How to effectively choose carbon credits

Around the world, businesses are taking drastic measures to minimize their environmental impact, from slashing carbon emissions to utilizing recycled materials to minimizing corporate travel. Carbon offsets have become a major tool for companies looking to reduce their climate impact. 

Canadian voluntary carbon offset firms

A small stock exchange in Toronto has become a global hub for companies trading in voluntary carbon offsets and more growth is expected, raising concerns about the effectiveness of the new investments for fighting climate change. 

Huge mineral discovery for renewables

Massive phosphate deposits discovered in southwestern Norway could be large enough to supply electric vehicles, solar panels and fertilizer for at least 50 years. The depost contains 70 billion tonnes of the material. Phosphate contains phosphorus which is a key component of many green technologies as well as fertilizer. 

Rapid uptake in renewables

A new report issued by RMI claims that fully one third of all the electricity the world needs will come from renewables by 2030 compared to 12% today. 

New rules for corporate greenwashing

Companies will be subject to more pressure to disclose how climate change affects their business under a new set of G20-backed global rules aimed at helping regulators crack down on greenwashing. 

Oil and gas to persist for decades

Oil and gas will remain as leading sources of energy for decades to come on the back of a lagging energy transition, major industry players said at the Energy Asia conference held in Malaysia’s capital Kuala Lumpur this week.