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Carbon & Climate

Lax regulation threatens carbon offset boom

The demand for carbon offsets, which firms use to neutralise the pollution they cause, is rising sharply and could increase 50-fold by 2050, according to BloombergNEF. If regulation doesn't improve, the offset boom could fizzle out.
A Factory in China at Yangtze River.

Policy & Finance

Greenwashing risk could stymie China’s rise as world climate leader

All the pieces are in place for China to step forward as a global climate leader, but the country’s next steps could determine whether its ambitious targets bring about substantive change or fade away into greenwashing.
Kathryn Lundstrom

CSR

Advertising trade publication appoints first sustainability editor

Adweek's Kathryn Lundstrom was previously the publication's sustainability reporter. She will cover news that intersects with climate change and sustainability issues.
Cop-out

Lifestyle

11 sustainability buzzwords of 2021

All the anxieties of our time reflected in these trending terms.

Policy & Finance

7 trends that will shape sustainability in 2022

By Hannah Alcoseba Fernandez

Carbon & Climate

Destroy and deny: climate villains that made the headlines in 2021

By Ng Wai Mun

Policy & Finance

Eco-Business' 10 most read stories of 2021

By Hannah Alcoseba Fernandez

CSR

14 times sustainability was sort of funny in 2021

By Robin Hicks
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#greenwashing Opinion

A protester holds a placard outside the COP26 climate talks, Glasgow, Nov. 2021

Carbon & Climate

Net zero is not zero

Recent carbon-neutrality pledges may seem ambitious, but merely serve to promote a new set of false climate solutions under a different guise. Such pledges may persuade many people, but the climate isn’t buying it. By Maureen Santos and Linda Schneider
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Waste

Plastic credits: a transitionary tool towards a circular economy

The plastic credit market needs to engender trust and credibility. Only then can it rise to its potential as an impactful tool to address plastic leakage. By Tze Ni Yeoh
Lululemon shopfront

Lifestyle

Lemons and leggings

Bumper profits and hefty price-tags do not equate to athleisure brand, Lululemon's, social mission and core sustainability considerations. Lululemon should find the time to realign itself with its supposed socially-oriented values. By Arabesque
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Carbon & Climate

New frontiers in climate-risk analytics

Translating the outputs of climate-change models into specific potential impacts, and gauging the financial materiality of climate hazards, presents challenges for both businesses and investors. By Paul Munday and Michael Wilkins

Waste

Tackling Asia’s plastic pollution

By Jed Alegado and Clemens Kunze, Kevin Li

Policy & Finance

Building a nature-positive economy

By Paul Polman and Eva Zabey

Policy & Finance

The next frontier of responsible business

By Bertrand Badré and Camille Putois

Policy & Finance

When it comes to sustainability, the tobacco industry should stop blowing smoke

By Nancy Karreman
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#greenwashing Videos

fossil fuel warning on greenwash ads

Carbon & Climate

Lawyers file complaint against BP for misleading 'greenwash' in new ad campaign

In the video, environmental law group ClientEarth compares the oil and gas giant's advertisements on its low-carbon investments to a burger chain claiming that they’re vegan because they’ve got salad on the menu.
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#greenwashing Podcasts

EB Podcast with Elena Philipova, director of sustainable finance, Refinitiv

Carbon & Climate

Is the world decarbonising fast enough?

It is no longer business as usual when it comes to how we tackle climate change and rising global temperatures. Eco-Business speaks to Elena Philipova of Refinitiv about how data can ensure countries and businesses are delivering on pledges to decarbonise.
The Eco-Business Podcast

Energy

End fossil fuel extraction now: What IEA's net-zero alert means for the climate fight

Eco-Business talks to Peter Kiernan, lead energy analyst for the Economist Intelligence Unit, to unpack a new landmark report from the International Energy Agency, which proposes an immediate ban on fossil fuels extraction to curb global warming.
Blackrock podcast

Carbon & Climate

Moving the capital markets: BlackRock's approach to ESG

Exclusive The world's largest asset manager says it has put sustainability at the core of its investment approach. Eco-Business speaks to Shinbo Won, BlackRock's investment stewardship director in Singapore about what this means for investors, and how companies are responding to increased ESG pressure.
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#greenwashing Press Releases

Arabesque Group

Arabesque Group

Arabesque launches new data solution for SFDR regulatory disclosure

Wealthify

Wealthify

Three-quarters of UK consumers admit to not being able to identify when a brand is ‘greenwashing'

Gold Standard

Gold Standard

New standard launched to accelerate and measure progress toward the Sustainable Development Goals and climate targets

CSR and Sustainability meetup movement in Dubai is growing strong

Greenology & WY-TO Unveil The Urban Green Evolution

Clean up on your sustainability and health goals

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#greenwashing Research

Eco-Business

Eco-Business

Unlocking capital for sustainability

Breakthrough: Business leaders, market revolutions

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