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Integrity Council's core carbon principles launched
30 March 2023The Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market (ICVCM) has released its principles for high-quality carbon credits, which it hopes will help boost confidence in the market.
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Verra defends REDD forestry credits
21 March 2023The CEO of Verra has hit back at media reports criticising the firm's forestry standard, describing some of the claims as preposterous.
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World Bank issues 'unique' carbon credit-linked bond
15 February 2023The World Bank has raised $50 million from an outcomes-based bond which links its coupon payments to verified carbon credits generated by a water purification project, described as a "unique" and "important" deal by investors backing the transaction.
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Tradeable units - a key ingredient for scaling investment in nature
10 February 2023Verra is working to identify a unit that can be understood by the market in order to be traded, but that also reflects the fact that nature is not fungible, says Sinclair Vincent
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Verra speaks out on tradability of nature credits
10 February 2023Verra has confronted the controversial topic of whether nature credits can be tradable, following a debate on the topic.
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Nature credits 'risk greenwashing of tremendous proportions'
01 February 2023The development of a nature credits framework by Verra has triggered a debate on their tradability and credibility.
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Global carbon credit registry integration project launched
07 December 2022The International Emissions Trading Association (IETA), World Bank and Singapore have launched a open-source project to improve interoperability of global carbon credit registries.
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Biodiversity credits - the next big environmental market?
05 December 2022Biodiversity credits are potentially a powerful financial tool for boosting nature, but could be as controversial as carbon credits, Thomas Cox writes
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Verra plans biodiversity credit standard in late 2023
07 November 2022Verra plans to release a standard to enable the independent certification of biodiversity credits in late 2023, an executive at the standard-setter has said.
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Verra slams ICVCM's 'unworkable' Core Carbon Principles
10 October 2022A draft set of governing principles could cause a "rebellion" in the voluntary carbon market (VCM) if ratified, warned Verra - the world's largest verifier of voluntary carbon credits.