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CVM reinforces criteria to avoid ‘greenwashing’
O desenvolvimento da agenda ESG na indústria de fundos de investimentos ganhou um reforço relevante com a publicação da Resolução CVM 175, o novo marco regulatório do setor, que tem artigos específicos sobre o tema. As regras para os fundos sustentáveis vêm na esteira de outras iniciativas que fomentam esse ecossistema e incluem a...
The ‘carbon pirates’ preying on Amazon’s Indigenous communities
number of Indigenous communities in the Amazon say that “carbon pirates” have become a threat to their way of life as western companies seek to secure deals in their territories for offsetting projects. Across the world’s largest rainforest, Indigenous leaders say they are being approached by carbon offsetting firms promising significant...
Starbucks: certified coffee farms are caught using slave and child labor in Minas Gerais
The largest and most famous coffee chain in the world, with 35,000 points of sale in 83 countries, Starbucks is unable to ensure that the coffee sold in its stores is not associated with serious labor and human rights crimes, such as low wages, cold food for harvest workers, inadequate accommodation, job insecurity, child labor […]
Biggest carbon credit certifier to replace its rainforest offsets scheme
The world’s leading carbon credit certifier – used by Disney, Shell, Gucci and other big corporations for climate claims – has said it will phase out and replace its rainforest offsets programme by mid-2025. Earlier this year a Guardian investigation found the existing scheme was flawed. Verra, the main guarantee of credibility for the rapidly...
Methodologies in the Field: Reuters publication (Sanqueta team – UFPR)
The machete-wielding scientists ventured into the Amazon, hacking through dense jungle as the mid-morning temperature soared past 100 degrees Fahrenheit (38 C). Soaked in sweat, the small group of men and women sawed and tore trees limb from limb. They drilled into the soil and sprayed paint across tree trunks. This is vandalism in the […]
