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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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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ESG Today

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

As businesses ramped up their climate action plans, questions lingered: Would carbon removal be effective, or was it merely a distraction? Wasn’t it just another form of carbon offset, akin to forest protection or renewable cookstove initiatives? And critically, was there a sound business case for it?

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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.

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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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3BL Media

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Companies looking to incorporate sustainability into their businesses are finding the conventional models of environmental investing, such as ESG and carbon offset programs, no longer meet their needs. Beyond net zero. But as more companies move toward net zero, many are hitting a limit on available offsets to purchase.

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3BL Media

JULY 17, 2023

Feature by Michael McComb SAP aims to be a net-zero enterprise by 2030. RISE with SAP and GROW with SAP , two flagship solutions designed to help our customers migrate to cloud enterprise resource planning (ERP), are essential elements in SAP’s net-zero journey.

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Stanford Social Innovation

JANUARY 31, 2024

In the wake of such studies—and of a growing number of lawsuits against Delta Airlines and other companies that have used forest carbon credits to make “net zero” and similar claims— some companies and universities have announced their decision to stop buying them altogether. Prices on the carbon market have plummeted.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 24, 2025

The standard setter emphasises internal decarbonisation, action-based targets as part of revamped net zero standard for corporates. Wyburd said that while carbon credits and removals can support the path to net zero, they must never be a substitute for internal decarbonisation.

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Sustainable Development Network

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

The University Action to Achieve Net Zero panel at ICSD 2023 was moderated by John Thwaites, and included Tim Carter, Dano Weisbord, and Kendra Wasiluk. Goodwin talked about the vast network of higher education institutions on the path to zero carbon emissions, and the steps that EAUC used to support them.

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Renewable Energy World

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Two seemingly interchangeable terms often seen are ‘ Carbon Neutral ’ and ‘ Net Zero Carbon ‘ The two, however, are not the same thing. Carbon neutral refers to a policy of not increasing carbon emissions and of achieving carbon reduction through offsets.

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3BL Media

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

The company also announced that enterprises can now add Lenovo CO2 offsets to their purchase of select Lenovo ThinkSystem servers. This milestone that we celebrate today, and the extension of CO2 offset services to our server portfolio, highlights the focus and vigour of our efforts to enlist our clients in the fight against climate change.

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ESG Today

AUGUST 24, 2022

Marketing services provider HH Global announced today a series of climate targets aimed at aligning its net zero emissions goal with science-based standards. Since that time, many companies’ net zero commitments have come under increased scrutiny as relying too heavily on carbon offsetting as opposed to absolute emissions reductions.

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3BL Media

JULY 11, 2023

The pathways shown remain the most current forecast of our route to net zero; carbon offsets and credits are still estimated to represent about one-quarter of our net-zero strategy.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 9, 2023

Trade group with oversight on “the cornerstone material for a net-zero future ” sets out “ambitious plans” to reach net zero in Scope 1 and 2 emissions by 2050, and significantly cut Scope 3 emissions. Estimates as to how much copper will be required for the energy transition appear to vary widely.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 18, 2021

Of course, there’s also the expectation, with Pachama’s involvement, that these projects will originate new carbon offsets, which are in increasingly short supply as big businesses shower the world with net-zero pledges. "We wanted to get into the mud and get dirty.".

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Stanford Social Innovation

MARCH 30, 2022

More recently, companies such as Microsoft and Swiss Re have been drawn to CDR as a way to more credibly meet their net-zero goals. The reasoning is simple: A traditional carbon offset only prevents additional CO 2 from entering the atmosphere (instead of removing already-emitted CO 2 ). Calculating CDR Impact.

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ESG Today

JANUARY 16, 2025

By leveraging data, internal scientific expertise and methodological insights to analyse carbon projects, BeZeros work will foster greater confidence in carbon markets, and catalyse more capital and demand.

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3BL Media

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Meanwhile, financial firms and consumer brands will factor in energy companies’ ESG goals when it comes to calculating their own greenhouse gas emissions, net-zero commitments, and decarbonization and energy transition plans. Some have publicly set targets for net-zero emissions. The great energy transition.

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ESG Today

APRIL 16, 2024

The organizations’ key functions include defining and promoting best practice in emissions reductions and net-zero targets in line with climate science, providing technical assistance to companies who set science-based targets, and providing companies with independent assessment and validation of their emissions reduction targets.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Rob Jenkinson is Net Zero Program Manager at Swedish bearing and seal manufacturing firm SKF. Reaching Net Zero operations by 2050 will require huge changes in industrial practices – such as how we use energy and source raw materials – but despite all the challenges, the target is achievable writes Rob Jenkinson.

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Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Engaging with state-owned firms is challenging and potentially less effective, Carbon Tracker warns. Investors that have set net zero targets for their portfolios have been cautioned to carefully evaluate their positions in majority state-owned oil and gas laggards.

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3BL Media

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

As demand for carbon credits grows, voluntary markets that are large, transparent, and verifiable are developing. Regulatory landscapes and market frameworks are evolving, which could build confidence in the use of forest carbon offsets to support a company’s transition to net-zero.

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3BL Media

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Climate neutrality is the concept of achieving net zero greenhouse gas emissions by balancing the emissions human sources release into the Earth’s atmosphere with the amount the planet naturally absorbs in emission “sinks,” like forests and oceans, via a process called sequestration. Your business can help.

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GreenBiz

MAY 29, 2020

The nuances of all the various adjectives and descriptors that are used to describe climate action — from "science-based" to "net zero" to "carbon negative" — are enough to make heads spin, especially for those who spend their professional lives worrying about how to communicate these concepts. Offsetting versus insetting.

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3BL Media

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Set net-zero by 2050 goals at three private markets funds that are currently being raised. 4th webinar presented, focusing on what carbon offsets can – and can’t – do as part of our Climate Action webinar series. 1st Climate Action Report published, in line with TCFD recommendations.

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 3, 2024

C, and investee companies are not yet facing full scrutiny of their net zero transition strategies, posing challenges for institutional investors committed to decarbonising their portfolios in line with the Paris Agreement. Others might set a target for some or all portfolio companies to be net zero aligned by 2030.

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ESG Today

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Net Zero Marketplace brings together carbon credit project providers, buyers, & third-party raters. Salesforce announced that several third-party ratings companies have joined Net Zero Marketplace as inaugural partners, including Calyx Global and Sylvera.

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ESG Today

MAY 12, 2023

Dubai-based airline Emirates announced today the launch of a new fund aimed at investing in research and development projects focused on reducing the environmental impact of fossil fuels in commercial aviation.

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ESG Today

JUNE 28, 2023

According to the VCMI, the new code aims to help build market confidence for companies’ engagement with voluntary carbon markets (VCMs), in order to accelerate corporate VCM use as part of their net zero pathways. The Claims Code will give greater confidence and develop trust in those who use it.

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ESG Today

OCTOBER 12, 2022

While corporate demand for carbon credits grows, however, the development of the market faces barriers, including the need for access to capital at scale for the development of new climate projects worldwide, and for primary market access to a long-term supply of high-quality carbon credits for corporates and investors.

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3BL Media

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

Many of the decarbonization technologies needed do not yet exist, are not yet economically feasible or are not expected to scale quickly enough to achieve the insector reductions needed to reach net zero by 2050. See page 26 for more information.)

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3BL Media

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

High-Quality Carbon Offsets. To achieve carbon neutrality, Planet needed to purchase 3,482 tons of verified and retired carbon offsets to fully neutralize the total GHGs associated with its 2020 activities. On the Path to Becoming Net Zero. About SCS Global Services.

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3BL Media

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Demand for carbon offsets is at an all-time high. Ecosystem Marketplace recently confirmed that the voluntary carbon market exceeded a record $1 billion worth of transactions in 2021, far outpacing any other year. Carbon finance is a lifeline for these projects with communities in need across the globe.

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ESG Today

MAY 9, 2024

Sustainability advisory firm ERM announced today the launch of ERM Climate Markets, a new business aimed at helping companies investing in carbon credits to address their unabated greenhouse gas emissions and achieve decarbonization goals.

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ESG Today

JULY 20, 2022

Radicle Group was founded in 2008, and started off by developing one of the world’s first software platforms to measure, qualify, and aggregate greenhouse gas emissions. Radicle’s leading expertise and innovative solutions make BMO a leader in carbon credit development capabilities and the environmental commodity market.

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ESG Today

JANUARY 12, 2023

Xpansiv provides infrastructure enabling market participants to value and exchange environmental commodities such as carbon, energy and water, and provides market data for voluntary carbon offsets, renewable energy credits (RECs), and low-carbon fuels.

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