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October 12, 2022
London Stock Exchange introduces listing rules for carbon offset
The London Stock Exchange has set listing rules for companies that finance carbon offset projects to grow the market and enhance transparency.
August 16, 2022Malaysian stock exchange to launch voluntary carbon market
Bursa Malaysia will launch a voluntary carbon market (VCM) by the end of 2022. This will help increase transparency and enable companies to purchase carbon credits to offset their emissions.
August 14, 2022Small-scale landowners can benefit from forest carbon offset
Small privately or family-owned forest land accounts for the largest share of the U.S. forestland, at 39%. Yet, the majority of these land have difficulty participating in the carbon offset marke
August 02, 2022Taylor Swift, Drake, the Kardashians criticized for the biggest private jet emitter
Marketing and analytics agency Yard recently published a list naming the celebs with the worst private jet carbon emissions based on the purported use of their privately owned jet planes since the start of the year by examining flight tracking maps.
August 01, 2022Cambodia earns $11.6 million from selling carbon credits
Cambodia has earned $11.6 million from 2016 to 2020 by selling carbon credits in the global voluntary carbon market.
July 29, 2022Canadian city of New Westminster earns $26 million from selling low-carbon credits
The City of New Westminster in western Canada recently received 26.4 million Canadian dollar ($20.6 million) after selling the credits it had earned under the BC Low Carbon Fuel Standard (BCLFS).
July 20, 2022Airbus teams up with major airlines to develop carbon removal plan
European airplane manufacturer Airbus and several major airlines, including Air France-KLM, International Airlines Group, Lufthansa Group, and Virgin Atlantic, signed letters of intent to explore opportunities for the future supply of carbon removal credi
July 19, 2022China’s carbon market trading hits 194m tonnes in one year, becoming world’s largest
The trading volume of China’s national carbon market hit 194 million tonnes, with a cumulative turnover of 8.49 billion yuan (US$1.26 billion), since its launch on July 16, 2021, the data released by Shanghai Environmental and Energy Exchange showed.
July 12, 2022Houston-based carbon credit registry provides first international soil carbon credits in UK
A Houston-based non-profit organization, BCarbon, issued their first international soil carbon credits that using farmland to remove carbon in the atmosphere in the UK.
July 08, 2022Shanghai eyes personal carbon account to encourage low-carbon consumption
Shanghai’s Pudong New District will create personal carbon accounts for local citizens, according to a new local green finance rule entering into force on 1 July. The move aims to explore the emission-cutting potential of personal consumption and package