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Canada strengthens its carbon-offset infrastructure

Canada strengthens its carbon-offset infrastructure

Nov 7, 2025

The Government of Canada has launched CATS, a digital platform administering the federal Greenhouse Gas Offset Credit System under the Output‑Based Pricing System. It offers a public registry, project registration tools and a transparent tracking system for offset...

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Nov 7, 2025

Canada strengthens its carbon-offset infrastructure

The Government of Canada has launched CATS, a digital platform administering the federal G...

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Nov 5, 2025

Milestone in Global Carbon Markets

The United Nations (via a designated expert panel) has recommended the first methodology u...

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Nov 3, 2025

2025: The Year Carbon Accounting Evolves

New frameworks are emerging fast — companies are no longer waiting. With legacy standards ...

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Oct 31, 2025

🌍 Big moves in carbon accounting

ExxonMobil and other major emitters have launched Carbon Measures, a new initiative focu...

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Oct 27, 2025

Deep Sky to build one of world’s largest carbon removal facilities in Manitoba

Deep Sky has announced plans to build one of the world’s largest carbon removal facilities...

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Oct 17, 2025

Puro.earth Launches MyPuro 2.0 to Streamline CDR Certification

Puro.earth has rolled out MyPuro 2.0, an upgraded digital platform designed to make carbon...

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Oct 17, 2025

Happy Three-Year Anniversary to Paula!

For the past three years, Paula has been a driving force behind Viresco’s livestock sector...

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Oct 16, 2025

EPA Proposes to End GHG Reporting Program

In a major regulatory shift, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has proposed e...

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Oct 2, 2025

Big Brands Step Into Plant-Based Footwear 👟

Adidas, Target, and Zalando are joining forces with Fashion for Good and innovative startu...

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Oct 1, 2025

Viresco in Upstream Ag

Voluntary carbon markets are evolving fast, with price signals varying widely across geogr...

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Oct 1, 2025

Big news from the Canadian Space Agency!

At the 76th International Astronautical Congress, CSA President Lisa Campbell announced a ...

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Sep 29, 2025

EU to Delays EUDR Deforestation Law – Again

The European Union has pushed back its groundbreaking Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) to J...

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Aug 21, 2025

Updates with ICVCM

The Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market (ICVCM) has officially approved two ...

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Aug 18, 2025

Gold Standard Reopens Public Consultation on Livestock Methane Methodology

If you work in carbon markets, agri-tech, or methane mitigation, here’s your heads-up: Gol...

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Jul 23, 2025

Net Zero Drift: Why Fragmentation Threatens Climate Progress

As companies let their SBTi net-zero commitments lapse, some are opting for alternative cl...

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Jun 13, 2025

Implementing outcome-based metrics to scale regenerative agriculture

WBCSD unveiled 11 outcome areas—biodiversity, climate, soil, water, and socio-economics—to...

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Jun 10, 2025

Gold Standard has launched a Nature Responsibility Framework

📢 This just in! Gold Standard has launched a Nature Responsibility Framework: A practical ...

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Jun 9, 2025

Ecosystem Marketplace has published its 2025 State of the Voluntary Carbon Market (SOVCM) report!

This year’s edition tracks the market’s shift toward higher-integrity carbon finance, with...

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Jun 4, 2025

Addressing Misinformation Campaigns Targeting Carbon Projects in Kenya’s Northern Rangelands

“It’s not just about emissions — it’s about equity, voice, and the right to define y...

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Jun 2, 2025

Why are companies still struggling with Scope 3 emissions?

Sphera’s latest global survey of 315 sustainability professionals gives us the clearest vi...

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May 30, 2025

New Verra Methodology Supports Coal Phase-Out and Just Energy Transition

Verra has introduced a groundbreaking methodology—VM0052: Accelerated Retirement of Coal-F...

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May 23, 2025

U.S. Launches First Voluntary Biodiversity Credit Sale

Qarlbo Biodiversity has achieved a historic milestone by completing the first-ever volunta...

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Jan 31, 2025

SustainCERT Now Offers Requantification Services for Verra Projects

Beginning in 2025, projects under the Verra Verified Carbon Standard (VCS) Program can vol...

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Jan 31, 2025

TNFD Secures Multi-Year Funding From The Rockefeller Foundation

The Rockefeller Foundation, through its philanthropic initiatives, partners with organizat...

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Sep 15, 2025

New Regenerative Agriculture Standard from Preferred by Nature

Are you implementing on-farm practices that promote soil health, biodiversity, water stewa...

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Sep 2, 2025

Verra’s New Digital Soil Mapping Tool (VT0014)

🌱 Big news from Verra: they’ve launched a new digital soil mapping tool (VT0014) that coul...

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Aug 6, 2025

Canadian Directors Risk Lawsuits over Climate and Nature Inaction

A new legal opinion from the Commonwealth Climate and Law Initiative confirms that failing...

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Jul 9, 2025

EU Sustainability Rules Under Fire as Industry Pushes Back

Nearly 200 organizations, including Allianz, IKEA, Vattenfall, and Nordea, are urging the ...

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Jun 30, 2025

Canada Joins the EU as Co-Convener of the Global Methane Pledge

With Canada stepping up as co-convener of the Global Methane Pledge, there’s growing...

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Jun 25, 2025

SBTi Engages Stakeholders on Net‑Zero Draft

SBTi received over 850 submissions on its proposed Corporate Net-Zero Standard 2.0, releas...

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Jun 23, 2025

EU Backs Away from Green Claims Directive

The European Commission plans to withdraw its Green Claims Directive, which aimed to curb ...

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May 21, 2025

High-Integrity Biodiversity Credit Market Principles Released

The BCA, IAPB, and WEF have released updated High-Level Principles to shape a fair, scienc...

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May 13, 2025

Alberta Freezes Industrial Carbon Price at $95 a Tonne

On May 12, the Government of Alberta announced it will freeze the industrial carbon price ...

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May 8, 2025

Ontario Proposes Repeal of Endangered Species Act: Public Feedback Open Until May 17

Ontario has announced plans to repeal the Endangered Species Act, 2007 and replace it with...

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May 7, 2025

Alberta Opens Public Consultation on Fed Cattle Emissions Protocol 🐄

The Government of Alberta has released Version 4.0 of its Draft Quantification Protocol fo...

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May 5, 2025

VCMI Unveils Scope 3 Action Code of Practice 🌍

VCMI recently introduced a robust new framework to help companies address Scope 3 emission...

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Nov 7, 2025

Canada strengthens its carbon-offset infrastructure

The Government of Canada has launched CATS, a digital platform administering the federal G...

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Nov 5, 2025

Milestone in Global Carbon Markets

The United Nations (via a designated expert panel) has recommended the first methodology u...

Read More

Nov 3, 2025

2025: The Year Carbon Accounting Evolves

New frameworks are emerging fast — companies are no longer waiting. With legacy standards ...

Read More

Oct 31, 2025

🌍 Big moves in carbon accounting

ExxonMobil and other major emitters have launched Carbon Measures, a new initiative focu...

Read More

Oct 27, 2025

Deep Sky to build one of world’s largest carbon removal facilities in Manitoba

Deep Sky has announced plans to build one of the world’s largest carbon removal facilities...

Read More

Oct 17, 2025

Puro.earth Launches MyPuro 2.0 to Streamline CDR Certification

Puro.earth has rolled out MyPuro 2.0, an upgraded digital platform designed to make carbon...

Read More

Oct 17, 2025

Happy Three-Year Anniversary to Paula!

For the past three years, Paula has been a driving force behind Viresco’s livestock sector...

Read More

Oct 16, 2025

EPA Proposes to End GHG Reporting Program

In a major regulatory shift, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has proposed e...

Read More

Oct 2, 2025

Big Brands Step Into Plant-Based Footwear 👟

Adidas, Target, and Zalando are joining forces with Fashion for Good and innovative startu...

Read More

Oct 1, 2025

Viresco in Upstream Ag

Voluntary carbon markets are evolving fast, with price signals varying widely across geogr...

Read More

Oct 1, 2025

Big news from the Canadian Space Agency!

At the 76th International Astronautical Congress, CSA President Lisa Campbell announced a ...

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Sep 29, 2025

EU to Delays EUDR Deforestation Law – Again

The European Union has pushed back its groundbreaking Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) to J...

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Sep 18, 2025

The Proof is in the Peer-Reviewed Studies on 3-NOP

A newly released preprint consolidates findings from 17 peer-reviewed studies on 3-nitroox...

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Aug 28, 2025

Canadian Crops are Setting a New Global Standard for Sustainability

A new Nature Food study finds that wheat, canola, and peas grown in Canada have such low e...

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Jul 25, 2024

Global Atmospheric Methane Uptake by Upland Tree Woody Surfaces

A new study reveals that upland trees, particularly above 2 meters from the forest floor, ...

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Jul 15, 2024

Zinc: A Potential Solution to Excess Fertilizer on Farms

Exciting agricultural breakthrough! Researchers have discovered that zinc can significantl...

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Jun 21, 2024

New Feed Additive Alert

A University of New England study reveals that dosing cattle water troughs with Rumin8R...

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May 14, 2024

Decarbonization and defossilization of the chemical industry

Chemicals are vital for various products like pharmaceuticals, plastics, and electronics. ...

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May 6, 2024

Exciting News in Conservation

A groundbreaking study in Science Magazine, nearly a decade in the making, asks: Are natur...

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Mar 20, 2024

What is Double Materiality and Why is it so Important?

“Materiality” and “double materiality” are topics coming up a lot ...

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Jan 29, 2024

Using AI to Build Climate Resilience

Climate change impacts are intensifying, with extreme weather events ranked as a top globa...

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One Planet, One People, One Health

Nov 6, 2023

One Planet, One People, One Health

Nature is essential for our well-being, and it’s time we recognize this connection. ...

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Sep 10, 2025

We’re headed to the Big Apple for New York Climate Week 2025!

Karen Haugen-Kozyra, Wilson Fink, Dale Penner and Norah Lloyd-Ellis will be attending a va...

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Sep 9, 2025

Viresco is a Finalist in the ASTech Awards 2025

We are thrilled that Karen Haugen-Kozyra, President of Viresco Solutions, has been named a...

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Sep 8, 2025

Highlights from Viresco’s Annual Retreat

Last week at the Viresco Retreat, we kicked things off with a field trip to three unique s...

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Sep 1, 2025

Viresco Anniversary

Today we’re celebrating Tom Bowers’ two-year anniversary at Viresco Solutions! 🎉 As Managi...

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Aug 30, 2025

Viresco Goes to Edmonton

Viresco Solutions is heading to Edmonton for our annual retreat from September 2–4, 2025. ...

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Aug 21, 2025

Viresco is a Third Round of the ASTech Awards 2025 Finalist!

These innovators are advancing farming, food, and environmental sustainability through tec...

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Jul 24, 2025

New Partnership Alert!

We’re excited to partner with Field to Market Canada, a key multi-stakeholder alliance foc...

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Jul 18, 2025

Viresco’s Q2 Carbon Brief – Coming Soon!

Join us on Wednesday 23rd July at 10.30am EST for a free ‘Carbon Brief’ webina...

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May 12, 2025

Viresco Anniversaries!

Today we’re celebrating Sayeed Mahadi’s 5-year anniversary at Viresco Solutions! 🌿 A...

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May 8, 2025

Viresco Anniversaries!

Today we’re celebrating Nicola Shaw, one of Viresco’s incredibly dedicated Sustainability ...

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May 1, 2025

Viresco Anniversaries!

We’re excited to celebrate Dale Penner’s two-year anniversary at Viresco Solutions! 🎉 Over...

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Apr 17, 2025

Viresco Anniversaries!

Celebrating Norah’s 2-Year Anniversary with Viresco! 🎉 This week, we’re celebrating ...

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