GreenBiz

OCTOBER 8, 2020

There isn’t as much scrutiny on the company going public as there would be with a traditional IPO, which is why SPAC-enabled deals are a controversial topic right now. A SPAC can only buy one company but the team plans to evaluate carbon removal and avoidance businesses. What is CRIS looking for? Pull Quote. Climate Change.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

Digging into the debate over soil carbon credits (36:45). The carbon-reduction promises related to regenerative agriculture loom large, and the debate over the value of offsets related to this sequestration is just getting started. Carbon Removal. Carbon Removal. E-mail us at 350@greenbiz.com. Contributors.

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GreenBiz

MAY 11, 2021

Numbers around the carbon removal potential are far more elusive, but Boston-based venture capital firm Clean Energy Ventures (CEV) began asking for them several years ago. Carbon Removal. The company closed a $3.2 It's not just about solar panels and wind turbines. There are many ways to reduce emissions," Miller said.

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GreenBiz

MAY 28, 2020

How Stripe’s ‘negative emissions’ team picked its first four carbon removal projects. Among the many notes to myself about potential follow-up stories lies my scribbled reminder to check in on online payment tech company Stripe’s pledge last year to put at least $1 million annually toward carbon removal activities.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 29, 2020

market; removal joins the. carbon agenda. Climate’s urgent need. is restored forests! those one trillion trees. Carbontech is on the VERGE. Carbontech hits the. New Year’s Resolutions. Watch GreenFin grow, help. Big Oil shrink and build racial. justice for all. Corporate Strategy. Climate Change. Sustainability.

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GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Strategy firm BCG pledges net-zero impact, eyes ‘carbon positive’ future. Beyond 2030, BCG aspires to be "climate positive" — by removing more carbon dioxide emissions from the atmosphere on an ongoing basis than it actually emits through its own activities. Heather Clancy. Tue, 09/01/2020 - 00:02. Corporate Strategy.

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GreenBiz

MAY 11, 2021

This week, as the full fleet of GreenBiz weekly newsletters focuses on the topic of net zero, I thought it might be helpful to start off with some simple questions that seem to encircle that goal. Is net zero the same as carbon neutral? And even that goal sometimes gets knocked as being too little, too late. Pull Quote.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 4, 2020

In the quest for carbon offsets, (almost) anything goes. What Joe Biden could do to cultivate carbon removal innovation (16:35) . Nonprofit Carbon180 has plenty of ideas for how the Department of Energy and the Department of Agriculture can collaborate to cultivate new economic opportunities centered on carbon removal.

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GreenBiz

MAY 29, 2020

Can companies rely on regenerative agriculture's carbon removal impact? FedEx wants to offset its carbon footprint, and Indigo knows farmers who can help. These methods will store carbon in soils, earning FedEx carbon offsets. Soil carbon sequestration markets will grow but are unlikely carbon emissions saviors.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 15, 2020

Inside Cargill’s experiment to pay farmers for carbon sequestration. Like many other food companies, it’s dedicating resources to promoting regenerative agricultural practices among the farmers and seeking ways that farms can profit from their efforts to sequester carbon dioxide. Carbon Removal. Carbon Removal.

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GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

You can get carbon credits for urban forestry . Because urban forestry generally has a relatively low carbon removal impact, fewer organizations are focused on creating carbon credits for these projects. It connects businesses with urban forestry projects and then issues a certified carbon credit. .

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GreenBiz

MARCH 2, 2021

An inside look at pricing in the forest carbon market. And on July 21, Apple committed to become 100 percent carbon neutral across its entire business, supply chain and product life cycle by 2030. . Instead, carbon project developers that act as the intermediaries between the two making everything happen. . Wilder Person.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 23, 2023

You’ll also find data and commentary on the state of biodiversity, from our partners at S&P Global; and on green jobs and careers, from LinkedIn.

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GreenBiz

JULY 21, 2020

Apple embeds racial justice into new supply-chain carbon neutrality pledge. With its latest set of combined sustainability commitments, Apple is pushing for carbon neutrality across its entire business by the end of this decade, including its supply chain and the life cycle for its products. Heather Clancy. Tue, 07/21/2020 - 04:13.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 7, 2020

Traditionally, offset markets have been focused on credits for atmospheric carbon sequestration or restoration projects. Similar to carbon credits, these reef credits are sold by farmers or project developers to organizations and companies looking to offset their environmental footprints. Jesse Klein. Mon, 12/07/2020 - 01:45.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 25, 2021

Jope also explained Tuesday that achieving net-zero by 2039 would mean ensuring that the emissions associated with Unilever's products are reduced towards zero "as far as possible, with residual emissions balanced by carbon removals, through either natural technological carbon sequestration such as reforestation or carbon capture and storage.".

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

“Many carbon credits will be created through the protection of forestry.” ” By Mike Edwards, Chairman of Ora Technology PLC (Ora), a company focused on carbon trading, and attempting to facilitate the process of buying, selling, and retiring carbon credits in the voluntary carbon market (VCM).

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 26, 2020

BP, Shell, oil giants fund research into mobile carbon capture from ships at sea. Carbon capture will play an important role in reducing overall greenhouse gas emissions, but there's no reason it needs to be limited to stationary applications," said Michael Traver, head of OGCI's transport workstream. Michael Holder.

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GreenBiz

MAY 27, 2021

Is your carbon accounting system prepared to count remote work? Over the course of the pandemic, I’ve seen numerous dispatches issued by software developers touting the carbon footprint reduction potential of shifting to collaboration applications for many employee meetings. . Heather Clancy. Thu, 05/27/2021 - 02:00.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

A tidal wave of new carbon emissions data soon will be upon us. A radical increase in available carbon emissions data may be just around the corner. Sustainable investments should grow as divestment from carbon-intensive industries intensifies. The age of radically transparent and democratised carbon emissions data is coming.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 19, 2021

We can now harness the carbon scavenging power of Japanese knotweed and other invasive plants, explains Nic Seal, Founder and MD of Environet, a UK specialist in the topic. From one tonne of knotweed rhizome (wet weight) we can create around 150-200kg of charcoal which is 99% pure carbon.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

A topic less readily highlighted is the treatment technologies available for PFAS removal. It is already possible to remove most PFAS and other contaminants in drinking water, environmental waters and industrial wastewater, with water technology providers on the frontline in helping utilities manage the issue.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Over the past few years, as companies have come under steadily increasing pressure to tackle climate change, nature-based solutions have emerged as a particularly exciting method for shrinking corporate carbon footprints. Investing in forests can be a win-win that both sequesters carbon and regenerates nature. Let’s start with costs.

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GreenBiz

JULY 29, 2021

"I’ve always been interested in design and construction, but I only recently learned the game-changing impact the construction industry can have in improving the environment by adoption of innovative, lower-carbon techniques," Keaton said when the relationship was announced in April. Carbon Removal. Pull Quote. Infrastructure.

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GreenBiz

MAY 27, 2020

Using waste carbon feedstocks to produce chemicals. Moreover, using waste carbon to make chemicals also can reduce manufacturers’ reliance on fossil fuels such as crude petroleum and natural gas, an important factor, particularly for the European Union and China, given the volatility in sourcing and pricing of fossil fuels.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Over the past few years, as companies have come under steadily increasing pressure to tackle climate change, nature-based solutions have emerged as a particularly exciting method for shrinking corporate carbon footprints. Investing in forests can be a win-win that both sequesters carbon and regenerates nature. Let’s start with costs.

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GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Carbon 'rainbow': Unilever pledges $1.2B The new program, Clean Future, is largely focused on identifying and commercializing alternative sources of carbon for surfactants, the petrochemical molecules found in cleaning products that help remove grease from fabrics and surfaces. Unilever's "carbon rainbow" classification system.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 5, 2020

Growing a carbon market for urban forests (34:45). The process of issuing carbon credits for reforestation projects in places such as rainforests as well established — not so much when it comes to trees growing in the shadow of skyscrapers. Carbon Removal. You must subscribe to each newsletter in order to receive it.

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 7, 2020

The result, according to the method’s proponents , is complex ecosystems perfectly suited to local conditions that improve biodiversity, grow quickly and absorb more carbon dioxide. Carbon sinks. It’s estimated that new or restored forests could remove up to 10 gigatons of carbon dioxide equivalent by 2050.

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GreenBiz

MAY 29, 2020

The nuances of all the various adjectives and descriptors that are used to describe climate action — from "science-based" to "net zero" to "carbon negative" — are enough to make heads spin, especially for those who spend their professional lives worrying about how to communicate these concepts. Offsetting versus insetting.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 18, 2021

From an established forest carbon marketplace? "We Of course, there’s also the expectation, with Pachama’s involvement, that these projects will originate new carbon offsets, which are in increasingly short supply as big businesses shower the world with net-zero pledges. Carbon Removal. Pull Quote. Tree Planting.

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EDF + Business

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Actionable Insights for a Decarbonizing World Carbon Credits 101 For Investors For investors in companies that purchase carbon credits, understanding credit integrity is important to gauging climate performance. Download Slide Deck Carbon credits represent both an opportunity and a risk for companies and their investors.

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

With misconceptions remaining around the topic of sustainable business practices and given the increasingly challenging economic landscape we find ourselves in, there’s a risk that the offsetting of carbon emissions could be overlooked by large and small businesses. Buying carbon offsets is a challenging and alienating experience.

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EDF + Business

OCTOBER 23, 2023

By Leanna Tang and Andrew Howell, CFA High-integrity carbon credits can play an important part in enhancing climate action, but their role in corporate sustainability strategies has come under scrutiny over the last year. When a buyer removes a credit from the market by retiring it, they can take credit for the emissions impact it represents.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 22, 2020

Lately, I’ve been mulling that framework a great deal in the context of a much-ballyhooed nature-based solution for removing carbon emissions: planting trees. Carbon Removal. Heck, even the climate-denier-in-chief loves the idea. Subscribe to the VERGE Weekly newsletter, and follow me on Twitter: @greentechlady.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Industry Voice: Atkins' Kate Vincent shares her knowledge on carbon removal - one of the most discussed environmental topics of recent times. Carbon removal is one of the most discussed environmental issues of our times and high on the agenda of engineering, design and project management multinational Atkins.

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GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

I’d argued that regenerative grazing could cut emissions from beef production , helping reduce the outsized contribution cattle make to food’s carbon footprint. You can imagine a future in which some beef, probably priced at a premium, comes with a carbon-negative label. Let’s get back to the beef brouhaha I wrote about last week.

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