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Evaluating Carbon Offsets

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Originally published on NRG Energy Insights By Bernie Kinsella Welcome back to the second installment in our carbon offsets series. As a brief refresher, our last blog covered what carbon offsets are, the various types of credits, and why using offsets in support of broader decarbonization efforts is valuable.

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Why Land Remediation Is the Future of Carbon Offsets

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A recent report from McKinsey & Company offered some hard evidence for what environmentalists have long known to be a mounting concern: The current carbon offset market will struggle in the next thirty years to meet the exponentially increasing demands placed on it by corporate America’s collective drive to meet their carbon pledges.

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Long-Term Carbon Offsets Outlook 2023

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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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VIBE Ecologi Blog February 2024

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They also help fund reforestation and other impactful carbon offset projects globally including Amazon conservation, providing clean & efficient cookstoves, restoring wilflowers wetlands and wildlife, mangrove plantings, and installing solar, wind, methane capture, and biochar projects.

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Etsy takes aim at shipping and packaging in setting 2030 net-zero goal

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Securities and Exchange Commission, also noted a 2021 goal to “offset 100 percent of measured Scope 1, 2 and 3 greenhouse gas emissions annually.” . In a blog about the new net-zero pledge , Etsy CEO Josh Silverman wrote, “We’re committed to holding ourselves accountable and maintaining transparency as we push toward a net-zero 2030.”.

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Workiva and Persefoni Partner to Streamline Investor-Grade Carbon Disclosure Data

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The Workiva and Persefoni partnership will enable users to seamlessly integrate and transfer data between the companies’ platforms, as well as allow access to carbon benchmarking and a carbon offsets marketplace. Customers trust Workiva’s open, intelligent and intuitive platform to connect data, documents and teams.

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Key Takeaways From NACW 2022

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The 19th annual North American Carbon World (NACW) 2022 Conference , held from April 6-8 in Anaheim, California, provided an opportunity for leading climate professionals throughout North America to gain actionable insights for bold climate solutions. You can see a map of carbon offset projects verified by SCS here.