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Why investors are putting biodiversity on the balance sheet

GreenBiz

Most investors and companies still don’t put a price tag on natural capital, or the cost of losing it, and biodiversity becoming a top "theme" only means people have begun talking about it. That said, huge as it sounds, that $7 trillion represents only a fraction of the more than $100 trillion in global assets under management.

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Three primers for buying carbon offsets

Business Green

Credits for forestry or land use and renewable energy were the most popular, measured in metric tons of CO2 removed, the research found. Much of that growth in value was driven by an increase in nature-based solutions and prices of carbon credits rising about 60 percent in 2021, according to the analysis.

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

Business Green

It explained that this will set out its criteria for assessing categories of different carbon projects, such as cookstoves or forestry projects, for different programs. It added that programs will be able to tag both existing and new carbon credits with the CCP label, provided that it has also approved the category.

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Why investors are putting biodiversity on the balance sheet

AGreenLiving

Most investors and companies still don’t put a price tag on natural capital, or the cost of losing it, and biodiversity becoming a top “theme” only means people have begun talking about it. That said, huge as it sounds, that $7 trillion represents only a fraction of the more than $100 trillion in global assets under management.

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Carbon Accounting: How To Lower Your Carbon Footprint

Green Business Bureau

Look for Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs), also known as Green Tags. Forestry and conservation: This includes protecting and re-establishing ecosystems by planting trees and vegetation. Switching to a renewable energy supplier will lower your carbon footprint by reducing the total scope 2 emissions associated with your business. .

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Carbon Accounting: How To Lower Your Carbon Footprint

Green Business Bureau

Look for Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs), also known as Green Tags. Forestry and conservation: This includes protecting and re-establishing ecosystems by planting trees and vegetation. Switching to a renewable energy supplier will lower your carbon footprint by reducing the total scope 2 emissions associated with your business. .

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Can a tiger change its stripes? Meet the pulp and paper giant bankrolling a huge Sumatran rainforest reserve

Business Green

Across most metrics - be it habitat protection, species abundance, or forestry protection and peatland restoration - RER appears to be delivering impressive environmental gains, and all while gleaning potentially critical scientific knowledge for the global fight against climate change and biodiversity loss.