Emissions Offsetting News
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Drax Announces Carbon Removals Deal with Karbon-X
Carbon removals and renewable energy company Drax Group this week (March 28) announced a new carbon removals deal with Karbon-X, a leading environmental company. The agreement is the latest indicator of growing demand for high-quality carbon removals from bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS).Karbon-X will purchase carbon dioxide removals (CDR) credits from Drax representing 25,000 ...
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DG Fuels awards contract to NEXTCHEM for US SAF facility
MAIRE S.p.A. announces that NEXTCHEM (Sustainable Technology Solutions BU), through its subsidiary MyRechemical, leading the waste-to-chemical segment, has been selected by DG Fuels Louisiana to provide the Process Design Package in relation to a sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) facility under development in St. James Parish, Louisiana. The plant, expected to be operational in 2028, will ...
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The Role of Biochar Machine in the Carbon Credit Market
As the world grapples with the escalating challenges of climate change, carbon credits have emerged as a powerful tool in the fight against greenhouse gas emissions. In this pursuit of a carbon-neutral future, innovative technologies like the biochar machine have gained significance as sustainable solutions that not only sequester carbon but also earn valuable carbon credits. In this article, we ...
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The business value of a climate program
Over the last decade, the environment in which businesses operate has been upended. Regulation, science, and ultimately a cultural shift have put climate action at the center of corporate responsibility. Through international agreements and national regulations, efforts led by governments and NGOs to combat climate change have expanded meaningfully—but success depends on the private ...
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Glencore, Merafe and the af Jochnick family – cornerstone investors in climate compensating preference share
Glencore International AG (referred to below as “Glencore”), Merafe Resources Limited (referred to below as “Merafe”) and the af Jochnick family (collectively referred to below as “Cornerstone Investors”) have undertaken to subscribe for preference shares in the event of a new issue of such shares later in the year, as planned by Swedish Stirling AB (publ) ...
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QED Environmental Systems Partners with UPS® for Carbon Neutral Shipping
Q.E.D Environmental Systems, Inc. (QED), a leading manufacturer of innovative environmental products and subsidiary of Graco Inc. (NYSE:GGG), has struck a Carbon Neutral Services Agreement with United Parcel Service (UPS®) in order to mitigate the environmental impact of shipping products to customers. UPS® will use its carbon emissions calculator to determine the CO2 emissions of ...
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New NRRI Paper Addresses the Economics of Decarbonization
The National Regulatory Research Institute has released a new paper on decarbonization that describes an important tool for decarbonizing the electric system and the economy carbon capture and sequestration, also known as CCS. NRRI is the research arm of the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners, which represents the interests of state utility regulators. The Economics of ...
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Carbon removal and offsets: a buyer’s guide
This is the make-or-break decade for climate action, and companies are leading the charge. But while there’s now wide consensus on the initial steps—measuring footprints, sourcing clean power, and decarbonizing supply chains—there’s still a lot of confusion about what comes after. For companies with carbon neutral or net zero goals, emissions cuts aren’t enough: ...
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De Nora completes one of the world`s largest produced water recycling projects
Sugar Land, TX, [28 July 2021]: De Nora, a global leader in the delivery of sustainable technologies, is pleased to announce the completion of phase one of its Delaware Basin Wastewater Recycling Project, achieving aspirational produced water rates exceeding 140,000 barrels per day – a total of more than 5 million barrels over a 30-day period. The highest quantity recorded in the ...
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S&P Global Platts Analytics: Huge Challenge to Move EU`s Climate Target from Aspirational to Actual
S&P Global Platts ("Platts"), the leading independent provider of information, analytics, and benchmark prices for the commodities and energy markets today issued analysis of EU's package of proposals for reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 55% by 2030. The S&P Global Platts Analytics analysis notes that while the European Union is leading the way in setting ambitious targets and trying ...
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S&P Global Platts Analytics: China`s Carbon Trading Provides Additional Tool for Decarbonization
S&P Global Platts ("Platts"), the leading independent provider of information, analytics, and benchmark prices for the commodities and energy markets today issued an analysis of China's Friday launch of its national carbon emissions trading program, which creates the world's largest carbon market. The 5 Year Plan (2021-2025) released this spring largely reinforced Paris Agreement nationally ...
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New partnership expands global accessibility of high-quality, permanent carbon dioxide removal
A new carbon removal service is now available for customers seeking high-quality, permanent solutions to add to their net zero portfolios. Carbon Engineering (CE), a leading provider of Direct Air Capture (DAC) technology that captures carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere, and BeZero Carbon (BeZero), a London-based Climate Asset and Liability Management solutions provider, have joined forces to ...
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Sequoia working to offset our CO2 emissions
When your company name has Sequoia in it, and when you give away 100’s of Sequoia seedlings at trade shows every year, you start thinking about your CO2 footprint. For 2019 and 2020 Sequoia has been trying to estimate our CO2 footprint using the MyClimate calculator: https://co2.myclimate.org/en/offset_further_emissions – our data looks like ...
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Carbon Engineering launches new carbon dioxide removal service, with Shopify as its first customer
The service allows customers to reserve capacity from a Carbon Engineering Direct Air Capture (DAC) facility - providing the permanent removal of carbon emissions on their behalf Shopify is the first customer, reserving 10,000 tonnes of carbon removal capacity - the largest publicly-announced corporate purchase of DAC-based carbon removal to date A new carbon dioxide removal service has ...
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Carbon offsets
Harp BioDigesters reduce and eliminate harmful GHG emissions by limiting the oxidation of carbon during our proprietary waste conversion process, and by sequestering the carbon in the resulting soil product(s). We not only reduce waste volume and sequester carbon, but we also reduce waste transportation and the overall real estate area needed for landfills (or compost areas). We can thus provide ...
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500 Douglas Firs Planted Near Yakima
Last weekend, Sequoia co-founder Yogi Agrawal and 8 volunteers plannted 500 Douglas Firs near Yakima, WA in a forest that had sustained fire damage. Old Douglas firs are very fire-resistant, due largely to the protective bark that develops with age. In contrast, the thin bark of young trees offers little protection,even from low-intensity fires. The thin bark begins to thicken and develop ...
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CFA at AG Innovation Showcase 2020 - Session on Sustainable Beef
Deputy General Manager at the Cool Farm Alliance (CFA), Daniella Malin was invited to this year’s Ag innovation showcase at the end of August, where Cargill Protein, software provider TrustBIX, and consultancy services Viresco Solutions Inc. joined the session titled “Sustainable Beef: Exploring Solutions that Enhance Trust”. Gurneesh Bhandal, Senior Sustainability Manager, ...
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Nature Climate Change: Groundbreaking Research on GHG Emissions Offset of SOIL’s Sanitation Solution
Around the globe, 4.5 billion people lack access to safely managed sanitation with 1 billion of those living in densely populated urban settlements. Many urban residents rely on pit latrines where human waste is not safely managed and carries the potential to contaminate water sources and critically endanger public health. To address the urgent need for safely managed sanitation in the ...
By SOIL Haiti
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Weather monitoring specialists reap reward for environmental practices
Skyview Systems have received the Suffolk Carbon Charter Silver Award for their carbon reduction efforts throughout their business practises. Now in their 30th year of business, Skyview delivers weather monitoring solutions to organisations and individuals throughout the UK. They operate as a small, family-run team based in Sudbury, Suffolk, with a shared passion for improving the world around ...
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Carbon Offsetting, Here we Come
The beginning of an impactful partnership This year, the Renewable Energy Association awarded Octopus Energy ‘the company that’s done the most in the past year to advance UK renewables’. We explore how our partnership with Octopus Energy is helping to build a sustainable future… It started when Renewable World Manager Helen Russell signed up to Octopus Energy and ...
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