Reports & Commentary - Corporate Climate Commitments

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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Corporate climate ambition – comparing like for like

Over 9,000 of the largest companies in the world have now set meaningful climate targets and have combined supply chain emissions of more than world’s releases of greenhouse gases.1 Nearly…

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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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VCMI Claims Code of Practice – Important progress but the difficult stuff still lies ahead

The Voluntary Carbon Market Integrity Initiative (VCMI) published its finalised Claims Code of Practice yesterday to great fanfare. This document follows from the Provisional Code published in June 2022.  The…

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Does EasyJet’s pivot away from carbon credits mean airlines are cooling on the carbon market?

On 26 September, EasyJet announced a pivot in its sustainability strategy to end the purchasing of carbon credits and focus on technology solutions to achieving net-zero emissions by 2050. The decision to stop buying carbon credits has raised concerns in the voluntary carbon market as airlines have been some of the largest buyers of credits.

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Using carbon credits to enhance corporate climate action

This slide pack and recording contains the presentation from Trove’s June 2022 webinar on using carbon credits to enhance corporate climate action.

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Voluntary Carbon Market Integrity Initiative – Provisional Claims Code Of Practice

The Code Giveth More to the Voluntary Carbon Market Than It Taketh Away On Tuesday 7 June, the Voluntary Carbon Market Integrity Initiative (VCMI) launched the Provisional Claims Code of…

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Carbon Neutral Fuel Claims (1Q22 Update)

This quarter’s Carbon Neutral fuels report shows a significant drop in the number of shipments claiming carbon neutral status. Only four shipments were recorded in Q1 compared to six in…

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SEC Climate Disclosure Proposal

On Monday 21 March, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) formally proposed that US listed companies should be required to disclose climate-related information in filing statements and annual reports.…

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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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3Q21 Update – Carbon Neutral Fossil Fuel Claims

This report presents Trove Research’s Q3 2021 update on the use of carbon credits for fossil fuel product claims.

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Energy market scenarios of oil and gas companies

This non-technical summary distilled from the main report, conducted on behalf of the Swedish National Pension Fund, AP7, assesses the climate strategies of 14 International Oil Companies (IOCs), and analyses…

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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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