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Carbon Markets

Climate Action / Carbon Credits

31 July 2024

3 minutes

The SBTi Corporate Net-Zero Standard was first launched in October 2021 to address the growing need for a common, robust, science-based understanding of net-zero in the corporate sector.

Carbon Credits Ineffective on Mitigation Outcomes, Pose Risk for Offsets, Admits SBTi’s Synthesis Report

The Science-Based Targets initiative (SBTi) review of the Corporate Net-Zero Standard virtually trashes the current mechanism of carbon credits, underscoring why it faced a backlash not just from industry but also its own staff.

By

Staff Writer

Climate Action / Scope 3 Offsets

11 April 2024

4 minutes

For companies currently unable to meet their Scope 3 reduction targets, will the flexibility to use credits represent an opportunity to continue engaging with climate action meaningfully, and fund practicable climate solutions within the critical next decade?

SBTi Faces Staff Revolt after Trustees Greenlight Controversial Scope 3 Offsets

Has the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) buckled to pressure from carbon market players and corporate interests to allow companies to meet scope 3 targets with carbon credits? texfash.com probes.

By

Special Correspondent

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Advantage India / New Trade Disorder / V Report

There are already reports of US companies asking for discounts. This is true as much of India, as it is of the smaller apparel-making nations.

Trump Tariffs Give Indian Industry a Chance to Recalibrate its Global Textiles Trade Strategy

Richa Bansal

11 April 2025

Sourcing Strategies / New Trade Disorder / II Analysis

The plush Plaza Senayan in Indonesian capital Jakarta. Many Asian countries today have thriving domestic markets.

Just Like 'China Plus One' of Earlier, the World Now Needs a 'US Plus One' Trade Policy

Subir Ghosh

8 April 2025