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Voluntary Certification, Timber Legality and Carbon Offsets in Africa - Opportunities and Challenges

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DESCRIPTION: Voluntary Certification, Timber Legality and Carbon Offsets in Africa - Opportunities and Challenges. This video provides a brief overview of each of these approaches and presents the challenges and opportunities associated with their implementation in Africa. SOURCE: SCS Global Services.

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EU Parliament Proposes Ban on Green Claims Based Solely on Carbon Offsetting

ESG Today

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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Delivering Tangible Climate Action Through the Circular Economy

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Our responsibility extends beyond the present, transcending into the legacy we leave for future generations. Additional ways to reduce your carbon footprint While reduce emissions is always the goal, sometimes it’s necessary to look at additional ways to reduce your carbon footprint.

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Cooking the books: The magical math of ‘climate-friendly’ meat

Corporate Knights

In 2023, we purchased carbon offset credits from 16 projects that neutralized approximately 7% of our Scope 3 emissions,” Maple Leaf spokespeople tell Corporate Knights – specifically for products that carry the “carbon zero” marketing label. That includes emissions from animals and meat purchased from suppliers. “In

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US oil company buys Canadian carbon capture tech to fuel oil extraction future

Corporate Knights

“We can turn carbon dioxide into value,” he said. But critics have repeatedly warned that carbon offsets should be treated as a last resort , never taking the place of real emissions cuts. Eventually, Hollub said she expects Occidental’s clean energy efforts to become more lucrative than its chemicals division.

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How a new wave of lawsuits is targeting airline "greenwashing"

Corporate Knights

Airlines all rely on some form of carbon offsetting – planting trees, for instance, to “offset” the carbon emitted by the planes – or sustainable aviation fuel or carbon capture and storage, in order to “mitigate” their climate impacts.

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Concerns about credibility of carbon offsetting schemes expressed in UK environmental services survey

Envirotec Magazine

Businesses across the UK environmental services industry have seemingly expressed concern at the credibility and transparency of carbon credit offsetting schemes. The full report and survey findings can be downloaded here.