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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Businesses engaged in voluntary carbon markets are already addressing climate change in their direct operations and throughout their value chains, and thus reducing emissions more quickly than peers, according to the report released by Ecosystem Marketplace on Tuesday.

New research by EM suggests that companies that participate in voluntary carbon markets (VCM) are leading across a range of measures of robust climate action, accountability, and ambition—across the board, outperforming companies that do not buy carbon credits. The study indicates that not only are carbon credits purchases funding rapid climate action, but are also associated […]

New research published by Forest Trends’ Ecosystem Marketplace reveals that companies participating in voluntary carbon markets (VCM) are taking significant steps towards robust climate action. These companies outperform their counterparts that do not buy carbon credits in various measures of climate action, accountability, and ambition.

Companies that are active buyers in the voluntary carbon market (VCM) reduce their emissions quicker and have more ambitious climate strategies than those who are not, according to an EM study published Tuesday that reinforces previous research with similar findings.

The latest research from EM shows that companies investing in the voluntary carbon markets (VCMs) are more likely to report lower gross emissions year-on-year and invest more in emissions reductions, compared to those not engaged in the markets at all.