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Alliance stresses need to prioritise decarbonisation, maintains ban on direct use of offsets by members.
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Many large companies are relying on carbon credits to meet their net-zero goals. Amid limited transparency, some investors want to know more. Mark Nicholls reports
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The latest developments in sustainable finance: CDP, EFRAG commit to furthering interoperability in 2025; carbon markets Article 6.4 approved at COP29.
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Separately, a methodology for coal phase-out 'transition credits' is set to be released at COP28.
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The supervisor is planning to test the concept through a pilot transaction.
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Voluntary carbon markets are key to achieving net zero and investors must stop avoiding the issue, says Maria Nazarova-Doyle of Scottish Widows.
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Latest Core Carbon Principles release covers programme-level requirements on the governance of carbon credits.
Study gathered opinions on corporate climate action from 500+ business managers in the US, UK and Europe. 
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Verification firm slams proposed use of carbon credits for controversial Cumbrian mine.
Second-largest verification firm throws weight behind IC-VCM's Core Carbon Principles.
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