Renew Economy

MARCH 25, 2022

The Clean Energy Regulator defends Australia's carbon offset regime following claims it lacks integrity. The post Clean Energy Regulator defends carbon offset scheme as Labor flags review appeared first on RenewEconomy. Labor commits to review the scheme.

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Renew Economy

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

How can an organisation tell a good quality carbon offset from a bad one? When should offsetting be used? The post Setting the record straight on carbon offsets appeared first on RenewEconomy. And what's the best strategical approach?

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Renew Economy

JUNE 8, 2022

Former head of Australia's carbon offset watchdog defends claims most offsets lack integrity, and says regulators are "clearly afraid of scrutiny". The post “They are clearly afraid of scrutiny:” Dispute deepens over carbon offset integrity appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Renew Economy

JUNE 7, 2022

ERAC chair rejects predecessor's claims that bulk of Australian carbon offsets lack environmental integrity. The post Head of carbon offset watchdog rejects predecessor’s claims that offsets lack integrity appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Renew Economy

APRIL 24, 2022

We have to move past the magical thinking that carbon offsetting alone will lead to the technology shifts that will save us. The post Now we know the flaws of carbon offsets, it’s time to get real about climate change appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Green Project Management

AUGUST 22, 2023

I had a spirited debate with a good friend last week on carbon offsets. Naturally, the appeal of carbon offsetting has skyrocketed. At […] The post The Carbon Offset Mirage: Smoke, Mirrors, and Greenwashing? It would be good to put my thoughts out for the public.

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3BL Media

JULY 31, 2023

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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Renew Economy

APRIL 6, 2022

The post Greens aim for negative emissions with generous floor price for carbon offsets appeared first on RenewEconomy. Australian Greens offer a generous guaranteed floor price for ACCUs as part of a plan to get Australia to net negative emissions.

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Alaistair Marsh

APRIL 13, 2024

Science Based Targets initiative, the world’s main verifier of corporate climate targets , faced pressure to relax their carbon offset standards.

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Renew Economy

JUNE 22, 2022

One of Australia's largest resources companies could soon claim carbon offsets for emissions captured from waste products of its mining operations. The post Clean Energy Regulator mulls carbon offsets for mining waste and carbonates appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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3BL Media

JULY 22, 2022

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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3BL Media

AUGUST 31, 2022

DESCRIPTION: Significant price spikes in the energy attribute certificate (EAC) and carbon offset markets have many companies are wondering whether environmental commodities are the right way to reach their goals, asking: is carbon offsetting worth it? Is carbon offsetting worth it?

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Science Daily / Earth & Environment

MAY 20, 2024

Researchers have conducted a worldwide analysis of voluntary carbon offset programs and identified trends into which types of carbon reduction technologies are selected and prioritized. Their findings provide important insights for policymakers to improve the effectiveness and credibility of the carbon offset market.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 1, 2022

As interest and scrutiny involving the use of carbon credits toward net-zero goals intensifies, resources from Shopify, Frontier Climate and Ecosystem Marketplace have some answers for corporate buyers.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 4, 2021

Ben Allen on Indigo Ag's impact in carbon offset surges across all sectors. Jim Giles, Senior Analyst and Conference Chair for Food and Carbon Systems, Greenbiz Group interviewed Ben Allen SVP of Global Market Development during GreenBiz 21 on February 9-11th. This video is sponsored by Indigo Ag.

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3BL Media

JULY 15, 2022

Carbon offsets occupy a relatively small space on the spectrum of environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues. But as more countries and companies commit to net-zero carbon emissions goals, they’re steadily gaining attention from investors as a tool to accelerate carbon reductions. Quality Control Still Has Gaps.

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3BL Media

MAY 4, 2022

DESCRIPTION: Voluntary Certification, Timber Legality and Carbon Offsets in Africa - Opportunities and Challenges. KEYWORDS: Responsible Forestry, FSC, PEFC, Sustainable Forest, Sustainable Forestry, timber legality, carbon offsets, africa, African forests, carbon project, scs global services.

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Impakter

JANUARY 21, 2023

Impakter ‘Phantom’ Carbon Offsets Found to Have No Climate Benefit Contrary to what your gym membership wants you to believe, you can’t out-exercise a poor diet – you are what you eat at the end of the day. The same can probably be said for carbon offsets and climate change. Lauren Richards

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Global Renewable News

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

Oklima, EDF Group's newest subsidiary, is a specialist carbon offset company developed by the EDF Pulse Incubation intrapreneurship programme. With Oklima, the EDF Group completes its solutions in.

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Environmental News Bits

JUNE 22, 2022

The Duke Carbon Offsets Initiative is collecting information about how higher education institutions with carbon neutrality goals use (or don’t use) carbon offsets. The goal of the survey is to better understand how institutions think about and interact with carbon offsets.

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ESG Today

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Macquarie Group’s Commodities and Global Markets division announced today an investment in carbon offset project-focused consultancy Ecological Carbon Offset Partners (EP Carbon), in a move aimed at supporting EP Carbon’s expansion and advancing Macquarie’s voluntary carbon offsets business.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Few climate solutions create as much controversy and confusion as offsets. Here's a primer on the latest developments.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

How carbon offsetting compares to carbon reduction. It made clear that more must be done to reduce and offset carbon emissions. In the years since 2015’s Paris Climate Accord, many industrial businesses have begun using carbon offsetting strategies to balance the emissions of their operations.

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Environmental Finance

JUNE 6, 2023

The cancelation of carbon offset contracts by the Zimbabwe government could have wider implications for the fragile voluntary carbon market, argue Brad Handler and Morgan Bazilian

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Environmental Finance

JULY 26, 2024

Sustainability consultancy Arup has called on the private sector to develop a carbon offsetting fund in the UK as an alternative to "concerning" offsetting practices.

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Environmental News Bits

JULY 31, 2023

In a new code of practice, the Voluntary Carbon Markets Integrity Initiative (VCMI) has published guidance on how companies should use carbon credits as part of high-quality corporate action.

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 30, 2022

The segment on HBO made the rounds on in the sustainability universe. What he got right, wrong and where there is a little more nuance.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 23, 2023

The Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market and Voluntary Carbon Markets Integrity Initiative are launching a series of corporate standards as part of a joint commitment to define best practice and credibility.

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ESG Today

JULY 3, 2023

Global food and beverage company Nestlé will shift away from the use of offsets to achieve carbon neutral brands, focusing instead on actual emissions reductions in its operations and value chain, according to a company spokesperson, following media reports that the company was walking away from carbon neutral pledges for some brands.

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Environmental News Bits

MARCH 19, 2024

by Gabe Schwartzman, University of Tennessee Central Appalachia is home to the third-largest concentration of forest carbon offsets traded on the California carbon market. But while these projects bring new investments to Appalachia, most people in Appalachia are not benefiting.

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ESG Today

MAY 15, 2023

One of the new requirements proposed by the EU Parliament is to include in the rules a prohibition on green claims such as “carbon or climate neutrality” that are based solely on carbon offsetting schemes. The post EU Parliament Proposes Ban on Green Claims Based Solely on Carbon Offsetting appeared first on ESG Today.

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GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

On the closing sidebar interview at VERGE 19, GreenBiz Group’s senior analyst Jim Giles discusses his excitement about the expected growth of the carbon offset markets.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 10, 2022

Any economist take on reforming carbon markets to resolve a system plagued by problems and play a significant role in slowing global warming.

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GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

A new program from Cargill, RegenConnect brings food companies with carbon commitments together with farmers to encourage regenerative agriculture for a new income stream.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

At GreenBiz 22, sustainability leaders talked about how carbon credits will play a role in their sustainability strategies.

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Impakter

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

Are Carbon Offsets Worsening the Climate Crisis? If you’ve ever been asked to tick a box on a website that offers a minimal surcharge to offset the carbon footprint of your upcoming plane ride or package delivery, you’ve witnessed the voluntary carbon market in action. appeared first on Impakter. Grace Stinson.

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Environmental Finance

JUNE 10, 2024

A coalition of West African countries has weighed in to the row about whether carbon offsets should be used to help meet net zero targets.

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