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FT IN THE NEWS Forests

Vietnam Investment Review: Large-scale timber forest development remains challenging for Vietnam

An increasing number of investors are showing interest in the substantial timber supply originating from Vietnam. FPTF Managing Director, Phuc Xuan To, says that the absence of legal documentation regarding the land and the transactions renders ascertaining the legitimacy of timber established in such areas exceedingly challenging, if not impossible in some cases.

FT IN THE NEWS Forests

B2B Cambodia: Cambodia’s Rubber Exports To Face New EUDR Legislation

The impending EU Deforestation Regulation is set to have a significant impact on the Cambodian and Southeast Asian rubber export industry when they come into effect. FPTF Managing Director Phuc Xuan To expressed that compliance issues would also affect Vietnam, a major importer of Cambodian rubber.

FT IN THE NEWS Forests

Sai Gon Giai Phong: Vietnamese businesses worried their exports labeled deforestation

On November 3, Vietnam’s Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Le Minh Hoan, chaired a conference on deploying the action plan to adapt to the European Union Regulation on Deforestation-free Products. According to FPTF Managing Director Phuc Xuan To, Vietnam will be in a disadvantageous position if the EU takes the product with the highest […]

FT IN THE NEWS Water

Diario Correo: Arequipa: impulsan inversión y conservación de fuentes naturales de agua por seguridad hídrica

El Encuentro Nacional “Perú Merese”, de Mecanismos de Retribución por Servicios Ecosistémicos, que se realizó en la ciudad de Arequipa, superó todas las expectativas al impulsar los proyectos Merese hídricos para conservar y recuperar las fuentes naturales de agua que abastecen a las ciudades. El evento fue organizado por Sedapar y el Proyecto Infraestructura Natural […]

FT IN THE NEWS Climate Investments

Innovation Forum: Carbon credit buyers lead on decarbonising operations

New research from Ecosystem Marketplace, a Forest Trends program, has found that companies engaging with the voluntary carbon market were in fact mostly working hard to cut emissions in their own operations.

FT IN THE NEWS Climate Investments

TIME: Most Companies Buying Carbon Credits Are Not Greenwashing

A recent deluge of media criticism paints credit-buyers as lazy, even nefarious. A comprehensive new study from Ecosystem Marketplace presents evidence that those broad-brush assumptions are wrong. It finds that most companies that participate in the VCM are climate leaders, not laggards.

FT IN THE NEWS Climate Investments

GreenBiz: Study reveals how firms buying carbon credits are ‘outperforming’ peers on climate

Companies buying carbon credits are far more likely to be taking robust, ambitious and accountable action to decarbonize their business and supply chains, according to new EM research, which argues hits back at accusations that the voluntary carbon market is little more than a “greenwashing” exercise.

FT IN THE NEWS Climate Investments

ZBR: Las empresas que participan en mercados voluntarios de carbono toman medidas significativas hacia la acción climática

Un nuevo estudio publicado por el Ecosystem Marketplace de Forest Trends revela que las empresas que participan en mercados voluntarios de carbono (VCM) están tomando medidas significativas hacia la acción climática. Estas empresas superan a sus contrapartes que no compran créditos de carbono en diversas medidas de acción climática, responsabilidad y ambición.

FT IN THE NEWS Climate Investments

IEMA: Mistrust towards corporates buying carbon credits is unfounded, study suggests

Analysis by EM reveals that companies purchasing carbon credits are eight times more likely to be decarbonizing year on year, and three times more likely to have supplier engagement strategies.

FT IN THE NEWS Climate Investments

IPE: Poll challenges notion that carbon-credit buyers are climate laggards

A new study by Forest Trends’ Ecosystem Marketplace – an initiative of non-profit organization Forest Trends – suggests that companies that participate in voluntary carbon markets are also leaders in several measures of robust climate action, accountability, and ambition and do better according to those criteria that firms that do not buy carbon credits.

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