The durable carbon dioxide removal (CDR) market experienced its strongest quarter ever in Q2 2025, per the CDR.fyi report. Companies bought 15.48 million tonnes of durable carbon removal credits. This almost doubles the total volume contracted in all past quarters combined. This quarter’s figure exceeded the Q1 2025 total of 13.6 million tonnes and marked a major turning point for the market. Let’s discover the top buyers, suppliers, and what CDR methods are most in demand. Microsoft the Megabuyer: One Tech Giant, Five Massive Deals Microsoft dominated the quarter, contracting 14.6 million tonnes across five mega‑deals. These purchases accounted for…
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Data from ADP on private payroll growth and the first look at second quarter GDP growth out Wednesday morning both topped forecasts, a sign of continued resilience in the US economy. Private payroll growth in July tallied 104,000 according to the latest data from ADP, more than the 77,000 jobs that private employers were expected to add and a rebound from the 23,000 jobs that were cut in the sector last month. “Our hiring and pay data are broadly indicative of a healthy economy,” said Nela Richardson, chief economist at ADP. “Employers have grown more optimistic that consumers, the backbone…
Since nearly all rice credits have been removed from the market, we analyzed the risk scores based on how the new, active methodologies addressed the quality issues that materialized in the invalidated methodologies (see Exhibit 4). Improved rice cultivation projects primarily carry risks regarding baseline setting, additionality, and MRV. There is little to no risk associated with leakage, permanence, or GHG accounting, assuming projects follow updated guidance. (For more information on how we evaluate risk severity and prevalence, see Appendix.) Exhibit 4: Carbon Credit Risk Matrix for Improved Rice Cultivation Quality Criteria Risk Severity Prevalence Additionality/Baselines Medium concern Common Leakage…
The Carbon Markets Initiative (CMI) developed these technical explainers to give buyers, developers, researchers, and other voluntary carbon market (VCM) stakeholders a head start in understanding individual carbon credit types. These explainers synthesize insights from publicly available methodologies, market analyses, registry data, project design documents, peer-reviewed literature, industry reports, regulations, best practice guidance, and commentary from both VCM and sector-specific sources. We complemented this research with expert interviews and a peer-review process. In each explainer, you’ll find a clear and neutral overview of: How developers generate carbon credits History and trends in the market Key quality risks and how projects address…
The head office of the Bank of Canada located at 234 Wellington Street in Ottawa. (Credit: Adam Huras/Brunswick News) Here’s the Bank of Canada’s official statement for its rate decision: The Bank of Canada today maintained its target for the overnight rate at 2.75 per cent, with the Bank Rate at three per cent and the deposit rate at 2.70 per cent. While some elements of U.S. trade policy have started to become more concrete in recent weeks, trade negotiations are fluid, threats of new sectoral tariffs continue, and U.S. trade actions remain unpredictable. Against this backdrop, the July Monetary…
Global meta standard for the supply-side of the carbon market, the Integrity Council for Voluntary Carbon Markets, said it will use… Source link
International Personal Finance plc (IPF is currently the subject of intense market speculation following the announcement of advanced discussions with BasePoint Capital LLC, a leading US asset-based financier. BasePoint’s offer would be through a wholly-owned subsidiary of BP PMKN LLC, is to acquire all of IPF’s outstanding shares. The proposed offer stands at 220 pence per share, with shareholders also entitled to retain the recently announced interim dividend of 3.8 pence per share, bringing the total value to 223.8 pence per share. This proposition represents a substantial premium, approximately 24.9%, over IPF’s closing share price on July 29, 2025, the…
Image source: Getty Images What are schools teaching them? The kids, I mean. Around 8m Brits have their savings in simple Cash ISAs, while only 3m have a Stocks and Shares ISA account. Perhaps the trend is reversing? No! The number of Cash ISAs increased by 700,000 on the latest yearly figures yet the number of Stocks and Shares ISAs decreased by 100,000. One in five members of the British public haven’t even heard of the latter type of account! This disparity comes despite a very pronounced difference between the typical return rates of both types of investments in recent…
Canadian biotech company SusGlobal Energy Belleville has sold 4,600 carbon credits generated by an Ontario-based project… Source link
Image source: Getty Images It’s turning out to be a bad day for my FTSE 100 holdings, as I own shares in HSBC (LSE: HSBA), JD Sports Fashion, and BAE Systems (LSE: BA.). As I write today (30 July), all three stocks had fallen by 3% or more. This is a motley collection of businesses — a bank, sportswear retailer, and defence contractor, respectively. So what gives? HSBC In one way or another, the common denominator here is earnings results. HSBC’s Q2 pre-tax profit slumped 29% year on year to $6.3bn, which was well short of the $7bn expected by…