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Carbon Markets Business Sustainability Lune Updates Engineering Design

COP28: What is a quality threshold for carbon credits and should you have one?

Oliver LaxtonCommerical

COP28: What is a quality threshold for carbon credits and should you have one?A quality threshold is the guidelines set by a company for when, what, and how to use carbon credits. But of the 2000 biggest listed companies with a net zero target, just 13% had a threshold.

Carbon Markets

November 30, 2023

Leading Sustainable Logistics: Introducing GLEC Framework Version 3.0

Roberto BruggemannCTO and co-founder

Leading Sustainable Logistics: Introducing GLEC Framework Version 3.0At Lune, we're dedicated to providing customers with industry-leading emission calculations, which is why we’ve integrated the latest GLEC Framework version 3.0.

Lune Updates

November 15, 2023

8 stats that show climate leaders are buying carbon credits

Erik StadighCo-Founder & CEO

8 stats that show climate leaders are buying carbon creditsVoluntary carbon credit buyers: climate leaders or climate laggards? We separate fact from fiction.

Business Sustainability

October 19, 2023

A new portfolio, a new approach to evaluating environmental impact, and other news from Lune’s carbon projects

Olivia HowlettMarketing Manager

A new portfolio, a new approach to evaluating environmental impact, and other news from Lune’s carbon projectsStay in the know with Q3 updates from Lune’s curated library of carbon projects.

Lune Updates

October 4, 2023

Why you need to use carbon removal to meet science-based targets

Erik StadighCo-Founder & CEO

Why you need to use carbon removal to meet science-based targetsIf we wait until 2050 to fund carbon projects, net zero will be out of reach. We share why you need to use carbon removal to meet science-based targets. Today.

Business Sustainability

September 20, 2023

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Spend management meets sustainability: Payhawk partners with LuneWhat’s the environmental impact of our business spend? It’s a question that finance teams are being asked more and more regularly. Now using Lune’s API, emissions of all card-spend through the Payhawk platform will be automatically calculated and made visible.

Lune Updates

September 12, 2023

Beyond Greenwashing: The Rise of Greenhushing in Business Sustainability

Amy SmithDesign Intern

Beyond Greenwashing: The Rise of Greenhushing in Business SustainabilityWhy do companies choose silence over transparency in their sustainability practices? Discover the reasons behind this cautious approach, its potential consequences, and the importance of genuine communication in business sustainability.

Business Sustainability

July 26, 2023

Leveraging Carbon Insets To Accelerate Low-Emission Transportation Solutions

Maria Lacalle MulsInternational Account Executive, Logistics

Leveraging Carbon Insets To Accelerate Low-Emission Transportation SolutionsA new piece of guidance for the Voluntary Market! The Smart Freight Centre recently updated its Carbon Insetting Framework, linked to Logistic Emission Accounting and Reporting. In this blog, we break down its implications for the logistics industry and announce our new insets partnership.

Carbon Markets Business Sustainability

June 28, 2023

Research: the market opportunity of sustainability for B2B businesses

Alicia CarneyProduct Marketing

Research: the market opportunity of sustainability for B2B businessesWe researched where the biggest opportunities are for reaching companies with concrete climate commitments.

Business Sustainability

June 28, 2023

New in Lune: greater control over business carbon emissions with expanded emissions factors

Alicia CarneyProduct Marketing

New in Lune: greater control over business carbon emissions with expanded emissions factorsWe are sharing the latest developments within the Lune API and platform — all geared towards helping our customers feel confident that the climate impact they’re creating is comprehensive and reliable.

Lune Updates

June 21, 2023

Why every company should make sustainability a business priority

Alicia CarneyProduct Marketing

Why every company should make sustainability a business priorityEvery company can, and must, become a climate company. So why aren't more of them prioritising climate action faster?

Business Sustainability

June 21, 2023

Spend vs activity-based: What's the best methodology for calculating carbon emissions?

Tabitha WhitingContent Marketing

Spend vs activity-based: What's the best methodology for calculating carbon emissions? Learn about the several different methods or approaches that can be used to calculate carbon emissions for different business needs.

Business Sustainability

June 2, 2023

Tabitha WhitingContent Marketing

What is an emission factor? Emission factors are used to calculate the amount of carbon emissions that a particular activity produces. But what does that really mean?

Business Sustainability

June 1, 2023

Tabitha WhitingContent Marketing

How to build a carbon offsetting portfolio with real impactBuilding a portfolio of carbon credits from multiple different projects is a great way to reduce the risk of your offsetting, whilst balancing cost and impact. Here’s how to build a carbon offsetting portfolio for maximum impact.

Carbon Markets

May 12, 2023

Webinar: learn the benefits of sustainable logistics in Spain 🇪🇸

Alicia CarneyProduct Marketing

Webinar: learn the benefits of sustainable logistics in Spain 🇪🇸Join Lune, Forto, and GoodShipping for a webinar to discuss the benefits of creating a sustainable logistics offering on 25 May 2023

Lune Updates

May 10, 2023

Tabitha WhitingContent Marketing

A guide to buying carbon removals as a businessShould businesses be buying carbon removals today? And if so, which carbon removals projects should they buy from? Is it best to finance nature-based or engineered carbon removals projects? Let’s find out.

Carbon Markets

May 10, 2023

What’s the role of a carbon registry in the voluntary carbon market?

Tabitha WhitingContent Marketing

What’s the role of a carbon registry in the voluntary carbon market? Carbon registries are vital to ensure that all purchases of carbon credits are correctly accounted for. How do they work? And who manages them?

Carbon Markets

May 9, 2023

A guide to making credible green claims: from carbon neutral to net zero and beyond

Tabitha WhitingContent Marketing

A guide to making credible green claims: from carbon neutral to net zero and beyondBusiness sustainability is becoming more and more important, and so many businesses are using green environmental claims like 'net zero' or 'carbon neutral' for their products or company as a whole. How can businesses ensure these green claims are credible? And how does their carbon offsetting fit into those claims?

Business Sustainability

May 8, 2023

Tabitha WhitingContent Marketing

What’s the role of carbon standards in the voluntary carbon market?From Verra to Gold Standard to the Woodland Carbon Code – what is a carbon standard? And what is their role in the voluntary carbon market?

Carbon Markets

May 5, 2023

Tabitha WhitingContent Marketing

Opportunities for sustainability in procurement: visible supply chain emissions, automatic offsetting, and moreWhat environmental impact does procurement make? And what would sustainable procurement processes look like? From emissions visibility to environmentally-friendly suppliers to automated offsetting, let’s explore sustainability in procurement.

Business Sustainability

May 3, 2023

Smart Freight Week 2023: Paving the Way for Sustainable Logistics

Maria Lacalle MulsInternational Account Executive, Logistics

Smart Freight Week 2023: Paving the Way for Sustainable LogisticsKey highlights from SFC 2023 on the need for innovation and collaboration in the pursuit of decarbonisation within the freight industry.

Lune Updates

May 2, 2023

Tabitha WhitingContent Marketing

What does it mean to retire a carbon credit? An overview of the lifecycle of carbon creditsWhat is carbon credit retirement? And what happens when a carbon credit is retired? Find out in this overview of the lifecycle of a carbon credit.

Carbon Markets

May 1, 2023

The EU’s Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive will apply to at least 10,500 non-EU companies

Tabitha WhitingContent Marketing

The EU’s Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive will apply to at least 10,500 non-EU companiesResearch by the Wall Street Journal has found that the EU's Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive will mean that at least 10,500 companies based outside the EU will need to start reporting on their environmental impact in line with the Directive – mostly concentrated in the US, UK, Canada, and Japan.

Business Sustainability

April 27, 2023

Tabitha WhitingContent Marketing

The plant that can absorb and store 4x more carbon than trees – a deep dive on mangrovesMangroves are nature’s powerhouse. They absorb and store 4x more carbon than trees. They protect coastal communities from flooding. They provide homes to rare and endangered wildlife. But they’re also facing sharp global decline. Mangrove carbon projects are vital to protect and restore the world’s mangrove forests.

Carbon Markets

April 24, 2023

Alicia CarneyProduct Marketing

Lune partners with Visa to help accelerate meaningful climate actionLune will offer trusted, high-quality carbon projects to Visa’s global network of merchants, banks, and partners – working together with a goal to scale climate action.

Lune Updates

April 19, 2023