New EU Directive on Misleading Green Claims
The European Council has adopted a new directive nicknamed the “Greenwashing directive” to protect consumers from misleading sustainability claims and other unfair commercial practices.
How to assess the quality of a carbon offset
Carbon offsets are created in a space of uncertainty and nuances. Historically, these shades of gray can sway either way to create attractive, marketable commodities. Far too frequently it has the opp
How do deforestation emissions work in food?
Deforestation is one of those topics that, as actionable and measurable as it is, transcends business and numbers. For most of us, images of thinning forests, the faded shades of green over the Amazon
The Complete Guide to National Climate-Related Disclosures
5 years ago, a climate strategy was a nice-to-have, an additional brand value. 2 years ago –and for some, still– climate strategy was a long-term commitment. 2022 marks the great shift from nice-t
The CarbonCloud Third-Party Verification
Third-party verification is an important confidence boost in your climate footprints and strategy. So no wonder we get questions about it! Our clients –and their clients– are in it for full transp
🇺🇸 FTC Green Guides: From theory to practice
While the publication of the UK’s Green Claims Code has made some noise in the industry, the Green Guides from the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) have been around quietly and humbly since 1992. O
Calculating the climate footprint of packaging
From time to time, we get questions about our emission factors for packaging material. Sometimes they differ from the emission factors found elsewhere, for methodological reasons. In this article, we
How does climate change impact other sustainability issues?
We all know that climate change is a critical issue. But what about the other sustainability issues we are facing? Water scarcity and biodiversity loss, for instance, are two major problems also linke
