Carbon

  • We need to 'make it okay again' to invest in carbon, says Standard Chartereds Winters

    24 June 2025

    Amid the ESG backlash, better signals are needed to incentivise voluntary carbon market action, Standard Chartered said, as it backed a new government coalition on carbon market demand.

  • Switzerland, Norway announce carbon removals-focussed ITMO programme

    19 June 2025

    Switzerland and Norway have signed an emissions trading agreement under Article 6.2 of the Paris Agreement, with pilot projects launched with support from UBS and SwissRe.

  • Vietnam launches ETS

    11 June 2025
  • Regenerative agriculture financing firm receives €100m financing

    10 June 2025
  • 'Patient demand' expected for Article 6 credits, say South Pole

    09 June 2025
  • Transition credits 'lend themselves well' to Article 6, says South Pole

    05 June 2025

    Transition credits are well placed to fit into the Article 6 market, South Pole tells Environmental Finance, as it begins pilot testing a transition credit methodology.

  • ICVCM approves more methodologies for CCP label

    03 June 2025
  • BSI aims to restore confidence in nature-based carbon credits

    22 May 2025

    A new set of standards for nature markets in the UK will aim to restore confidence and help drive private investment, according to the British Standards Institute (BSI), which expects to launch biodiversity and 'natural carbon' standards by the end of year.

  • Microsoft agrees 'world's largest' biochar deal

    21 May 2025

    Microsoft has agreed to purchase 1.24 million tonnes of carbon removal credits from Exomad Green over the next 10 years, in what is thought to be the world's largest biochar deal.

  • Cambridge Associates 'wouldn't recommend' biodiversity credits

    21 May 2025

    Cambridge Associates would not recommend biodiversity credit-based strategies to investors, telling an Environmental Finance conference that biodiversity co-benefits in the carbon market are likely to be prioritised instead.

  • Lloyds sets up carbon and nature capabilities

    21 May 2025
  • UK, EU agree to work towards ETS linkage

    19 May 2025

    The EU and the UK have agreed to work towards linking their Emissions Trading Schemes (ETS), with exemption provisions also agreed on the Carbon Border Adjust Mechanism (CBAM).

  • Article 6.4 standards confirmed

    19 May 2025

    The supervisory body of the Paris Agreement's Article 6.4 mechanism has adopted standards outlining how projects can accurately measure their impact.

  • Weyerhaeuser to expand carbon credit projects

    13 May 2025

    Timberland giant Weyerhaeuser is to continue expanding its carbon credit business but urged to Environmental Finance that more simplification and automation is needed in the carbon markets.

  • Carbon market's biggest players urge governments to step up

    08 May 2025

    Some of the voluntary carbon market's biggest players have called on governments to play a more proactive role and clarify the position of voluntary action within Article 6 of the Paris Agreement.

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