ESG Targets and Carbon Credits

ESG Targets and Carbon Credits Share this: Corporations can integrate carbon credits into their ESG strategies by purchasing carbon credits from verified carbon offset projects. These projects work to reduce or avoid greenhouse gas emissions, and the carbon credits represent the verified amount of emissions reductions achieved by the project. Corporations can use these carbon […]

Introduction to carbon credits

Introduction to Carbon Credits Share this: What is the voluntary carbon market? The Voluntary Carbon Market (VCM) is a market in which individuals, corporations and project developers purchase and sell carbon credits on a voluntary basis. These credits represent avoidance, removal, or reduction of greenhouse gasses in the atmosphere. The VCM allows entities to offset […]

What is a carbon offset

What is a carbon offset Share this: A carbon offset represents a reduction or removal of one metric tonne of carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere that is used to compensate for emissions that occur elsewhere. Carbon offsets can be generated by the reduction or removal of any greenhouse gas (GHG) known to cause climate […]

Carbon offsets and the future of corporate sustainability

Carbon Offsets and the Future of Corporate Sustainability Share this: Corporations have set environmental responsibility goals in greater numbers than ever before as the world reckons with the climate crisis. More than 1,200 companies, 1,000 educational institutions and 400 financial institutions around the world have joined the Race to Zero, a commitment to achieving net […]

The role of companies in closing the emissions gap

The role of companies in closing the emissions gap Share this: The goal of the Paris Agreement is to limit global warming to below 2, preferably 1.5 degrees Celsius, compared to the pre-industrial level. Although sustained efforts are being made worldwide to meet that goal, there is a gap between the level of emissions that […]