GreenBiz

OCTOBER 28, 2020

Carbontech, a category of climate tech I’d love to see break through next year. And it is also letting merchants add options for offsetting that buyers can select during transactions. . The investment dynamics are intriguing: CCN’s research uncovered 135 companies in this space that have raised $2.2 Heather Clancy.

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Green Business Bureau

JANUARY 10, 2022

Pose an investment risk. Accordingly, the Business for Social Responsibility uses a matrix to define effective environmental communication using four separate categories. Category #1: Effective Environmental Communications. Category #2: Misguided Greenwash. Category #3: Greenwash Noise.

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Business Green

MARCH 12, 2021

Mobilising billions of dollars of low carbon investment is a huge challenge, but it is also a massive opportunity for those financiers willing to innovate in pursuit of net zero emissions. Chief among them is the huge investment gap that must still be bridged before the destination of carbon neutrality can be reached.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 6, 2021

The Scottish Green Energy Awards returned to Edinburgh where more than 1,000 people saw winners in 13 categories receive trophies recognising their work in the clean energy sector, which supports 22,660 jobs. Outstanding Service Award, sponsored by Green Investment Group: Blargoans Ltd. in community benefit payments.

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Climate Tech VC

JANUARY 5, 2024

We've been meticulously tracking climate tech investment, deal by deal, since the term ‘climate tech’ emerged. In 2023, a challenging macro environment marked by higher interest rates and a cautious private investment market raised the hurdles for deployment.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 2, 2022

The process of purchasing carbon offsets - whether they are focused on removals, such as those enabled by direct air capture technology, or avoidance, such as projects that protect forests and other natural carbon sinks - is still complex for corporate buyers. This guide follows Shopify's publication of the " Carbon Removal Playbook" in 2021.

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Business Green

MARCH 31, 2023

In addition, the program-level requirements for governance have been streamlined to build on the existing requirements established through the UN-backed CORSIA aviation carbon offset scheme, a move the ICVCM said had been adopted following extensive consultation with stakeholders.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

A similar share were found to have disclosed whether they will use offsets to reach their goals or not. The group stressed that credible net zero targets must deliver deep cuts in absolute emissions this decade, with high-integrity carbon offsets to be used only for further reductions "above and beyond" that.

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Green Business Bureau

JANUARY 10, 2022

Pose an investment risk. Accordingly, the Business for Social Responsibility uses a matrix to define effective environmental communication using four separate categories. Category #1: Effective Environmental Communications. Category #2: Misguided Greenwash. Category #3: Greenwash Noise.

Sustainability 78

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Grist

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

“You’ll have a financing agency who’s willing to tell a manufacturer, ‘If you spend a bunch of money to develop and commercialize a product and build a factory that can produce enough of it, and the market doesn’t grow as expected, we will share or offset the loss in investment.’”

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Better Ventures

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

According to recent reports, VCs invested $60B in climate tech between 2013–2019 with an 84% CAGR in capital deployed, with no signs of slowing in 2020 (see below). Source: Climate Tech VC At Better Ventures , sustainability has been a core pillar of our investment thesis from the beginning. What is ‘Climate Intelligence’?

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Green Business Bureau

DECEMBER 12, 2022

This is the third year running in which Xavier Creative House have addressed their carbon footprint by investing in carbon offset schemes. Using these assessments, XCH offset 412% of the organization’s total CO 2e emissions using the offset providers Climate Hero , Aclymate and the Carbon Fund. For instance: Inc.

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Latham's Clean Energy Law Report

MAY 24, 2022

AB 32 authorized CARB to adopt a market-based compliance mechanism with “declining annual aggregate emission limits for sources or categories of sources that emit greenhouse gas emissions” through 2020. billion funds have been invested into GHG-reducing projects. To date, $10.5

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 21, 2022

We believe through innovation, investment and collaboration, net zero is within our collective grasp.”. The top shareholders included the Brazilian development bank BNDES, BlackRock and Fidelity Investments, according to the Mighty Earth report. . “It’s JBS is both buying and selling offsets in its attempt to reach net zero.

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EDF + Business

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

While practice adoption can increase some costs such as cover crop seed, farmers find that these costs are typically offset by the savings in another budget category. Investments in conservation have increasing returns. Accurate recordkeeping typically results in better management. Download Report. Recommendations.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 3, 2021

The remaining 20 percent represents investments outside of fossil fuels, in areas such as renewables, carbon capture and storage, and research into new green technologies. . Green investments, however, make up just 12 percent of these companies’ portfolios on average based on publicly available figures.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

A new global policy and reporting framework is urgently required to help mobilise the billions of dollars of investment in nature-related projects needed to deliver on global climate and biodiversity goals.

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Low Carbon Prosperity

MARCH 15, 2021

This technical memo presents modelled jobs and other benefits from investments through 2030 that could be catalyzed by revenue from Substitute Senate Bill 5126 (SB5126), the Climate Commitment Act. In this technical memo, I describe methodology, modelling, and revenue and investment results. Summary of Results. billion to $4.1

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Low Carbon Prosperity

MARCH 15, 2021

This technical memo presents modelled jobs and other benefits from investments through 2030 that could be catalyzed by revenue from Substitute Senate Bill 5126 (SB5126), the Climate Commitment Act. In this technical memo, I describe methodology, modelling, and revenue and investment results. Summary of Results. billion to $4.1

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GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

Utility-scale wind and solar plants provided 6 percent of the fuel mix, or possibly slightly more, as some balancing authorities with small amounts of solar report it in the "Other" category. Build enough renewable energy sources to offset the loss of coal generation and prevent increased natural gas demand during an extended cold snap.

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Climate Tech VC

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

The investment covers 40% of the Texas facility’s $1.3B project cost and is one of the largest DAC investments to date.    🏭 Brickeye , a Toronto, Canada-based digital IoT platform for construction sensors, raised $10M from BDC Capital GreenSky Ventures, Brightspark, EDC, and MaRS Investment Accelerator Fund. 

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Business Green

JANUARY 10, 2022

Developers would need to ensure new buildings improve local biodiversity, or invest in nature-projects to offset impacts elsewhere. Or, if that is not possible - by purchasing credits for nature restoration to elsewhere in England to offset the nature-losses incurred by a development, the government said.

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Low Carbon Prosperity

OCTOBER 17, 2018

Initiative 1631 directs a minimum of 15% of the Clean Air & Clean Energy Account plus utility retained credits towards: “…sufficient investments to eliminate net increases in energy burden of customers that are people with lower incomes as a result of actions to reduce pollution, including the requirements of this act.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

But whichever category backers fall into, all shareholders will hold the same rights, even though the investment sums will differ vastly across each, the firm insists. The site is for sale for offers of over £10.4m, but Highlands Rewilding believes its plans require something closer to £14m of investment.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Thanks to this government's unashamedly pro-tech agenda, the UK is attracting the talent and investment our brilliant tech firms need to grow and use digital innovation to help us achieve net zero.". Onsite or offset? REGOs and PPAs are applied to offsetting calculations so a company can claim to be using 100 per cent renewables.

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Low Carbon Prosperity

OCTOBER 17, 2018

In this Low Carbon Prosperity Institute (LCPI) analysis, we explore scenarios of carbon reduction investment performance based on the revenue allocation described in Initiative 1631. The measure would rely on a robust investment program to achieve the remaining 20 million tCO2e. California’s Climate Investments ?

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Climate Tech VC

MARCH 4, 2024

  Lots of spice for clean investment this week. The US Clean Investment Monitor published its annual report for 2023, which saw clean investment total $239bn, up 38% from 2022. 14% of total investment came from the feds, with $33.7B 14% of total investment came from the feds, with $33.7B Happy Monday! 

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Low Carbon Prosperity

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

Pricing mechanisms promote conservation, efficiency improvements, and fuel switching, while encouraging investment in new cleantech innovations. Some of the revenue from a carbon pricing mechanism should be allocated to offset this regressive impact. When the price of a commodity like oil goes up, consumers buy less of it.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

It's not just a question of companies being lazy, though: the average 'emission factor' for wheat in the US may be easy to find but getting more granular, annually-updated data from a specific region or supplier requires major investments in supplier engagement, data collection and reporting across the entire value chain.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 3, 2023

Securities and Exchange Commission in February, Global Witness points out that this business category includes fossil gas and gas-related activities, like hydrogen, and therefore overstates what Shell actually invests in carbon-free renewables, like wind and solar. In a complaint filed with the U.S.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 19, 2022

This should include setting a clear policy and regulatory framework, and working with the business community to drive investment in nature, which will be critical to provide clarity for businesses and create a level playing field. There are also problematic references to biodiversity offsets and credits.

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Climate Tech VC

JUNE 30, 2023

In fact, late-stage and growth investments in climate tech saw a greater dropoff than the market as a whole, potentially exacerbated by the relative capital-intensity of the physical asset climate tech businesses. Quarterly investment totals dropped to $6.6B in Q1’23 and Q2’23, respectively.

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AutoGrid

APRIL 21, 2022

These categories of NWA and VPP value streams are increasingly found in the same installation or fleet of installations. NWA) as well as customer-facility or market benefits, which may in turn benefit operating margins by offsetting supply cost. These may include deferral of capital upgrades (e.g.,

Home Energy Monitoring 72

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Business Green

OCTOBER 30, 2020

Carbontech, a category of climate tech I'd love to see break through next year. And it is also letting merchants add options for offsetting that buyers can select during transactions. After years of R&D there is growing evidence that carbon capture and utilisation technologies are edging towards the crucial commercialisation phase.

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Carbon-negative Carbon Aviation Transportation 76

Business Green

APRIL 21, 2022

The transitions bond market remains relatively small at $4.4bn, with the emerging category hamstrung by a lack of clear definitions over what should quality as a transition bond and on-going concerns over the risk of ‘greenwashing' from carbon intensive companies.

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Sustainability Investment Africa Climate change 44

Business Green

JANUARY 22, 2021

Gas is over', declares European Investment Bank chief. The President of the European Investment Bank (EIB) has issued a stark assessment of the long term future for gas infrastructure across the continent, declaring at apress conference this week that "to put it mildly, gas is over". China coal output rises to highest level since 2015.

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AGreenLiving

JUNE 24, 2021

This helps offset the pollution from the surrounding city. Park equity is a category that was added this year, as a means to help city leaders identify inequities when making budget and location decisions about parks. The Trust also looks at the amount of money spent by each resident as park investment.

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