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Are you on the road to NetZero?

netzero Nov 28, 2022
 

The United Nations set a global goal to limit global warming to 2 C (preferably 1.5C) above pre-industrial levels. To achieve such an important target, most of the companies need to be Net Zero in their emissions by 2050. 

 

What does “Net Zero” really mean? 

To achieve Net Zero, an organisation needs to cut all GHG emissions (CO2, methane, NO2 and other hydrofluorocarbons) as close to zero as possible*. In other terms, greenhouse gases emitted into the atmosphere must be equivalent to the greenhouse gases being removed from the atmosphere. 

*You’ve may also have heard about carbon neutrality, it refers only to CO2 emissions, its kind of green washing!

The Net Zero Greenwashing: carbon credits and long-term goals

1. Carbon credits 

How can the most emitter companies as Shell or BP be doing net zero pledges? Well, one of the main strategies of big corporations is to invest in carbon credits. In other words, they pay other companies and organizations to compensate their emissions...

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