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Media brief: What are carbon offsets and how can they be used?

Clean Energy Canada

Offsets offer a carbon polluter (like the operator of a steel plant) an additional option to comply with government rules that limit carbon pollution. Carbon offsets have been enabled under international law in the 1997 Kyoto Protocol and were first used internationally in 2001. WHAT ARE OFFSETS?

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The Seven Sins of Greenwashing

Green Business Bureau

To this day, BP has still not recovered in value and has been branded a dirty oil company soiled in shame. A tarnished brand reputation and negative consumer perspectives. All of a sudden sustainability is about climate change, ending poverty, and gender equality. Legal conviction by The Federal Trade Commission (FTC).

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The Seven Sins of Greenwashing

Green Business Bureau

To this day, BP has still not recovered in value and has been branded a dirty oil company soiled in shame. A tarnished brand reputation and negative consumer perspectives. All of a sudden sustainability is about climate change, ending poverty, and gender equality. Legal conviction by The Federal Trade Commission (FTC).

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20 C-suite sustainability champions for 2021

GreenBiz

The big stories of 2020 were not just about a pandemic, a reckoning on racial justice, an economic calamity and the ever-imminent rise of climate change impacts. The company, an early partner with the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, has positioned water and carbon emissions as equally critical in the climate crisis.

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The Sierra Club's Top 20 Cool Schools

Green Market Oracle

Schools give us a glimpse into what carbon neutrality looks like. Home to the Northeast Climate Adaptation Science Center, UMass Amherst works with regional researchers and graduate science students to develop tools needed to help fish, wildlife, and ecosystems adapt to the impacts of climate change.

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What Is B Corp? B Corp Certification Guide + Quick Assessment

Green Business Bureau

Resolutions to global challenges such as climate change, poverty, inequality, biodiversity loss, habitat destruction, resource depletion, racism, and exploitation need the backing of our economic system. You can use this protocol alongside carbon footprint calculating software such as Green Business Bureau’s partner, Aclymate.

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20 C-suite sustainability champions for 2021

AGreenLiving

20 C-suite sustainability champions for 2021 Elsa Wenzel Mon, 01/11/2021 – 02:15 The big stories of 2020 were not just about a pandemic, a reckoning on racial justice, an economic calamity and the ever-imminent rise of climate change impacts. No doubt those conversations will be at play in Starbucks’ 50th year.