As more companies look to address their carbon footprints, many realize that efforts to reduce their own emissions can be time-consuming and complex. Reaching long-term sustainability goals, like becoming a net zero organization, can take decades, and along the way, you might find that certain sources of carbon emissions are difficult or nearly impossible to […]
As corporate climate action becomes increasingly commonplace, there has been a corresponding rise in climate tech solutions, like carbon management or greenhouse gas (GHG) accounting software, to help corporations reach climate goals. These solutions can streamline the operational aspects of climate work such as measurement, tracking, and reporting so organizations can focus efforts on implementation […]
The need for companies to understand the emissions footprint of their value chain is becoming standard practice, but that doesn’t mean it’s easy to do. To best account for the opportunities and risks associated with your scope 3 emissions, organizations need to understand both their value chain’s effect on climate change and the possible effects […]
We unpack the Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market's (ICVCM) complete carbon credit quality guidance that helps determine which carbon credits can achieve the newly introduced Core Carbon Principle-Approved (or CCP-Approved) label.
An increasing number of companies are setting science-based targets using criteria set out in the Science-Based Targets initiative’s (SBTi) Net-Zero Corporate Standard. One criterion is that companies must set near-term targets on their path to net zero – and if scope 3 emissions make up 40% or more of a company’s total footprint, a near-term […]
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The Science-Based Targets Initiative (SBTi) has recently released a package of consultation documents aimed at financial institutions, including the conceptual framework for the Net-Zero Standard for Financial Institutions (“FINZ”). The document is neither an exposure draft nor the final standard, but serves as an important milestone along the way to their expected publication in Q4 […]
According to CDP, portfolio emissions of global financial institutions are about 700 times larger than their direct emissions. In order to make significant progress on their climate journeys, financial institutions need to understand the full scope of these financed emissions through greenhouse gas (GHG) measurement. But how do you measure the carbon impact of something […]
Maureen Bray, Senior Director, Energy & Climate Practice – Strategy, Europe, met with CeFPro at the ESG Europe event to discuss scope 3 in the financial sector. She went over the importance of understanding your scope 3, key challenges, important messages, and more. Learn more below. WATCH THE VIDEO Maureen Bray interview ESG Europe from […]
It is valuable for every company to have familiarity with the framework set out by the Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD), and with climate-related risks and opportunities more generally. In this article, we’ll explain why. The cascading effect of climate reporting Over the past few years, we have been witnessing voluntary sustainability reporting […]
The voluntary carbon market (VCM) is grappling with opposing forces: the need to ensure quality as the market grows larger and more complex. At a high level, the influx of resources into the market over the past few years is a positive signal for global efforts to mitigate climate change. But quality concerns have dogged […]
