Summary Climate risk has moved from being a concern of scientists and regulators to a core business issue. Physical threats (storms, floods, heatwaves) and transition pressures (carbon regulation, clean tech demand) both pose financial, operational, reputational, and legal risks to companies. Organizations ignoring these risks do so at their peril. This article explains why climate risk is now a business […]
Climate change refers to long-term shifts in temperatures and weather patterns. Such shifts can be natural, due to changes in the sun’s activity or large volcanic eruptions. But since the 1800s, human activities have been the main driver of climate change, primarily due to the burning of fossil fuels like coal, oil and gas. Burning fossil fuels generates greenhouse gas emissions that […]
he company has secured nearly £1m in support from South of Scotland Enterprise A carbon capture company has landed support of nearly £1m from South of Scotland Enterprise (SOSE). It allows The Carbon Removers – based near Crocketford – to launch a major fundraising drive towards its aim of removing one million tonnes of carbon every year by 2030. The […]
In a major push towards environmental sustainability, Microsoft Corp has teamed up with key Brazilian figures, including a former central banker and a prominent billionaire family, to undertake extensive reforestation in Brazil. This collaboration, facilitated through Re.green, a nascent reforestation enterprise, marks Microsoft’s second substantial investment in Brazil’s nature-based carbon credits in the last six months. Two macaw parrots sitting […]
Brazil is creating what could be the first – and biggest – carbon credit market in Latin America. Progress, however, has been slow and the challenges large, from including the hesitant agribusiness sector to properly verifying carbon offsets in the Amazon rainforest. The stakes are high but progress has been slow for developing what could be one of the world’s […]
Workers rescued by the Brazilian government were found clearing 477 hectares of forest within a project paid by companies to preserve the Amazon BY ISABEL HARARI AND POLIANA DALLABRIDA 19/02/2024 Audi, Uber, and 20 other companies offset greenhouse gas emissions using carbon credits from an area where the Brazilian authorities identified deforestation and the use of enslaved workers. In June […]
A Oxxy2 está redefinindo a forma como os mercados globais acessam ativos climáticos, transformando projetos ambientais de alta integridade em soluções confiáveis, transparentes e prontas para investimento.
Atuando na convergência entre natureza, tecnologia e finanças, fazemos a ponte entre o valor ambiental real gerado no território e as exigências de investidores, compradores e instituições globais. Conectamos impacto concreto a padrões de mercado cada vez mais rigorosos, com clareza, governança e credibilidade.
