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HSBC is latest bank to pledge net-zero financed emissions by mid-century

GreenBiz

OCTOBER 13, 2020

HSBC is latest bank to pledge net-zero financed emissions by mid-century. HSBC has become the latest bank to commit to achieving net-zero financed emissions, announcing Monday that it intends to align its portfolio of investments and debt financing with global climate targets by mid-century. Cecilia Keating. Tue, 10/13/2020 - 00:46.

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Carbon markets could help the planet, but only if Indigenous land rights are recognized

Corporate Knights

MARCH 10, 2022

Carbon markets are trading systems through which countries, businesses, individuals or other entities buy or sell units of greenhouse gas emissions. These markets facilitate carbon offsetting — compensating for carbon dioxide emissions in one location by reducing or removing emissions elsewhere. Communities at risk.

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

Carlos Sanchez

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

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

Corporate Knights

JULY 25, 2023

With the World Bank, the World Trade Organization, and environmental groups all in agreement, he added, “getting rid of inefficient fossil fuel subsidies is now a common sense bottom line.” Carbon Capture Backed by Carbon Offsets? We are bending the curve on Canada’s fight on pollution.”

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NETSTREIT's ESG Journey Supported by Sustainability-Linked Credit Facility

3BL Media

DECEMBER 19, 2022

PNC Bank client, NETSTREIT, specializes in acquiring single-tenant net lease retail properties and recently made the decision to double down on its sustainability commitments by setting aggressive goals that go further than any of its current competitors. Power of Relationship Banking.

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20 C-suite sustainability champions for 2021

GreenBiz

JANUARY 11, 2021

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. In 2019, it followed an inaugural €1 billion bond with a $1.5 billion U.S.

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Rewilding British farms is bringing back threatened species, storing carbon and growing hope

Corporate Knights

AUGUST 16, 2023

Carbon credit investment is going through an “ethical shakedown,” said Ivan de Klee, the head of natural capital at the U.K.-based There is a “cry for integrity” for real data, rather than modeling-based carbon offset options, de Klee added. based nature recovery investment company Nattergal. A government commitment of 2.4

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‘NOCs’ Knock Investors off Net Zero Track

Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

But Carbon Tracker chose to exclude fully state-owned NOCs and companies based in Russia, describing them as “[firms] over which investors have little influence”. The targets of 24 of the companies were found to not be aligned with the goals of the Paris Agreement.

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COP28 Clears Path to Integrity for VCMs

Chris Hall

DECEMBER 12, 2023

of the Paris Agreement will realise the potential of carbon markets globally, but progress remains slow. IOSCO can play a pivotal role in regulators reaching global consensus as to what good looks like in carbon markets,” said Puleston Jones. Finalisation of Article 6.2,

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Carbon Credits Have Role to Play in Corporates’ Climate Transition

Chris Hall

MARCH 3, 2022

It is in the financial interest of investors and banks to ensure that companies invest in carbon credits in a way that reduces the systemic risk of climate change and does not expose them to additional reputation or litigation risks,” it added. At COP26, nearly 200 countries finalised Article 6 of the Paris Agreement.

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Major report casts uncertainty over carbon-offset market

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. C above pre-industrial levels.

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All Systems go for Net Zero

Chris Hall

JANUARY 3, 2024

Now they must wait to see how signatories to the Paris Agreement act on the commitments outlined in the official response to the Global Stocktake, as well as multiple other pledges announced across the two weeks before that final text was signed, sealed and gavelled. C at best. “If

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Asset Owners Outline Progress Toward Net Zero

Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

In addition, 13 member institutions have issued their initial target disclosures, including Sweden’s AP7, Lloyds Banking Group Pensions Trustees Limited and Ilmarinen of Finland. But the group acknowledged asset owners are still at a relatively early stage in their implementation of net zero investment strategies.

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From Co-benefits to Core Benefits

Chris Hall

JUNE 5, 2024

The Taskforce on Scaling Voluntary Carbon Markets has predicted carbon credit demand will increase by a factor of 15 by 2030 and by a factor of 100 by 2050. BloombergNEF’s recent carbon offsets outlook report noted that the market could be worth US$1.1

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UNFCCC Tightens the Screw on Net Zero

Chris Hall

JUNE 21, 2023

But it does have credit in the bank. “The The UN does a good job of accounting for different governmental interests through a structured forum and ultimately producing joint agreements,” Thomae says.

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Energy Transition Accelerator

Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

The ETA will create a new class of carbon offsets that either represent investments in EMDE renewable energy projects or converted reductions in emissions from the power sector (such as coal-fired electricity). How will the ETA work? . How can the credibility and effectiveness of the ETA be measured? Discussions around Article 6.4

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New framework for CO2 offsets could create "cowboy carbon markets," critics warn

Corporate Knights

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Among the limited accomplishments of COP29 last week was the approval of a long-awaited and controversial global framework for carbon offsets. Others warned that the agreement doesn't fix big mistakes that carbon trading has made in the past. At least one major international bank, HSBC, is voting with its feet.

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Progress at last on climate finance at COP27

Corporate Knights

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

I spent a large part of my career working on international finance at the World Bank and the United Nations and now advise public development and private funds and teach climate diplomacy focusing on finance. That frustration has culminated in pressure for World Bank President David Malpass to step down.

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Take Five: Falling Flat

Chris Hall

AUGUST 9, 2024

Anti-ESG proposals rocket in number but gather limited support, Kamala Harris picks a climate-friendly running mate, and the SBTi board backtracks on carbon offsetting. Carbon offsets: in or out? For climate campaigners who believe carbon offsetting is basically greenwashing, this was a disappointing development.

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HSBC is latest bank to pledge net-zero financed emissions by mid-century

Carbon markets could help the planet, but only if Indigenous land rights are recognized

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

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

NETSTREIT's ESG Journey Supported by Sustainability-Linked Credit Facility

20 C-suite sustainability champions for 2021

Rewilding British farms is bringing back threatened species, storing carbon and growing hope

‘NOCs’ Knock Investors off Net Zero Track

COP28 Clears Path to Integrity for VCMs

Carbon Credits Have Role to Play in Corporates’ Climate Transition

Major report casts uncertainty over carbon-offset market

All Systems go for Net Zero

Asset Owners Outline Progress Toward Net Zero

From Co-benefits to Core Benefits

UNFCCC Tightens the Screw on Net Zero

Energy Transition Accelerator

New framework for CO2 offsets could create "cowboy carbon markets," critics warn

Progress at last on climate finance at COP27

Take Five: Falling Flat

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