Scaling Voluntary Carbon Markets: A Playbook for Corporate Action
The voluntary carbon market (VCM) represents an important lever to help accelerate high-impact climate action, protect nature and drive the energy transition towards net zero. But market growth in recent years has raised important concerns about the potential abuse of the VCM for corporate greenwashing.
The voluntary carbon market (VCM) represents an important lever to help accelerate high-impact climate action, protect nature and drive the energy transition towards net zero. But market growth in recent years has raised important concerns about the potential abuse of the VCM for corporate greenwashing.
This report provides a practical guide to navigating VCM, and calls for private, public and civil society players to take the necessary steps to unlock the full potential of VCM to accelerate climate action.
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