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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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6-Steps for Hosting a Carbon Neutral Event

3BL Media

Events, from corporate meetings to large-scale conferences, can have a significant carbon footprint if not managed with sustainability in mind. As sustainability becomes a more pressing concern, organizations are increasingly looking for ways to make their events carbon neutral. How to Plan a Carbon Neutral Event 1.

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Offsets 101: What You Need to Know to Buy Carbon Offsets

GreenBiz

Learn more about the event here: [link] Speakers: Elizabeth Sturcken | Managing Director, EDF+Business | Environmental Defense Fund Kelley Kizzier | Vice President for Global Climate | Environmental Defense Fund This session was held at GreenBiz Group’s VERGE Net Zero, July 27-28, 2021.

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12 Sustainability Resolutions for Businesses That Will Help the Planet Be Healthy in 2025

3BL Media

5 May: Minimize Office Waste Ahead of summer events and projects, tackle waste reduction by conducting a waste audit. 6 June: Implement a Carbon Neutral Event Policy Events can have a significant carbon footprint if not managed with sustainability in mind.

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Guest Post: Why Carbon Removals Are Here to Stay

ESG Today

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? The initial hesitation around carbon removals was not unwarranted.

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Fifth Third Bank Makes BLINK Festival Carbon Neutral in Cincinnati

3BL Media

29 that is measuring the carbon impact and providing verified carbon offsets for the lighting installations at BLINK, Illuminated by ArtsWave, in Cincinnati. The Bank is working with Duke Energy to understand BLINK’s 2019 energy footprint on which it will base its initial offsets.

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ek? Solutions and Its Eco-Friendly Structures

3BL Media

Mobile restroom units for events, parks and other public areas lacking underground plumbing. Under Land Betterment’s umbrella, Land Betterment Exchange (LBX) harnesses the power of carbon offsets to encourage land remediation, pairing environmental specialists with corporate sponsors who receive verifiable, U.S.-based