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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Corporate Knights

MAY 17, 2023

They’ve permeated nearly every product category, from “carbon neutral” burgers and disposable cola bottles made with “plastic from the sea” to net-zero oil companies and ESG labels slapped on trillions of dollars in poorly regulated investment funds. But the Wild West era may be coming to an end. At the same time, the U.K.’s

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3BL Media

MARCH 25, 2022

In November 2021, we were proud to publicly announce our goal to achieve net-zero global emissions across our value chain by 2040, joining more than 2,000 businesses around the world committed to the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi). What does it mean to achieve net-zero? Why 2040 vs 2050? Why set interim goals?

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 7, 2021

As more companies make "carbon net-zero" commitments, how will stakeholders — investors, employees, customers and regulators — hold these companies accountable? It’s important to keep in mind that not all carbon offsets are created equal. Carbon Removal. Everything hinges on measurement. Pull Quote.

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Corporate Knights

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

Over the last decade and a half, a standard form has emerged in which governments and corporations have made their promise to do so: the net-zero target. As a strategy, the net-zero target has been criticized by climate advocates; at its worst, it can be a vague, unenforceable greenwashing program. In the U.S.,

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GreenBiz

JULY 8, 2020

The move shows the efforts that Amazon is willing to go to eke out carbon emissions across its vast network of planes, vehicles and distribution centers that deliver on-demand goods across the globe. Amazon has pledged to reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2040, and says it will make sure half of Amazon shipments are net-zero by 2030.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 9, 2022

Jim Giles, VP of Net Zero at GreenBiz, interviewed Diego Saez-Gil, CEO of Pachama, during GreenBiz 22 (2/15/22-2/17/22). This video is sponsored by Pachama. View archived videos from the conference here: [link]

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GreenBiz

APRIL 22, 2021

Amazon also has committed $100 million to support sustainable forest, wildlife and nature projects in its quest to reach net-zero carbon status by 2040. Climate Convention to evaluate projects and their carbon offsetting potential with robust science and standards. .

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3BL Media

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

Nasdaq Review the results from a survey that primarily polled corporate carbon credit buyers, who share insight into how the market for durable carbon removal credits has changed over the past year and the role carbon credits play in net zero strategies. How has the VCM changed in the last 12 months?

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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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3BL Media

NOVEMBER 13, 2022

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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3BL Media

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

GRN Steel Delivers a Net-Zero Carbon Emissions Solution Our GRN Steel product line offers some of the lowest carbon emission steel in the world. In fiscal 2024, we sold 509,000 short tons of finished steel produced from recycled ferrous metals.

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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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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 14, 2020

Along the way, I’ve spoken with airline consultants, fuel producers, carbon offset experts and industry critics, as well as with Shell executives, to understand the technologies and market drivers that could, over time, enable aviation to align with other industries in meeting the terms of the 2015 Paris climate agreement.

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GreenBiz

JULY 14, 2022

Corporations play an important role in helping tackle climate change in this critical decade, through emission reductions targets and ambitious net zero goals. The IPCC is expressing the need for urgent action on climate change and society is expecting sustainability leaders to answer the call.

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ESG Today

JULY 3, 2023

In the statement, the Nestlé spokesperson said: “We are moving away from investing in carbon offsets for our brands to invest in programs and practices that help reduce GHG emissions in our own supply-chain and operations, where it makes the most difference to reach our net zero ambition.”

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 9, 2021

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. Learn more about the event here: [link]

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

Carbon removal is not just a technical fix for carbon emissions. We need to show carbon removal to be what it is: exciting, highly diverse, encompassing a wide range of project types that can do more than take carbon dioxide out of our atmosphere. Carbon removals can restore the planet.

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Impact Alpha

MAY 17, 2021

ImpactAlpha, May 17 – Ambitious net-zero emissions targets by corporations are driving a boom in carbon offset projects, such as farming practices that. million to strengthen ratings for carbon offset projects appeared first on Impact Alpha. The post Sylvera rakes in $5.8

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Corporate Knights

APRIL 18, 2024

The world’s biggest meat-packers have announced net-zero targets, as the industry tries to reassure the public that despite the urgency of the climate emergency, there’s no need to cut back on our burgers and steaks. That includes emissions from animals and meat purchased from suppliers. “In It’s possible.” JBS denied the allegations.

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Corporate Knights

AUGUST 26, 2024

In order to avoid the worst impacts of global warming, scientists agree that the world needs to reach net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by midcentury. The idea is that if everyone aims for net-zero by 2050 and comes reasonably close to achieving it, the world will be spared a climate nightmare.

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Environment + Energy Leader

AUGUST 30, 2022

The material is produced using electric blast furnaces, energy credits, and carbon offsets to counter emissions. The post Commercial Metals Company Launches Net-Zero Rebar appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.

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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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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

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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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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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

Thanks to the rise in plastics pledges, an emerging and undefined market for plastic offsets is just beginning to take shape. And, much like the market for carbon offsets, it’s messy. . There’s a new kid on the block of sustainability claims being made by businesses: "plastic neutrality." Given that U.S.

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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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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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GreenBiz

MARCH 22, 2021

body, set a course for airlines to offset emissions of international flights above a 2019-20 baseline. The pandemic led ICAO to scale back the program, CORSIA (for Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation), to make it easier for airlines to comply. A bill introduced in the U.S.

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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

DECEMBER 27, 2022

Insurance provider Allstate announced a new commitment to achieve net zero emissions for its direct, indirect and value-chain greenhouse gas emissions by 2030. The company also stated that by 2025 it will set a target year for the achievement of a net zero investment portfolio.

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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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3BL Media

OCTOBER 21, 2022

DESCRIPTION: Through the dedication of everyone at Expedia Group – and a combination of internal emission reductions, renewable energy credits (RECs), and verified carbon offsets – we achieved carbon neutral status in 2017. Now, we are looking further, exploring opportunities to align our business with a Net Zero future.

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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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