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This week marks two important days: International Day of Forests and World Water Day! 🌲💧 🌳 Forests provide food, energy, and climate stability. 🥭 With rich ecosystems, they foster biodiversity, absorb carbon, and help sustain agriculture and communities. 🌊 Water is our most precious resource! Protecting water quality, building resilience and tackling shared water challenges is critical. 🚰 Disrupting water cycles can threaten ecosystems, communities, and economies. 🌳💧🥑 To celebrate these days, we’re highlighting our Alto Huayabamba Conservation project! 🐞🌱🌎 Developed by local NGO Amazónicos por la Amazonía AMPA, this incredible project spans 53,000 hectares of both forests and vital water sources.  The protected area forms part of a vast wildlife corridor, the Abiseo-Cóndor-Kutukú Corridor, that extends from Sangay National Park in Ecuador to the Cordillera Azul National Park in Perú. The Alto Huayabamba Conservation project fights deforestation and land degradation to reduce CO2 emissions while supporting biodiversity and the community through: ✅ Protecting the habitat of several endangered species 🦜 ✅ Supporting the health and nutrition of the community with improved kitchens 🍴 ✅ Supporting the local economy with sustainable food production like organic honey 🍯 and quinoa production 🌾 ✅ Protecting the water balance of the upper basin of the Huayabamba River which supplies water for families living further downstream 🌊 Protecting these vital ecosystems means securing a healthier future for people, wildlife, and the planet. Alto Huayabamba showcases how climate projects can drive real, lasting benefits for both communities and nature! Let’s continue to nurture our forests and protect our water by safeguarding them both today and every day! 🌎💚 #ForestDay #WorldWaterDay #ProtectNature

🎉 Congratulations to Puro.earth on this major milestone 🎉 South Pole was involved in the very first CORC auction in 2019, marking the beginning of a new era for engineered carbon removals! ✨ Since then, we’ve witnessed incredible momentum in the market, with the demand for high-integrity, durable carbon removal solutions continuing to grow. 📈 One million tonnes of verified CO2 removals 🤯 is a testament to how far the industry has come with key actors, like Puro.earth, playing a major role in scaling this developing market. 🌱 At South Pole, we remain committed to supporting the development of high-quality, durable carbon removal solutions to drive real lasting climate impact and help companies meet their net zero goals. 💪

Yesterday, SBTi published their draft Corporate Net-Zero Standard V2 for consultation👇 Our immediate takeaways: 💡 We welcome the focus on more deliberate climate transition planning, the explicit recognition of beyond-value-chain mitigation, and enhanced levers to address the complex challenge of scope 3 emissions – an area of particular importance. 💡 While the inclusion of near-term and long-term removal targets for scope 1 emissions is welcome, there is room for much greater ambition in this area. 🌳  We are at a critical inflexion point for the climate, with no time to waste. Finance must urgently flow to future solutions like carbon removals, while also addressing immediate needs such as nature conservation and biodiversity protection. Real climate action must happen today, not in 2050. We are pleased to see SBTi endorse the use of high-integrity carbon credits to take responsibility for what it refers to as "ongoing emissions." What’s next?  ➡️  Clear guidelines are essential to ensure that we have practical, high-integrity solutions to encourage and support both indirect and beyond-value-chain mitigation efforts. This is a solvable challenge and key to advancing science-based solutions.  ➡️   We hope that in its final form, the updated SBTi Corporate Net Zero Standard will incentivise accelerated decarbonisation and climate adaptation efforts across the board and across multiple solutions. Most importantly, it is critical that it provides the clarity and predictability that companies need to pursue ambitious net zero and climate transition plans with confidence.

What can you expect from the carbon market long-term? 🤔 8 megatrends shaping the market 🌍👇 1️⃣ Nature-based and tech-based carbon removals are on the rise 2️⃣ Carbon credit finance will focus on big sectoral transformations 3️⃣ Voluntary demand is shifting towards regulated net zero claims 4️⃣ Compliance-driven and voluntary demand will converge and grow 5️⃣ Regulations are evolving and tightening 6️⃣ Expect a more commoditised market with a standardised definition of quality 7️⃣ Crediting and authorisation mechanisms are becoming more complex 8️⃣ Digitisation will disrupt project generation, MRV, and sales Read our 2025 Carbon Market Guide to dive deeper into these long-term megatrends and learn more about: 🌎 How the carbon market supports the path to net zero 💡 Short-term trends shaping the market 🚀 A 2025 outlook on market integrity, Article 6, CORSIA, compliance, claims and more ✅ Top tips for buyers to make informed decisions and strategically leverage the carbon market for sustainable growth Download now for free: https://lnkd.in/e_Jcfuz3 #CarbonMarket #CarbonCredits #ClimateAction #NetZero

Only two days left to vote for us in the Banksia People's Choice Awards! 🏅 👇

Very exciting news from AdAstra Sustainability! They’ve launched Orbae – the first technology to automatically calculate environmental metrics on land conversion for commodities worldwide in 30-meter resolution or better. 🌍 Why is this exciting for businesses? 🤔👇 Land conversion impacts have never been quantified at such a global scale and such a granular resolution - and made available as open data. Many businesses lack traceability and reliable data on the origins of their commodities, which delays meaningful action. 💡 Orbae provides data for any level of traceability in your supply chain and gives stakeholders a common language to understand their impacts so they can take collective action to end land conversion. This is a huge step forward in empowering the agri sector to design robust carbon accounting strategies that ultimately drive emission reductions! We’re proud to be partnering with the AdAstra Sustainability team in our work to accelerate corporate climate action in the agri sector and beyond, with meaningful and reliable data. 🌱🤝 Watch their video to see how it works and explore open data at orbae.eco 👇

🌍 EU’s Omnibus - what you need to know about the changes to CSRD, EU Taxonomy, CSDDD, and CBAM 👇 The Omnibus Directive is part of the EU Commission’s effort to simplify and reduce regulatory burdens for businesses, particularly regarding sustainability reporting and due diligence requirements. Swipe through our carousel to see the key changes and recommended next steps. 👉 📥 Download our full briefing and share it with your stakeholders to stay ahead! 👇 👇 👇 🔗 https://lnkd.in/ejZNsCbp Climate regulations and carbon pricing mechanisms are crucial in reinforcing net zero strategies and driving carbon removal initiatives. While simplifying reporting is important for lowering barriers, maintaining accurate, actionable data is essential for understanding corporate action and informing policy and investment decisions. Many companies have already invested in the important infrastructure to comply with existing legislation. These continued efforts should be encouraged, both on climate and nature, and also beyond regulatory compliance and reporting. We look forward to collaborating with policymakers and businesses to accelerate the low-carbon transition. 🌱🌍 #Compliance #Decarbonisation #CarbonMarket #ClimateRegulation

We are honoured to be selected as a finalist for the Banksia Foundation Awards in the ‘Business Services and Solutions’ category!  🏅🎉 We are also nominated for the Banksia People's Choice Award! You can #VOTE for us in three easy steps: 1️⃣ Open voting form ➡️ https://lnkd.in/gz5TdrbA 2️⃣ Select ‘Business Services and Solutions’ 3️⃣ Scroll down and VOTE ✅ for South Pole 🐧 Voting ends March 19! 🌱🌱🌱 The National Banksia Awards celebrate sustainability and ingenuity and are among Australia’s most prestigious and longest-running awards. Our mission is true climate impact for all! We aim to inspire and enable everyone, everywhere to solve climate change. And ensure we all enjoy the benefits this better world brings. 🌏☺️💚 We’re thrilled to have our work recognised and celebrate the good work being done in sustainability by all the incredible finalists. 🙌

🇧🇧 The Sustainable Energy for All (SEforALL) Global Forum kicks off this week in Bridgetown, Barbados! How do we scale high-integrity carbon markets and finance climate solutions? 🤔👇 South Pole CEO Dr. Daniel Klier will discuss unlocking climate finance and ensuring market integrity as part of: 🗣️Transforming Carbon Markets with Global Collaboration and Nigeria’s CMAP Rollout 📅 13 March, 9:00 – 10:30 AST 🌍⚡We’re excited to be partnering with Lightrock and Sustainable Energy for All (SEforALL) on this year’s #SEforALLForum on Sustainable Energy for Equity, Security, and Prosperity. This event aims to bring together global leaders to accelerate a just and sustainable energy transition! You’ll also have the chance to hear from Lightrock’s leadership team:  →  Pal Erik Sjatil as a speaker for  ‘Powering Industrialisation – Unlocking Finance for Energy Transition Technology Value Chains’  →  Ademidun (Demi) Edosomwan as a judge for the Shark Tank Competition We’ll see you all there! 👉 https://lnkd.in/eqBVk5Z #CleanEnergy #ClimateAction #CarbonMarkets #SEforALL

✨To celebrate International Women’s Day we hosted a roundtable discussion earlier this week with some of our incredible women in leadership at South Pole! 💪 Hosted by Nadia K., our Head of MarComms, we gathered an inspiring panel of our leaders to share their personal experiences, discuss workplace challenges, and explore strategies for overcoming them. Our panellists included: 🤝 Dame Inga Beale, Chair of the Board, South Pole 🤝 Leïla Kamdem Kamden, Executive Director for Risk 🤝 Kushal Bhimjiani, General Counsel, Executive Director, Legal 🤝 Maggie Wong, Managing Consultant, Communications, Engagement, and Leadership 🤝 Megan Kemp, Global Senior Lead, Technology Strategies, Tech Carbon Removals Thank you so much to this group for speaking and inspiring us all! ☺️ ❤️ #IWD2025 #WomenInBusiness