carbon credits

'Real, verifiable climate impact': Voluntary carbon market council unveils 'core principles' for CO2 credits

Carbon Trading

'Real, verifiable climate impact': Voluntary carbon market council unveils 'core principles' for CO2 credits

From additionality to cracking down on double counting, the Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Markets sets out 10 principles it believes should govern credible carbon credit transactions

clock 27 July 2022 • 5 min read

Offsets

South Pole adds Finnish biochar producer to its carbon removals portfolio

Deal between Carbo Culture and corporate climate solutions provider will enable companies to invest in biochar in order to meet net zero goals

clock 10 February 2021 • 2 min read

Offsets

SDG15: How carbon offsets are protecting forests - and changing lives

Corporate investment in carbon offsets is helping to fund a project in West Africa that is delivering on multiple Sustainable Development Goals through its protection of precious forest habitats and its services for local communities

clock 12 March 2020 • 4 min read

Carbon Trading

IHS Markit launches world-first carbon credit index

New index prices carbon credits at $23.65

clock 26 September 2019 • 2 min read

Carbon Accounting

BNP Paribas launches voluntary climate offsetting platform

ClimateSeed goes live with 19 project developers promoting and selling carbon credits

clock 12 November 2018 • 1 min read

Carbon Accounting

ABP Food Group hits carbon targets two years early, thanks to green power

Major European meat processor has converted to green electricity at all of its UK beef and lamb processing sites

clock 30 May 2018 • 1 min read

Carbon Trading

This $118m mutual fund pays companies in carbon credits

Backed by SAP, Danone and Schneider Electric, the new Livelihoods Fund aims to avert the emissions of up to 25 million tons of carbon

clock 05 January 2018 • 5 min read