Japanese conglomerates like Panasonic, Hitachi, Daikin and other Japanese businesses have been at the forefront of a government-backed campaign to adopt a new metric to assess a company’s efforts towards achieving carbon neutrality goals. This metric is avoided emissions, sometimes called scope 4 emissions. It is based on the idea that investors should look beyondContinue reading “The Case for Measuring Avoided Emissions”
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Carbon Insetting
There is a lot of talk about carbon offsets, but little is heard about carbon insets. Carbon inset is a less controversial and equally powerful mechanism for carbon reduction. Carbon insetting is a powerful tool to achieve global net zero targets. According to the International Platform for Insetting, “Insetting is a strategic mechanism used toContinue reading “Carbon Insetting”