Is ESG Just a Buzzword?
In #ESG — #Environmental, #Social, and #Governance — each letter represents a massive area of focus with distinct challenges and responsibilities 💼 . Grouping them into one acronym can sometimes reduce their significance to a mere checklist ✅, something to “get through.” But it’s so much more than that. 🌟 Especially “E” (environmental), 🌱 which […]
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Act Now, Perfect Later
As the climate crisis intensifies, the relentless focus on the precision of carbon credits and emission double-counting raises concerns about slowing down overall progress. While accuracy and transparency in carbon accounting are vital, delaying action in pursuit of perfection is a risk we cannot afford. Every second matters in the fight against global warming. Adopting […]
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Facing Low Demand for Carbon Credits: Navigating the Survival Period
The carbon credits industry is currently navigating a survival period characterized by low demand for all types of carbon credits, not just CDR-specific ones. Following the latest report by the SBTi, the market is experiencing new uncertainties that are likely to keep demand subdued for some time. The Renewable Energy Certificate (REC) market, once oversupplied, […]
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As Realistic as Zero Waste, Is Net Zero Equally Achievable?
Before venturing into carbon credits, I spent years in waste management, working across production facilities, farms, landfill sites, and biogas plants. The challenges of achieving true zero waste were eye-opening, often leading me to question whether complete waste elimination was realistic. This skepticism paved the way for “Near-Zero-Waste” as a more practical goal. Unlike emissions, […]
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Offsetting Dilemma: Is Carbon Removal for Companies or for Countries?
As the climate crisis accelerates, the importance of Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR) cannot be overstated. Even with robust emission reduction plans for 2030, 2040, and 2050, and the knowledge that 5-10Gt of carbon will need to be removed annually in a net-zero world, CDR efforts are still largely driven by voluntary corporate initiatives within carbon […]
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The Quest for High-Quality CDR
For the next week, I’ll be exploring the world of Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR) and sharing daily insights. Today, we dive into a crucial and debated topic: “High-Quality CDR.” Having spent years developing avoidance projects, the term “High-Quality CDR” often raises questions for me. In avoidance projects, quality is measured by clear indicators like SDG […]
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