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 […]
Carbon Labeling Provides Information to Consumers in the Fight Against Climate Change
Carbon Labeling Provides By Reed Shapiro Public disclosures associated with companies and/or their products’ carbon emissions have transformed. New consumer research from Carbon Trust shows product carbon footprint labeling and emissions reductions associated with products have now reached an Early Majority threshold in terms of adoption. This means between 16% and 50% of consumers consider […]
Earth Day – A Time For Growth
Earth Day By Shannon Mora On April 22nd, 1970, twenty-million Americans stood for one united cause. These impactful individuals brought a voice to a crisis that had, until then, been largely ignored. The state of our planet was beginning to take up space in the forefront of public consciousness as the realities of unregulated big […]
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” […]
Carbon Credit Capital Summary for 2019
Carbon Credit Capital Summary: As we exit 2019, and the last decade becomes history, we have taken some time to reflect on our work over the past 12 months and what it means for CCC moving forward into 2020 and beyond. While there was much conflict, 2019 also indicates cause for real optimism based on […]
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, […]
500+ B Corps Commit to Net Zero by 2030, 20 Years Ahead of Paris Agreement
MADRID, 11 December 2019: As the UN Climate Change Conference, COP25, is underway in Madrid, Carbon Credit Capital together with over 500 fellow B Corps are publicly committing today to accelerate the reduction of their greenhouse gas emissions to reach a 1.5 degree trajectory leading to net zero by the year 2030—20 years ahead of […]