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Qatar World Cup relying on flawed carbon offsets
Source: SourceMaterial.org
This year’s World Cup in Qatar is using outdated and uncertain carbon offsets to claim the event will be carbon neutral, SourceMaterial can reveal.
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Fifa World Cup Qatar 2022: New report discredits carbon neutrality claim
Source: BBC
Fifa and Qatar's claims that the 2022 World Cup will be carbon neutral involve "creative accounting" and are "misleading", says a new report.
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World’s biggest firms failing over net-zero claims, research suggests
Source: The Guardian
Some of the world’s biggest businesses are failing to live up to claims they will hit net-zero emissions targets.
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Carbon credits face scrutiny as a corporate path to “net-zero”
Source: Financial Times
From which budget does the money for carbon credits, which are used by companies to compensate for their emissions, come? Marketing?
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“It is time to regulate standards and criteria for net-zero pledges”
Source: Stockholm Environment Institute
Cities, regions and businesses all over the world have set targets to achieve net-zero emissions.
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Carbon offsets allow some companies to hide poor performance on cutting own emissions, government advisers say
Source: Sky News UK
Offsets can mask insufficient efforts from firms to cut their own emissions, often deliver less than claimed, and can muscle out other environmental objectives in…
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Will “carbon neutral” claims land brands in legal hot water? Danone sued over Evian eco claims
Source: Foodnavigator USA
Could ‘carbon neutral’ claims land food & beverage brands in legal hot water, even where they are certified by a third party such as the Carbon Trust?
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HSBC ads banned for misleading consumers about green credentials
Source: Financial Times
UK watchdog rules series publicising tree planting and net zero emissions plans failed to disclose fossil fuel financing.
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US senators push for regulator crackdown on carbon offsets market
Source: Financial Times
US lawmakers are pushing the federal regulator to crack down on the market for carbon offsets and draw up new rules for its oversight.
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