ESG Today

MARCH 12, 2024

Lawmakers in the European Parliament voted 467-65 to approve a series of rules aimed at protecting consumers from greenwashing, or misleading environmental claims by companies, including requiring companies to submit product marketing claims such as “biodegradable” or “less polluting” for verification before being allowed to use them.

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ESG Today

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

The European Council announced that it has adopted a directive aimed at protecting consumers from misleading green claims and other greenwashing practices, including banning unverified generic environmental claims such as “environmentally friendly,” or “biodegradable” and those based on emissions offsetting schemes.

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Chris Hall

APRIL 28, 2023

Matthew Shankland, Head of Sidley Austin’s London-based Disputes Resolution Practice, outlines how i nvestor s can mitigate against the increased risk of greenwashing-related issues in company advertising. Under English law, there is no specific cause of action for, or law governing, greenwashing.

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3BL Media

AUGUST 2, 2023

Standardization and data automation will play an integral role in ESG reporting, thus driving transparency and informed decision-making. The voluntary carbon-offset market is rapidly evolving and is expected to grow to around $250 billion by 2050 from only $2 billion in 2020.

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Sense and Sustainability

MARCH 3, 2021

Editor’s note : This is the second of two articles published concerning greenwashing, both historically and at present. What are the Alternatives to Greenwashing? Along with producing coffee, the Roar Gill team is committed not only to carbon neutrality, but to continuous improvement. How to Avoid Greenwashing?

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Corporate Knights

JULY 25, 2023

Canadian LNG producers have long had their eye on Article 6, a deeply contentious, nine-paragraph section of the Paris deal meant to support international carbon trading as a way to drive down emissions. Carbon Capture Backed by Carbon Offsets? to a long-touted buyout of the financially precarious Trans Mountain pipeline.

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ESG Today

MARCH 20, 2024

Fossielvrij campaigner Hiske Arts said: “Today’s judgment is a landmark victory in the fight against greenwashing. While noting that KLM “failed to provide consumers with fair and concrete information,” the court did not require the airline to rectify the statements, as it had already stopped carrying the advertisements.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 31, 2022

Linking our factual data to tech-enabled tools is a powerful antidote to ESG ratings confusion and concerns about greenwashing.” Carbon credits rating provider Sylvera has added carbon credit pricing from Xpansiv Market CBL , the spot exchange for carbon offsets, to its carbon intelligence platform.

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ESG Today

APRIL 16, 2024

Additionally, carbon offsetting markets faces a series of challenges, however, with participants often unable to differentiate between high and low quality projects with insufficient or inconsistent data to assess the effectiveness of projects.

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

There are no risk-free options, especially in such a maturing sector where our understanding of carbon offsetting and reduction is constantly evolving. You need consultants or brokers to help you buy ‘the right’ offsets. Buying carbon offsets is a challenging and alienating experience. People always want choice.

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Carlos Sanchez

DECEMBER 18, 2022

In 2022, the voice against “greenwashing” practices was clear and loud. The rise in ESG investment has contributed to an increasing demand for quality and comprehensive non-financial information disclosures. Figure 2: Word Greenwashing rated 100 in popularity in 2022 – source Google Trends.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 25, 2023

The outputs will inform the feasibility of carbon offsetting opportunities (in which buyers can invest in projects that reduce carbon emissions to offset their own) here in the Falklands. This is critical to ensure robust deliveries and avoid ‘greenwashing’ projects.”

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Chris Hall

MAY 31, 2024

Dr Torsten Schwarze, Partner at Morgan Lewis, explains how two EU directives will shape Europe’s legal framework to restrict greenwashing. ESG compliance is becoming increasingly important for companies, and the development of technologies and products to help reduce their carbon footprint has become a priority for many.

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Sphera

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Price and information are cited as biggest barriers to sustainable behavior change among consumers. Marushka continues, “Rising consumer apathy and distrust of some corporate sustainability claims could impact the ability of businesses to roll out carbon-friendly products and meet their climate change targets.

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Carlos Sanchez

DECEMBER 7, 2021

The monetization of externalities informs the management in a language they speak. Two events will increase corporate Net-zero programs credibility and separate climate action from pure greenwashing: The launch of the first science-based Net-Zero standard by SBTi. 2 – Carbon Offset Markets price Hike.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

While this study elevated a discussion about the role of nature in fighting climate change, it also raised concerns around the adverse environmental impacts of mass tree plantations, carbon offsetting schemes, and greenwashing. The more we emit, the more we threaten nature and people.

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 28, 2022

The primary problem with the phrase ‘net zero’ is the first word, which introduces a fog of uncertainty and has encouraged many organisations to promise carbon offsetting in the future instead of reducing emissions today. However, as we are all becoming better informed we will begin to refuse to accept poor net zero plans.

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Chris Hall

MAY 1, 2024

Turner said the carbon credits row and a subsequent statement – explaining that any changes to SBTi standards would be informed by evidence – demonstrates that the organisation has governance problems. It doesn’t make that information public,” said Baue. “So So that’s blocking the scientific method right there.”

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Chris Hall

JUNE 7, 2022

Regulators around the world are considering increasing their scrutiny of companies’ emissions-reduction claims in a bid to dispel greenwashing concerns. . The new code aims to provide the information needed to scrutinise carbon credit claims and ensure they are underpinned by science-led action. .

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Buyers and sellers in VCMs can reduce intermediaries’ margins and ensure credits finance climate action by establishing registries and disclosing financial information. Many intermediaries will say that this is commercially sensitive information,” he said.

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Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Before the end of the year, it will publish a price for carbon emissions, which Cohen hopes will put an end to one of the many hot and increasingly political debates surrounding the net zero transition. There are lots of prices for the cost of polluting the atmosphere by emitting more CO2.

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Chris Hall

AUGUST 17, 2023

Carbon credits can be bought , traded and sold on VCMs which are currently unregulated. He described the current state of methodologies for carbon offsets as a “maze of complexity that requires a lot of manual due diligence”. The post Verra Heightens Transparency with Carbon Credit Project Tracker appeared first on ESG Investor.

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 10, 2020

What a company considers "agroforestry" also can be squishy, she points out — a situation that makes her and other climate advocates worry about companies using the term to "greenwash," or essentially pretend to be environmentally friendly without making substantive change. What is agroforestry?"

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Chris Hall

MAY 4, 2022

To better inform their investment decisions and decarbonisation efforts, investors want visibility of companies’ interim milestones, as well as a comprehensive account of how each goal will be met. . There is plenty of existing guidance out there to inform the UK’s mandatory transition plan framework. . Throwing down the gauntlet

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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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