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Global Carbon Credit Investment Report

A major new study by Trove Research finds that investment into carbon credit projects between 2012 and 2022 totalled $36bn, with half of this occurring in the last three years…

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Commentary

The Scramble for African Carbon Credits – Should Governments Intervene?

Host governments for carbon credit projects are trying to ensure as much revenue as possible stays in the country and benefits the local communities. But the way they are going…

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Webinar

2Q23 VCM in Review – Carbon claims under the spotlight

The latest edition of our quarterly VCM in review webinar,  '2Q23 VCM in Review: Carbon claims under the spotlight,' was on Thursday, 20th July at 3pm BST. The Trove team…

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Commentary

Are carbon credits worthless?

If you missed the presentation of our CEO and Founder, Guy Turner, at Imperial College on 20th June on the subject “Are Carbon Credits Worthless?” you can now download the…

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Report

The Role of “Reduction” and “Removal” Projects in the Voluntary Carbon Market – an Economic Analysis

This report assesses the costs and benefits of reduction and removal projects, using detailed carbon project cost models developed by Trove.

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Corporate emission performance and the use of carbon credits

This detailed report analyses over 4,000 global companies and the link between emissions performance and the use of carbon credits. The conclusion is that companies that use material quantities of carbon credits are decarbonising at twice the rate of companies that do not use carbon credits.

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Webinar

Clean cooking: How to assess project integrity?

This video and slide pack is from the 16th May webinar on cookstove projects and a deep-dive into our methodology of assessing over 350 projects.

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Commentary

Reports of the VCM’s Ill Health Are Greatly Exaggerated

Mark Twain’s response in 1897 to a journalist enquiring about his health could equally apply to rumours circulating today about the health of the voluntary carbon market. In recent months…

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Survey

Trove Global Carbon Credit Investment Survey

The Trove 2023 Global Carbon Credit Investment Survey was launched on 4th April 2023. The purpose of the survey is to gain a thorough understanding of capital flows into carbon credit projects…

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Webinar

Voluntary Carbon Market 1Q23 in Review – the State of Integrity

This video and slide pack is from the 18th April Trove webinar on key developments in the voluntary carbon market in the first quarter of 2023, including an in-depth review of…

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Commentary

An Introduction to Trove’s Carbon Credit Integrity Assessments

We are excited to launch our new Carbon Credit Integrity Assessment tool as a new module on the Trove Intelligence platform.  The tool assesses the integrity of over carbon 4,000…

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Commentary

Core Carbon Principles: Alignment with Trove’s Carbon Credit Integrity Assessments

The IC-VCM’s newly launched Core Carbon Principles (CCPs) are an important and helpful initiative to improve integrity in the voluntary carbon market…

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Commentary

Climate and ESG Investing in the Age of DeSantis and Republican Liberalism

Investing according to environmental, social and governance criteria has been one of the key macro investment themes in the last decade.  Growing at over 40% per year since 2015, the…

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Commentary

China’s voluntary carbon market could burst back into life

The following article is an extract from Trove Research’s China country profile, available to subscribers.  These country profiles describe the opportunities and risks for developing and trading carbon credits in…

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Webinar

South American carbon markets webinar

This video and slide pack (in English, Spanish and Portuguese) is from the 15th February Trove webinar on South American carbon markets. In the webinar the Trove team provided an overview…

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Commentary

Should carbon investors tap the stock market?

Climate change has now emerged as a major investment theme. Even mainstream fund managers are screening investments on climate criteria.

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Commentary

Response to the Guardian’s analysis on Verra’s REDD+ projects

You have to hand it to The Guardian – they certainly created stir with this article! In the space of a few days there has been a flurry of impassioned responses. This is our take…

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Webinar

VCM: 2022 in review

This slide pack and recording contains the presentation from Trove’s 'VCM in Review 2022', where we discuss of the voluntary carbon market in 2022 and what to expect for 2023.

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Webinar

Demystifying the use of carbon credits for corporate climate targets

This slide pack and recording contains the presentation from Trove’s December 15th webinar in collaboration with Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer.

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Webinar

COP27 in a Nutshell

With the sun having set in Sharm el-Sheikh, what really went down at #COP27, and what does it mean for carbon markets? This slide pack and recording contains the presentation from Trove’s December 6 on key developments and reflections on COP27.

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Commentary

Insurance joins list of options to de-risk carbon credits

In October, insurance broker Howden unveiled a new insurance product for voluntary carbon credits, and back in June, UK-based start-up, Kita, raised seed funding to develop new insurance products for…

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Commentary

COP 27, 6 days to go: will carbon markets get a shake-down in Sharm?

COP26 had the headline-grabbing agreement on Article 6, but did it really change the direction of carbon markets? While it clarified the use of corresponding adjustments for compliance use, the…

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Webinar

3Q22 Review of Voluntary Carbon Market

This slide pack and recording contains the presentation from Trove’s October 27 on key developments in the voluntary carbon market in the first 3 quarters of 2022.  The presentation covers…

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Commentary

Trove’s Updated Carbon Industry Classification

Trove’s new project classification provides a comprehensive and granular picture of the entire voluntary carbon market by classifying circa 4,000 registered projects and 2,600 pipeline projects across the major crediting…

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Commentary

REDD.plus – A green idea, but too many red flags

The potential for "REDD.plus" to dump huge quantities of carbon credits into the voluntary carbon market has caused consternation in some parts of the market. It was definitely a hot topic…

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Webinar

Raising the bar: Will new policies deliver higher carbon credit quality?

This slide pack and recording contains the presentation from Trove’s September 12th webinar on key policy development regarding carbon credit quality, including Core Carbon Principles and updates from IC-VCM.

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Report

Impact of the voluntary carbon market on tropical forest countries – implications for corresponding adjustments

This study, funded by the Environmental Defense Fund, estimates the capacity of tropical forest countries to meet forecasted corporate demand for forest-based credits. Three scenarios are developed for host country…

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Improving the quality of corporate climate reporting – An analysis of over 900 companies

Trove Research’s analysis of 920 companies reporting of carbon emissions and climate targets shows many companies do not follow best reporting practice. Many firms omit important information to enable meaningful…

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Sustainable Investing – Mind the Gap

This report conducted by Trove in collaboration with London Business School assesses the risks and returns from investing in sustainable funds and assets.  It is the first detailed analysis of…

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