Sustainable Packaging: How to Reduce Your Company’s Packaging Footprint?

Consumers are becoming more and more aware of the impact that businesses have on the environment, and are increasingly demanding that companies comply with environmentally friendly policies or opting to spend their money with those that do. As a result businesses need to find ways to be more sustainable in their operations and reduce their […]

Tackling Scope 3 Emissions and Measuring Your Supply Chain: How to Get Started?

As more and more organizations set ambitious goals to reduce their impact on the environment, reducing emissions related to their business activities is becoming an increasingly important measurement for success. Organizations that are taking measures to be environmentally friendly are making efforts to calculate and reduce greenhouse gasses across their value chain, which includes any […]

Social Cost of Carbon

Social Cost of Carbon

The social cost of carbon (SCC) is an extremely important tool for understanding our global climate change situation and determining the most cost-effective solutions. However, many people do not fully comprehend it, so this article will explain what it is and how it is used to build better environmental policies. What is the Social Cost […]

How to Become Carbon Neutral as an Individual.

How to Become Carbon Neutral as an Individual.

To truly slow the effects of global warming on our planet, each individual needs to bring sustainable practices into their everyday lives. This guide will show you the steps you can take to begin your personal journey toward becoming carbon neutral. Carbon Neutrality Being carbon neutral means that through a combination of reducing and offsetting […]

What You Need to Know Before Monetizing Carbon Credits

What You Need to Know Before Monetizing Carbon Credits

By Pianpian Wang Demands for voluntary carbon offsets have been increased since the beginning of the year. The pandemic has become a crucial driver for companies to commit to climate mitigation. We have received many inquiries recently regarding how to monetize carbon emissions. You might find this short article helpful in answering your general questions […]

Setting an Internal Carbon Value on One Ton – A Complex but Necessary Step

By Olivia Fussell Companies that are building in a price for carbon in their financial forecasts will be better prepared to manage the transition as more climate change reporting, risk and regulation become an evident business cost globally. The need for a company to account for the cost is becoming a necessary step and is […]

Report on Science Based Emissions Targets

Report on Science Based Emissions Targets

By Pianpian Wang Report on Science Based Emissions Targets One silver lining to COVID-19 is that multiple sources and news outlets are showing an increase in businesses and individuals taking action to tackle the climate crisis that we all face. One example is that more businesses have started to develop science-based targets (“SBT”) to reduce […]

Racism in Environmental Justice

Racism in Environmental Justice

By Shannon Mora Racism in Environmental Justice In a previous blog post titled Privilege in Sustainability, I discussed the ways the climate action initiative has shown to be targeted towards the young white demographic. The disconnect between minority peoples and the climate action movement is tied to both the price point for sustainable goods and […]

Value of Carbon Market Update 2020

Carbon Market Update

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, […]

Extreme Weather Events- What’s Next?

Extreme Weather Events- What’s Next?

Extreme Weather Events By Shannon Mora “Thousands forced to evacuate as California fires blase across the state”. “100,000 evacuated as waters reach giant Chinese Buddha statue”. “Two dead and hundreds of thousands without power after wind storm battles the Midwest.” “New South Wales, Australia weather: Flooding eases on south coast but many residents yet to […]