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Today, Bloomberg media published a portrait of our company South Pole. After 17 years of innovating for the climate, we are proud to be recognised for our continuous leadership, risk-taking and impact creation. The article also rightfully points at issues around today’s largest climate finance instrument, namely the voluntary carbon markets. Indeed, these markets need to continuously improve, become more robust and - most importantly - to scale rapidly, to allow us to bend the curve of global emissions. At South Pole, we are committed to cooperating with all actors, governments, NGOs, academia, and the private sector, to scale up climate finance in a transparent, impactful and equitable way. Let’s learn from the lessons of the past decades and create a global finance mechanism, aligned with the Paris Agreement. The past 17 years of South Pole’s work have been incredibly complicated and challenging, but we have never lost sight of why our work is important. We never did this for recognition, we did this for climate impact. The challenges with ambitious forest carbon projects are well understood, which is why South Pole is constantly improving its approach to ensure this critical work continues to deliver real climate benefits and protect biodiversity. While the mechanism is not perfect, it is what we have to work with right now, and the real fight here is making sure we get financing to protect forests as quickly as possible. Mobilising the private sector and the power of the market is the best way to do this.   To understand how our Kariba REDD+ project works, click here: https://lnkd.in/ethfRpgy

At this week's Sustainability Days Re' Summit, South Pole CEO Renat Heuberger explained key market trends — voluntary climate action remains strong, but compliance is coming. This will change the way we talk about climate efforts. It is also an opportunity for more collaboration across sectors. He shared, for example, why agriculture holds huge opportunity for climate change mitigation — soil carbon alone could contribute 5bn tons of sequestration. True climate impact requires commitment, innovation, and most importantly, financing. We have the solutions. Reach out to our team today to get started on your journey. #OurClimateJourney

South Pole started our #BCorp certification journey a couple years back and we have a commitment to becoming globally certified. 🌎🌱 This week, Renee Cervantes, MSc. joined a panel discussion with Laura McGonigal (Head of Sustainability, Aesop) — moderated by Will Oulton FRSA (Responsible Investment Advisor, First Sentier Investors). They shared insights from the B Lab movement and respective journeys to certification. #BCorpMonth #BtheChange #BCM2023

South Pole's Agnieszka (Aga) Kwolek, Áine Laverty, and Henry Hudson are looking forward to exhibiting and supporting the Sustainable Skies World Summit in Farnborough. #SSWS23 #SustainableSkies #FutureFlight #SAF #JetZero

Today at the #ECS2023 panel hosted by ICROA on #CarbonCredits in the media, South Pole's Marco Magini said, "We already have the tools to deliver climate impact, the #VCM is one of them. Let’s innovate it with integrity... We need to let science lead, which will allow businesses to reduce emissions now, and talk transparently about climate." Read our latest Voluntary Carbon Market Report to learn about the current state of play for the #CarbonMarkets, and the developments to come that are driving real, verifiable impacts. https://lnkd.in/gx7PFfZ9 #CarbonCredits #OurClimateJourney

South Pole welcomes the new guidance from The Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market (ICVCM), published today, and all efforts that push the voluntary carbon markets (VCM) to go above and beyond in quality and transparency. We see the value in having a widely accepted definition of quality for carbon credits, as well as clarity and predictability on the rules governing the VCM. The newly published IC-VCM #CoreCarbonPrinciples and Assessment framework are valuable initiatives to address this, and we hope that in their final form they will become a workable and efficient means of demonstrating high environmental integrity in the VCM. South Pole is proud to have been an engaged stakeholder throughout the development process of these principles. We understand that this has been a long process with broad stakeholder engagement, but collaboration and open dialogue is what the market needs to be built on for it to move forward. All those working in this space know that a liquid and well-regulated voluntary carbon market with clear frameworks can help to deliver #ClimateAction on an even greater scale. We also see exciting developments where country governments - like Thailand - are driving high quality and credible climate action under the #ParisAgreement bilaterally. We welcome all these initiatives: we need to use all tools in the toolbox to rapidly scale up climate action by national governments and the private sector in parallel. 

The Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) is a new, important piece of European regulation requiring companies in the EU to report on sustainability aspects including the environment, human rights and corporate governance. It's part of a broader regulatory effort which steers decisively towards a more sustainable future: building on the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulations (SFDR) and linking to the EU Taxonomy, the CSRD is intended to facilitate transparency and help stakeholders assess investment risks associated with climate change and other sustainability issues. The acceleration of #ClimateAction efforts comes with challenges as well as benefits: this blog unpacks the key implications of the #CSRD and explains why it will pay off to take decisive steps now to align with the new requirements, helping your company take action on climate in the short and long term. If you're within the 50,000 affected companies, contact South Pole today to learn more. We can get you started with an #ESG report that meets these requirements, including the #EUTaxonomy and the FSB Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD). Anna Lövquist | Magnus Kagg

Hoy los saludamos desde el VIII Congreso Forestal Latinoamericano 2023 (CONFLAT), cuyo objetivo es ayudar a los países latinoamericanos a mejorar sus acciones para hacer frente a los problemas planteados por el cambio climático. Tuvimos la oportunidad de hablar sobre el gran potencial que tiene Argentina para desarrollar proyectos forestales y las oportunidades y beneficios que la financiación climática podría aportar a este territorio. Si haces parte del congreso, te esperamos en nuestro estand para que junto con nuestro equipo de expertos podamos revisar la mejor opción para desarrollar tu proyecto de carbono. Conoce más sobre nosotros aquí. https://lnkd.in/dEJeKDZA Gracias a Claudia Peirano, Directora de Desarrollo Institucional de la Asociación Forestal Argentina AFoA y a Juan Pedro Cano, Director de la Mesa de Carbono Forestal, por crear este espacio de encuentro.  

We are excited to welcome Willy-Andreas Heckmann to the South Pole team. Will was most recently with Swiss Re, one of the world's leading reinsurers, as a Senior Global Spokesperson and Vice President Communications. "Switzerland and central Europe have progressed in their thinking when it comes to #ClimateChange. People and companies tend to be fairly well-informed about climate topics. That's why I believe moving from messages like “climate neutrality" or “offsetting" towards talking about “paying for emissions" will resonate," he shares with Elliott Bourgeault. Welcome, Will!