-- As buyers and sellers of carbon credits grapple with signs of a shrinking market, others are seizing the moment.Jim Bunch, a former managing director at Goldman Sachs Group Inc., has teamed up with law firm Linklaters and London nonprofit Scope 3 Climate Capital to help develop and promote an alternative to carbon credits. The group says it’s in talks with a number of multinationals in industries ranging from technology to steel production.
There are currently high-level efforts in place to address the VCM’s risks. These include new US guidelines to restore confidence in the market, which Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said “can do better” and serve as a “powerful ally” against climate change. The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission also is working on finalizing its guidance on carbon credits, with a rulebook expected by the end of the year.
Earlier this year, the European Union passed legislation that mandates companies to create transition plans requiring them to document actual emissions reductions. Lawyers advising companies and banks in the bloc have made clear that carbon credits can’t be used to claim any decline in gross emissions.
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