Not all emission reductions are created equal, and this has serious implications for how we address climate change through consumer choices and corporate actions. Originally published at Environment+Energy Leader If you are concerned about your carbon footprint, your options for reducing your carbon emissions could range from energy efficiency and…

More than a third of the world’s largest publicly traded companies now have net zero targets, but 65% of the targets do not even meet minimal reporting standards. A recent analysis by Just Food shows that the world’s largest food companies have actually gone backwards on net zero with a…

While I was recently thinking and writing about the issue of additionality (or lack thereof) in renewable electricity purchases, I came across this clarification in the GHG Protocol’s scope 2 guidance that makes it clear that this widely accepted corporate GHG accounting framework is based on attributional accounting. All that…

Over 73% of global GHG emissions come from energy used in industry, transport, buildings, and agriculture. While certain other emissions might be unavoidable and may need to be offset or captured, energy-related emissions can be largely eliminated by electrifying just about everything and then supplying that electricity from zero-emission sources…

Soil carbon sequestration is central to the recent IPCC special report on climate change and land. The OECD estimates that net soil carbon sequestration could offset 4% of average annual global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions over the rest of the century. The organic industry is attempting to lead the way…

Now that net zero pledges cover 91% of the global economy, the focus must shift to finding cost-effective pathways that can convert these commitments into real, quantifiable emission reductions. …

The idea of net zero is only about a decade old and followed the IPCC report which stated in 2013 that net anthropogenic emissions of CO2 would have to reach zero in order to eventually stop global warming. Between 2015 and 2020, countries like Sweden and the UK incorporated midcentury…

California is expected to require corporations with more than a billion dollars in revenue to disclose their full greenhouse gas emissions, including the upstream emissions generated by their suppliers and downstream emissions occurring in the distribution and use of the company’s products or services. …

Imagine a company considering a few different ways of reducing its greenhouse gas emissions: increasing energy efficiency within the company boundaries, purchasing green power from the local utility, and replacing virgin raw materials with recycled materials. …