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The companies, Aspiration and Compassionate Carbon, say they'll work together to create hundreds of millions of dollars' worth of "high-quality nature-based carbon removal credits" from tree restoration projects around the world.
"This crucial partnership will educate, support, and ultimately drive positive climate action with the largest organizations in the world that want to take action and invest in high-quality carbon removal programs with verifiable and lasting co-benefits to local communities and the environment," Bryan Adkins, CEO of Eden Reforestation Projects, says in a press release.
The restoration projects are expected to remove up to 300 million metric tons of carbon from the atmosphere by the end of the next decade, per the Times, which notes that carbon dioxide is the chief greenhouse gas blamed for climate change.
The restoration projects are expected to benefit local communities, wildlife, and the environment, per the press release.
"Aspiration has a unique role in helping companies reach their carbon emissions goals by connecting projects and developers directly with our corporate partners," Olivia Albrecht, CEO of Aspiration, says in the release. Read the Entire ArticleSelected Grant News Headlines
"There is growing scientific consensus that the Amazon Basin is reaching an ecological tipping point and urgent action is needed," says James Scriven, CEO of IDB Invest, a multilateral development...more
Enhanced Capital has been investing in communities across the US for more than two decades, and in its 2023 Community Impact Report, the investment firm says it has created more than 53,000 jobs,...more
A California state lawmaker has introduced a bill that would require oil and gas companies working in remote areas to pay for the damage they cause to communities, the Los Angeles Times...more
Enhanced Capital, a New York-based impact investment firm, says it has created more than 53,000 jobs, offset 1.8 million metric tons of carbon emissions, and invested $3.7 billion in community...more
Foundation: Marguerite Casey Foundation, Marguerite Casey Foundation, Kresge Foundation
Stephen Stephens' father died of cancer when he was 53, and his message to young people has stayed with him.
"Always do the right thing son," he tells Fast Company.
"That message has always...more
Foundation: Indianapolis Foundation
Lynne Arriale's new album, Being Human, is all about "people who exemplify Passion, courage, love, curiosity, and other human qualities," the Florida pianist tells Rita Kohn of the Indianapolis...more
"If the class register were anything to go by, education would be one of modern civilization's greatest success stories."
That's what Peter Wilson, a member of the UBS Accelerate Collective, had...more
Foundation: Gates Foundation
Melinda French Gates is stepping down as co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, which she founded with her ex-husband Bill Gates more than 20 years ago.
As part of an agreement made...more
Ahmad Al-Mallahi is a professor of agricultural engineering and sensing technologies at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Canada, and he's spent the past five years developing technology that could...more
Deforestation in south-east Asia could slash the region's GDP by 35%, according to a new report from Reuters.
And that's not all.
The report also finds that $100 billion pledged to fight...more
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