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2020 was the year that…

GreenBiz

Circular models made the rounds, starting with the design department, where a lot of negative environmental and social impacts are baked into garments, usually unwittingly. Microsoft , JetBlue and Royal Dutch Shell are among those seeking to offset a portion of their carbon footprint by investing in forest protection and reforestation.

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How To Buy Carbon Offsets: 6 Certified and Vetted Options

Green Business Bureau

The voluntary carbon offset market is rocketing, with the Ecosystem Marketplace reporting an annual market value of ~$1 billion in 2021, which was an all-time high. This can make things difficult for business leaders like you, looking to reduce their carbon footprint through purchasing offsets. The rules of carbon offsetting.

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20 C-suite sustainability champions for 2021

GreenBiz

Many celebrated with their CSOs on meeting ambitious corporate targets for 2020, while setting audacious new goals for 2025, 2030 and 2050. The company, an early partner with the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, has positioned water and carbon emissions as equally critical in the climate crisis. LinkedIn | Personal website.

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Sustainable Skiing Guide: 5 Tips for Eco Friendly Ski Resorts

Green Business Bureau

One study reported that the average carbon footprint per skier could be as much as 74kg CO 2e per trip. Sustainability pushes resorts away from the negative spiral, where high carbon footprints catalyze climate change – which could ultimately render the ski industry obsolete. The benefits of sustainability for ski resorts.

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Lessons from Denmark: How the agriculture sector can produce more food on less land

Business Green

Could Denmark deliver a carbon neutral farming sector by 2050? Whether you have a stake in Denmark's farming sector or not, the findings of the technical report, entitled A Pathway to Carbon Neutral Agriculture in Denmark , are significant. The World Resources Institute (WRI) thinks so.

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'A prime example of doublethink': How surging demand for land-based CO2 offsets could threaten global food security

Business Green

Oxfam warns many net zero goals rely too heavily on forestation to offset carbon emissions, providing a potential threat to agricultural land. It estimates that, if land alone was used to remove the world's greenhouse gas emissions in order to achieve net zero by 2050, it would require at least 1.6

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'Unusually positive news': Does 2020 mark a turning point for delivering on the Paris Agreement goals?

Business Green

Since September alone, China has pledged to reach carbon neutrality by 2060, and Japan, South Korea, South Africa, and Canada have also set their sights on net zero by 2050. We need to go to net zero and afterwards to net negative, so removing CO2 emissions from the atmosphere.".