our eye is the one that was published by the airline industry in late 2021.

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

of its revenue on buying offsets in 2020 to compensate as much as 24% of its reported emissions, while Google spent about 0.02% of its revenue in 2021 to offset 18% of its emissions. This is likely to require larger investment than buying offsets. VCMs: Help or hinder?

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

VCMs have logged rapid growth in recent years, reaching nearly US$2 billion by the end of 2021, and expected to reach US$50 billion by 2030. They work by facilitating the trading of carbon credits that don’t count towards mandatory decarbonisation targets or fall under regulated carbon markets. . How will the ETA work? .

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 28, 2020

And, perhaps, to set us on a more bullish course for 2021. As such, net-zero could soon be in the crosshairs of activists eager to point out corporate greenwash. How it gets resolved will be an enduring storyline for 2021 and beyond. We need such reminders to get us through these challenging times. Help could be on the way.

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Corporate Knights

OCTOBER 24, 2022

In it, they calculated their actual carbon footprint (116 MTCO2e, or metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent, in 2021) and pledged to become “carbon negative” by their 30th anniversary in 2026 – a more ambitious goal than the Music Climate Pact that they also signed.

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Carlos Sanchez

DECEMBER 17, 2020

Businesses must close the ‘Say : Do’ gap; the greenwashing space between their environmental pledges and (lack of) actions to meet them Paul Polman, former Unilever CEO. To increase carbon removals , the company must promote carbon removals projects, also called carbon sinks, within its operations or in its value chain.

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Carlos Sanchez

DECEMBER 7, 2021

2021 was an uncommon and tough year due to COVID19 guiding our lives. In this article, I’ll summarise key sustainability events defining 2021 and then present four sustainable ESG trends that will settle companies’ environment in 2022. 2021 Sustainability Summary. 2 – Carbon Offset Markets price Hike.

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Chris Hall

MAY 4, 2022

Only 1% of over 13,000 corporates across 13 industries and 117 countries disclosed against 24 key climate transition plan indicators, according to a 2021 report by sustainability disclosure platform CDP. In 2021, the TCFD consulted on its metrics, targets and transition plans, with a view to updating its original 2017 framework and guidance.

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Corporate Knights

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Getting to net-zero – without greenwashing. The last climate conference, COP26 in Glasgow, Scotland, nearly fell apart over frustration that international finance wasn’t flowing to developing countries and that corporations and financial institutions were greenwashing – making claims they couldn’t back up.

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