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Making sense of the alphabet soup: the common themes across carbon credit integrity guidance

EDF + Business

By Jordan Faires and Pedro Barata A year ago, the voluntary carbon market was craving guidance on quality and integrity. There was no public, unified guidance to show carbon credit programs or companies what carbon credits were good, what was junk, and what lay in between. in the voluntary carbon market.

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Three primers for buying carbon offsets

Business Green

As interest and scrutiny involving the use of carbon credits toward net zero goals intensifies, resources from Shopify, Frontier Climate, and Ecosystem Marketplace have some answers for corporate buyers. But pioneering companies and organisations are working to standardise, educate, and define these markets for the future.

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How the Integrity Council's new global benchmark could prove a watershed moment for the carbon market

Business Green

ICVCM said the new Core Carbon Principles (CCPs) have been developed using input from hundreds of organisations throughout the voluntary carbon market and will set out fundamental principles for high-quality credits which deliver real, verifiable emissions reductions based on the latest science and best practices.

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How investing 1.3 per cent of GDP could decarbonise the global economy - and unlock massive financial savings

Business Green

The costs associated with carbon emissions are diffuse and deferred, the costs associated with deploying clean technologies may be lower, but they are concentrated and front loaded. Moreover, this price tag is for capital investments, not costs. warming pathway by 2030. Again, it sounds like a lot but it is equivalent to around 1.3

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What Is Carbon Accounting? Standards, Frameworks, Developments and Challenges

Green Business Bureau

What is carbon accounting? Carbon accounting – also known as a carbon or greenhouse gas inventory – is the process of measuring the amount of carbon dioxide, or other greenhouse gases (GHG), an organization emits. Carbon accounting is a must for any becoming business today.

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