The heavy reliance of retail companies specializing in the maritime shipping industry, which transport products across the world, leads to untold environmental and public health impacts. Climate change is a global challenge that knows no borders. Emissions from anywhere affects people everywhere. Therefore, it is crucial that everyone plays their part in limiting emissions by …
The digital carbon footprint refers to pollution that cannot be seen, and comes from greenhouse gasses (GHG). This pollution happens mainly in activities related to the internet’s use. The Digital Carbon Footprint (DCF) has been a proposal to analyze the environmental impact of something characterizing modern society: digitalization. In the last couple of decades, a …
Nowadays, more and more companies are committed to corporate climate action. For this reason, terms such as “Carbon Neutral” and “Net Zero” have been used over and over, sometimes interchangeably, especially in the last couple of years. The most important thing for companies to become Carbon Neutral or Net Zero is to understand how these …
Before going directly into the topic itself, environmental commodities, it is essential to understand what commodities are. Commodities is an anglicism used in the financial world. It refers to commodities standardized for purchase and sale, adopting international trading criteria in organized markets. They are also known as raw materials, since these goods have a low …
The global climate crisis catalyzed the spread of environmental awareness across the world. Some of the efforts made to protect our natural resources have been centered around putting a price on these limited resources. The carbon credit system was developed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The success of this system relies on the effectiveness of …
Commodifying natural resources: A review of water-based credits Read More »
What is an Emission Trading System (ETS)? An Emission Trading System is an instrument based on the “cap and trade” principle, whose premise is to set a limit on GHG emissions that can be emitted by one or a group of economic sectors. Under this mechanism, each year is fixed a maximum amount of GHG …
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