Watershed brings Frontier’s carbon removal portfolio to client base
Carbon accounting platform Watershed has announced a partnership with advanced carbon market mechanism Frontier, to bring new carbon removal technology credits to its client base.
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Startup profile: ClimateSeed
ClimateSeed helps businesses of any size to calculate, reduce and offset their carbon footprint while monitoring and disclosing their progress in doing so.
Plan A appoints former Meta, Slack, and Google executive as Chief Revenue Officer
SasS carbon accounting and reporting platform Plan A has appointed former Meta, Slack, and Google sales executive Neil Delaney as Chief Revenue Officer.
EU nears deal on landmark carbon levy as trade tensions rise
The European Parliament and member states aim to reach a tentative deal on putting a carbon price on imported goods coming from third countries, giving the bloc a powerful tool to shield its industry during an unprecedented green transition while helping deter pollution in other parts of the world.
Visa and Plan A partner to decarbonise business
Plan A and Visa, the world leader in digital payments, have announced an exclusive long-term partnership in an effort to decisively drive the sustainable economic transformation of businesses at a global scale.
Ahold Delhaize adds interim Scope 3 target to climate plan
Dutch retail food group Ahold Delhaize (AMS:AD) has raised its climate ambitions by adding an interim goal to reduce its Scope 3 emissions by 2030, topping existing commitments of becoming net zero across its entire value chain by 2050.
EIT Food and DevelopMinded issue carbon accounting guide for businesses
EIT Food and DevelopMinded have published a report to provide companies with guidance on getting started with carbon accounting.
Moody’s proposes framework to assess net zero readiness
Moody’s plans to create an independent comparison framework to assess corporate net zero transition plans. It will engage market participants in a consultation process until January 2023 to gauge interest and collect feedback on its proposed methodology.
UK launches ‘gold standard’ approach to transition planning
The Transition Plan Taskforce (TPT) has published its Disclosure Framework and accompanying Implementation Guidance. It has also launched a Sandbox for companies and financial institutions to test implementation.
Researchers call for action on unreported military emissions
A group of UK researchers have published a paper on the devastating impact of unreported military sector emissions, and are calling for mandatory disclosures to be discussed at COP27.