The EU wants a carbon tax on imports — would it be an effective climate solution?

Research suggests that a border carbon tax is likely important only for industries such as steel, textiles, mining, cement and chemicals that are carbon-intensive, large contributors to the economy and exposed to international trade. Read More

An inside look at pricing in the forest carbon market

How three forest-carbon finance companies aim to differentiate, define and demonstrate viability at the dawn of an era. Read More

PepsiCo CSO on embedding sustainability into 'day-to-day business'

Jim Andrew, named to the role in August, pledges transparency about its climate progress and discusses why motivating employees and business partners is crucial. Read More

The top 2020 trends in sustainability, according to GreenBiz readers

Overall, not a great year. For sustainability, not too bad. Read More

BP invests and gets majority stake in US forest offset firm Finite Carbon

The oil and gas giant ramps up its investment in the largest carbon offset developer in the U.S., as it increases focus on natural climate solutions in support of its net-zero targets. Read More

Demand for voluntary carbon offsets holds strong

Volume increased at least 6 percent in 2019, buoyed by corporate commitments. Read More

Who killed the carbon tax, Democrats or Republicans?

Both parties used to love the idea of carbon pricing. So why are they giving up on it? Read More

Why DSM, LaFargeHolcim and PSEG chose this moment to lobby for a price on carbon

Citing new urgency, CEOs are pushing U.S. lawmakers to come to their side on "market-based" climate policies including a price on carbon. Read More

Former Bank of England Governor Mark Carney leads task force to scale global market for CO2 offsets

Figures from BP, Shell, Unilever, Nestlé and BlackRock are among members of the new Taskforce on Scaling Voluntary Carbon Markets. Read More

Conserving and restoring forests won’t be cheap and easy after all

The corporate world has fallen for trees. But to be effective, the cost of offsetting CO2 emissions with the sequestration power of forests will have to go up. Are companies willing to pay? Read More