Offsets
CowCredits: Mootral aims to cut cattle burps through carbon offset offer
Firm seeking $2.5m in backing for its plan to fund farmers' use of methane-reducing cattle feed through CO2 offsets
Not an April Fools: Green economy incredulous over Nigel Farage's new green finance job
In his first non-political role, the former UKIP and Brexit Party leader has been hired as the first member of the advisory board for carbon offsetting business Dutch Green Business Group
Latin American e-commerce giant invests in Brazilian ecosystem restoration
Mercado Libre reveals how some of the proceeds from its $400m sustainability bond have been earmarked for restoration projects in the once great Atlantic Forest
Net Zero Festival: BusinessGreen launches new Net Zero Nature Summit
Latest Net Zero Festival event to explore the complex and fast-evolving role of nature in driving the net zero transition
Digging into the complex, confusing, and contentious world of soil carbon offsets
Jim Giles explores the deep divisions that are shaping the emerging field of soil-based offsets
'More than affordable': Aviation could offset its way to 'carbon neutrality' with minimal impact on profitability
Analysis from Thrust Carbon urges aviation sector to make up front investments that rapidly scale the carbon offsetting market to the scale needed to cover its emissions
South Pole adds Finnish biochar producer to its carbon removals portfolio
Deal between Carbo Culture and corporate climate solutions provider will enable companies to invest in biochar in order to meet net zero goals
One year on: Microsoft updates on carbon removal ambitions
New investment in direct air capture firm Climeworks just one milestone since landmark pledge to tackle tech giant's historic emissions
'This is putting companies on the hook': Can Mark Carney help build a credible carbon offset market?
Taskforce on Scaling Voluntary Carbon Markets unveils recommendations on how to scale up investment in emission reduction programmes, but environmental campaigners remain unimpressed
A new era for the voluntary carbon market
The voluntary carbon market can offer the scale, demand, market infrastructure and technologies to deliver for the climate, argues SustainCERT CEO Marion Verles
'Planting trees is highly complex': Experts draw up 'golden rules' for reforestation projects
Reforestation can capture CO2, boost biodiversity, and is a key component of many firms' net zero strategies, but handled incorrectly it can also have disastrous environmental impacts, scientists warn
Mark Carney's carbon market plan puts polluters above the planet
Former Bank of England Governor's plan to establish a $100bn-a-year global market for CO2 offsets contains three major flaws that urgently need addressing, argues Greenpeace UK's John Sauven
Outdated carbon credits from old wind and solar farms are threatening climate change efforts
The carbon credit system needs an overhaul to effectively help in reducing climate change, according to a UCL study
It is time to seal the marriage between carbon finance and forest protection
CO2 from forest fires have the same climate cost as that from burning fossil fuels, yet funding for forest protection lags far behind, writes Matthew Spencer of IDH - the Sustainable Trade Initiative
2020: A heartening year for tackling the climate crisis
The climate will only respond to carbon cuts - in 2021 companies must begin turning their net zero plans into action, writes ClimateCare CEO Vaughan Lindsay
Lendlease to ban diesel on construction sites in zero carbon push
Property firm to phase out diesel use on its construction sites from 2025 as it sets out plans to align business with 1.5C global warming trajectory
BP snaps up majority stake in US forest offset firm Finite Carbon
Oil and gas giant ramps up investment in USA's largest carbon offset developer, as it increases focus on natural climate solutions in support of its net zero targets
Why the Carney Taskforce on carbon offsetting misses the mark
The drive led by the former Bank of England Governor to establish a global carbon offset market lacks emphasis on how offset quality will be defined, argues Eli Mitchell-Larson of the University of Oxford's Saïd Business School
Are carbon offsets the answer to the climate change crisis?
How corporates are tackling the 'elephant in the room'
A carbon offsetting revolution could help reverse nature destruction in the UK
If regulated and executed correctly carbon offsetting can be an impactful nature-based solution to the climate crisis, writes Ted Christie-Miller of centre-right think tank Onward
Study: Forestry finance market could soar to $800bn as net zero goals multiply
But supply chain deforestation threatens to undermine vast market potential for nature-based climate solutions, PRI warns
Guardian steps up net zero and climate coverage commitment
Newspaper announces new goal to eliminate two-thirds of its emissions and offset the remainder by 2030
Oxford Offsetting Principles: Academics launch new guidelines for carbon offsetting
New standard aims to help protect companies from accusations of greenwash by ensuring they prioritise the highest-quality, most effective carbon offsets available
Amazon swells Climate Pledge ranks with Siemens, Best Buy, and others
Real Betis, Schneider Electric, and McKinstry also amongst latest wave of companies to commit to reaching net zero emissions a decade ahead of Paris Accord goal
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