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SBTi clarifies carbon credit stance amid staff unrest
15 April 2024The Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) has published a clarification on its stance on the use of environmental attribute certificates (EACs) - such as voluntary carbon credits - after criticism from staff and the industry.
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SBTi board faces resignations and staff ire after change to carbon credit stance
12 April 2024The Science-Based Targets initiative (SBTi) Board of Trustees has come under fire for changing its stance on corporate use of carbon credits for Scope-3 emissions reduction targets, which has been described as a "major departure" from existing policy.
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ECB market neutrality strategy review 'disappointing'
04 August 2021The European Central Bank (ECB) has been criticised for a lack of urgency in its review of the 'market neutrality' principle...
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French central bank tightens fossil fuel exclusions for €22bn portfolio
19 January 2021The Banque de France (BdF) has tightened the fossil fuel company exclusions applied to its own investment portfolio worth €22 billion ($27 billion), but campaigners called on the bank to "apply the same level of ambition to the immediate decarbonization of the European Central Bank's (ECB) monetary policy".