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Voluntary Carbon Markets and Compliance: two papers from IOSCO out for comments
IOSCO is the the global standard setter for securities markets regulation. SEC from United States, CVM from Brazil, AMF from France and...
Jan 17, 20232 min read


Auditing: the battle against greenwashing
Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) about greenwashing: "We need the audit sector to deliver the extra mile." With the emergence of a new...
Dec 25, 20221 min read


World Bank, partners launch tracking system to carbon credit markets
IETA , World Bank , the Government of Singapore and Google.org are the founding partners and supporters of a platform launched last...
Dec 13, 20222 min read


EU takes steps towards first voluntary carbon removal certification
Last November 30 the European Commission adopted a proposal for a first EU-wide voluntary framework to reliably certify high-quality...
Dec 12, 20222 min read


Scope 4: what is it and how to measure
When talking about emissions your probably heard about scopes 1, 2 and 3. But have you heard about Scope 4 ? Scope 4 emissions is an...
Nov 12, 20222 min read


Carbon credits, environmental crime, frauds, anti-money laundering
As a result of monitoring global developments in risks and crime trends, the Basel AML Index added environmental crime as a new indicator...
Oct 13, 20222 min read


Al Gore Calls Out ‘Greenwashing’ Risks as Funds Quit Green Club
In an article on Bloomberg, Al Gore, the former US vice president turned climate activist, said investors are growing increasingly...
Oct 3, 20221 min read


Brazil: Soaring RenovaBio carbon credits become investigation at Cade
The Ministry of Energy and Mines of Brazil asked the Administrative Council for Economic Defense (Cade) to open an investigation to...
Jul 22, 20221 min read


Yes, carbon offsets are imperfect—but we need them
Some of the most egregious uses of false dichotomies crop up in the context of carbon offsetting—financial investment in projects such as...
Jul 11, 20221 min read


Net Zero Tracker
Net Zero Tracker aims to increase the transparency and accountability of the net zero targets promised by countries, regions, cities and...
Jul 2, 20221 min read
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