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…
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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…
Image source: Getty Images At first glance, receiving a second income sounds like a nightmare. Sure, the money sounds nice. An extra influx of cash on the regular sounds very nice indeed, in fact. But a second income tends to mean a second job – which tends to mean a lot of hard graft! So-called side hustles like giving lifts to strangers or delivering boxes of chicken nuggets might work for those with the energy and inclination for it. But, in my humble opinion, putting those burdens on top of a day job sounds like a bit too much in…
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media In a breakthrough for carbon markets and cattle producers alike, an Australian agtech firm has introduced a scalable solution for emissions reduction in livestock. DIT AgTech, a Queensland-based venture-backed company that currently has an investment round open, has made history as the first-ever to receive certification for a livestock methane-reduction project under the Verra Verified Carbon Standard using a water-based delivery system. The project, officially registered as Project 4947, makes it possible for beef producers, particularly those located in remote or extensive grazing regions, to earn carbon credits by reducing cattle emissions through specially…
Freight carrier Old Dominion (NASDAQ:ODFL) missed Wall Street’s revenue expectations in Q2 CY2025, with sales falling 6.1% year on year to $1.41 billion. Its GAAP profit of $1.27 per share was 1.1% below analysts’ consensus estimates. Is now the time to buy Old Dominion Freight Line? Find out in our full research report. Revenue: $1.41 billion vs analyst estimates of $1.42 billion (6.1% year-on-year decline, 0.7% miss) EPS (GAAP): $1.27 vs analyst expectations of $1.28 (1.1% miss) Adjusted EBITDA: $448.6 million vs analyst estimates of $451.9 million (31.9% margin, 0.7% miss) Operating Margin: 25.4%, down from 28.1% in the same…