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Verra partners with Citi to explore financial instruments
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Verra to trade credits on Turkish platform
24 September 2024 -
Voluntary Carbon Market Rankings 2024 announced
23 September 2024Environmental Finance received more than 7,000 votes across 23 separate categories for this year's Voluntary Carbon Market Rankings rankings, as readers nominated leading companies and initiatives in the sector that exhibit best practice or innovation.
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Verra sanctions carbon projects for first time
28 August 2024Major standard setter Verra has rejected 37 carbon credit projects and sanctioned four validation bodies for the first time.
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Verra launches label for 'exceptional quality' credits
29 July 2024Verra has launched a new label for reforestation credits deemed to be of an "exceptional quality".
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Verra considering methodology swaps
10 July 2024If requantification is approved by Verra, then any buyer holding credits from that project would have the option to have their units also requantified under the new methodology.
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Projects linked to suspended account placed on hold by Verra
14 June 2024Verra has placed several projects linked to a suspended account on hold pending a formal review after Brazil's Operation Greenwashing alleged a criminal organisation was suspected of selling BRL180 million ($33.6 million) in carbon credits.
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Verra suspends account following Brazil greenwashing investigation
11 June 2024Verra has taken the "extraordinary action" of temporarily suspending an account as Brazil's Operation Greenwashing alleged a criminal organisation was suspected of selling BRL180 million ($33.6 million) in carbon credits.
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Carbon finance needs greater transition considerations, says former Verra CEO
05 June 2024Using carbon finance as an enabler for the transition will improve market credibility and the value of carbon offsets, former Verra chief executive David Antonioli has told Environmental Finance.
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VCM down 61% in 2023 as controversy remains
31 May 2024The volume and value of transactions in the voluntary carbon market was down by 61% in 2023 compared with the year before, reports Ecosystem Marketplace, as questions over its integrity were raised.