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‘Carbon neutral’ and ‘net-zero’ claims face global greenwash crackdown

Corporate Knights

They’ve permeated nearly every product category, from “carbon neutral” burgers and disposable cola bottles made with “plastic from the sea” to net-zero oil companies and ESG labels slapped on trillions of dollars in poorly regulated investment funds. But the Wild West era may be coming to an end. At the same time, the U.K.’s

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Long-Term Carbon Offsets Outlook 2023

3BL Media

Originally published on bloomberg.com A turbulent year hasn’t thrown off the long-term prospects for the carbon offset market, which could be valued at half a trillion dollars annually by 2050. Demand will rise into the billions of tons of carbon dioxide equivalent within the next decade as companies work toward net-zero goals.

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Charting the Path: Sustainability Leaders Survey

GreenBiz

Corporations play an important role in helping tackle climate change in this critical decade, through emission reductions targets and ambitious net zero goals. In January 2022, NCX interviewed 250 sustainability leaders from across the United States to learn how they are approaching their programs.

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What Are Carbon Offsets and Why Do Corporations Use Them?

3BL Media

When one greatly outweighs the other, problems arise, and currently there is a big one brewing in the carbon offset market—demand has grown exponentially and supply simply cannot keep pace. What are carbon offsets and why is it so difficult to make them verifiable, impactful, and scalable? What are carbon offsets?

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

Corporate Knights

The world’s biggest meat-packers have announced net-zero targets, as the industry tries to reassure the public that despite the urgency of the climate emergency, there’s no need to cut back on our burgers and steaks. That includes emissions from animals and meat purchased from suppliers. “In It’s possible.” JBS denied the allegations.

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Corporate climate standards are falling short. What if we change how we incentivize net-zero action?

Corporate Knights

In order to avoid the worst impacts of global warming, scientists agree that the world needs to reach net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by midcentury. The idea is that if everyone aims for net-zero by 2050 and comes reasonably close to achieving it, the world will be spared a climate nightmare.

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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. A bill introduced in the U.S.