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Carbon Offsetting: Exploring Opportunities and Challenges for Businesses

The Environmental Blog

In the wake of increasing environmental concerns and the urgent need for climate action, carbon offsetting has emerged as a crucial strategy for businesses to mitigate their carbon footprint. The basic principle behind carbon offsetting is to achieve a net-zero carbon footprint by balancing emissions with equal reductions elsewhere.

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Carbon credits would enable restoration of UK saltmarshes, says CEH study

Envirotec Magazine

The introduction of a carbon credit scheme, enabling companies to invest in the restoration of the UK’s degraded saltmarshes and voluntarily offset their greenhouse gas emissions, would be viable, a study led by the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH) has found. million tonnes of carbon.

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An inside look at pricing in the forest carbon market

GreenBiz

An inside look at pricing in the forest carbon market. In January 2020, Microsoft committed to invest $1 billion over the next four years as part of their Climate Innovation Fund. And on July 21, Apple committed to become 100 percent carbon neutral across its entire business, supply chain and product life cycle by 2030. .

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Climate tech investment falls 40% amid economic uncertainty

Envirotec Magazine

Climate tech investments from venture-capital and private equity fell 40% in 2023 as economic uncertainty and geopolitical conflict dent investor confidence, according to PwC’s 2023 State of Climate Tech report, published on 17 October. While that pattern is still true, there is an encouraging shift in the right direction.

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BIPOC Entrepreneurs Present their Climatetech Solutions at ACCEL Showcase

Greentown Labs

This month, they presented their incredible climate technologies at an ACCEL Showcase at Greentown Houston. Ultracapacitors complement batteries in the grid-scale use of renewable energy, and by supporting locally farmed hemp, the startup says it’s both sequestering carbon in hemp and “sequestering wealth” in the farmers’ communities.

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Is your team embedding equity considerations into its carbon removal projects?

GreenBiz

Is your team embedding equity considerations into its carbon removal projects? With carbon emissions expected to rebound this year, 2021 presents another opportunity for companies to invest in climate-saving initiatives that move the corporate world closer to a net-zero future, especially carbon removal projects.

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Edinburgh biochar firm secures £1m investment to open first production facility

Envirotec Magazine

Edinburgh-based Carbogenics – the developer of proprietary technology that enhances the efficacy and applicability of anaerobic digestion – has raised more than £1m in investment to build its first production and R&D facility in Scotland.