Shipping and Supply Chains Emissions Report
By Pianpian Wang A few months ago, I wrote an article regarding some strategies that help reduce the shipping industry’s carbon emissions. Back then, I projected that some moves might be taken to mitigate the carbon impact of shipping. It is noted that shipping emissions also matter to many businesses outside the shipping industry, such […]
Value of Carbon Market Update 2020
By Reed Shapiro In February of 2019, my colleague, Pianpian Wang, penned an article that discussed how carbon gets priced around the world, in both the compliance and voluntary carbon markets. Pianpian’s article focuses on the origins of price dynamics in both compliance trading systems, and voluntary measures. Just a year and a half later, […]
Black Rock, Morgan Stanley, and other Banks Tightening their ESG Reporting Policies
By Pianpian Wang A recent report shows that North American companies lead in reporting on carbon emissions, but not in implementing action. There has been no pressing motivation or incentive for businesses to engage in concrete agendas to reduce their carbon emissions. However, this situation is changing. BlackRock, one of the world’s largest asset managers, […]
Sustainability After COVID19
By Shannon Mora Sustainability After COVID19 The key to keeping hope alive is to view arduous circumstances through a lens of positivity. COVID-19 has certainly caused a lot of pain, frustration, anxiety, and sadness. However, during this crisis we have also seen inspiring evidence of compassion, communities unifying to serve the vulnerable, families connecting more […]
Four Strategies to Reduce Carbon Emissions in the Shipping Industry
By Pianpian Wang 4 Strategies to Reduce Carbon Emissions in the Shipping Industry Ships are responsible for roughly 3% of global CO2 and GHG emissions (CO2-eq), emitting approximately 1 billion tonnes of CO2 and GHGs per year, according to the data from 2007 to 2012. Yet the total emissions from international shipping could go up […]
How to Start the Process of Measuring Scope 3 Emissions
By Reed Shapiro Greenhouse Gas emissions increasingly play a part in customer, investor and employee considerations when interacting with companies. Tightening environmental and social justice policy, and demand for better products and cleaner performance are having material effects on how companies operate. How can the headache of capturing and adequately communicating performance in every nook […]
How to Accurately Market Your Company’s Carbon Neutral Claims
By Pianpian Wang How to Accurately Market Your Company’s Carbon Neutral Claims Picture yourself in a supermarket deciding between brands of dog food. One brand captures your attention with the claim “carbon-neutral” on the packaging. You have noticed this to be a new and popular trend for companies to include claims such as “carbon neutral” […]
Report from COP 25 in Madrid: How Companies and People Will Help Make Up For Failures in Negotiations.
By Reed Shapiro COP is Just Another Conference, and it’s Time to Take it Off the Pedestal I’ve now been to some very large conventions, as well as more intimate, “high-level” conferences. At each, I found both great and uninspiring experiences. In best-cases, very high-power people get into the weeds with the lower-level attendees, […]
Is Sustainability A Privilege?
By Shannon Mora Is Sustainability A Privilege? Sustainability shouldn’t be a privilege, and it should be a right that we all deserve access too. According to the New York Times, the majority of Americans believe climate change is a serious crisis and 75% of the population agree that carbon emissions should be regulated to some […]
Carbon Credit Scams to AVOID!
By Pianpian Wang Scams have become more and more prevalent across a number of industries, attacking under educated consumers who are willing to invest in seemingly lucrative solutions to the problems they care about most. In recent years, scammers have begun to target carbon credits, a component of national and international strategies to mitigate the […]