{"id":181,"date":"2020-09-08T15:57:59","date_gmt":"2020-09-08T20:57:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/research.american.edu\/carbonremoval\/?p=181"},"modified":"2023-05-03T16:06:57","modified_gmt":"2023-05-03T21:06:57","slug":"carbon-removal-and-corporate-climate-commitments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/research.american.edu\/carbonremoval\/2020\/09\/08\/carbon-removal-and-corporate-climate-commitments\/","title":{"rendered":"Carbon Removal and Corporate Climate Commitments"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Authored by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.american.edu\/sis\/centers\/carbon-removal\/about.cfm\">Allison Tennant<\/a> <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Carbon Removal Program Assistant, Institute for Carbon Removal Law and Policy &amp; Union of Concerned Scientists<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The latest webinar in the explainer series presented by the Institute for Carbon Removal Law and Policy (ICR)\u00a0 delves into the role of carbon removal practices in corporate climate commitments. Recently, many companies have released net-zero climate commitments that include carbon dioxide removal technologies. In July, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.apple.com\/newsroom\/2020\/07\/apple-commits-to-be-100-percent-carbon-neutral-for-its-supply-chain-and-products-by-2030\/#:~:text=Cupertino%2C%20California%20%E2%80%94%20Apple%20today%20unveiled,product%20life%20cycle%20by%202030.&amp;text=Over%2080%20percent%20of%20the,from%20projects%20that%20Apple%20created.\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Apple, for instance, committed to becoming 100% carbon neutral for its supply chain and products by 2030<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, in addition to already having carbon-neutral operations. To reach this goal, the company plans to reduce emissions by 75% and develop innovative carbon removal solutions for the remaining 25% of their footprint. Apple will mostly focus on natural climate solutions, partnering with Conservation International on ecosystem restoration and protection. Earlier this year, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/news.microsoft.com\/2020\/01\/16\/microsoft-announces-it-will-be-carbon-negative-by-2030\/#:~:text=on%20Thursday%20announced%20an%20ambitious,it%20was%20founded%20in%201975.\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Microsoft also committed to going carbon negative by 2030<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> by utilizing methods of reforestation, soil carbon sequestration, and new carbon capture technologies. With companies continuing to play a larger role in the carbon removal sphere, ICR gathered a panel to evaluate the role that the corporate world plays and might play in the carbon removal world.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The panelists were Betty Cremmins, Lead at <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.1t.org\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">1t.org <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">(Trillion Trees Platform) North America; Jeremy Freeman, Founder\/Executive Director at <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/carbonplan.org\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">CarbonPlan<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">; and Alex Laplaza, Analyst at <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/lowercarboncapital.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Lowercarbon Capita<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">l. The panel was moderated by Nicole Pinko, Corporate Analyst and Engagement Specialist at <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ucsusa.org\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Union of Concerned Scientists.<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Discussion revolved around questions such as:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">What sorts of commitments are companies making, and how does carbon removal fit into those plans?<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0Are these commitments and the plans for achieving them realistic, especially with respect to carbon removal?<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0When it comes to the carbon removal portion of their plans, how are companies currently investing in nature-based and\/or technical solutions?\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">How are these commitments likely to affect the development or deployment of carbon removal?<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">What should people be paying attention to when they read about these commitments and the plans to achieve them?\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A Q&amp;A session followed the discussion in which the audience inquired about terminology companies should use, the Global North\u2019s responsibility for off-shore emissions, and the issues with carbon offsets.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">To watch this webinar, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PmVoEFt9MTE\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">click here<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. Make sure to keep up-to-date on new additions to our webinar explainer series, and watch past webinars <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.american.edu\/sis\/centers\/carbon-removal\/webinars.cfm\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">here<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. In addition, you can keep abreast of corporate carbon removal commitments via our regularly updated <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheets\/d\/1vf--uXsf6fo7MuNpPya2Kz82Dxte0hHgtOXimgpRA3c\/edit#gid=0\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">action tracker<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Authored by Allison Tennant Carbon Removal Program Assistant, Institute for Carbon Removal Law and Policy &amp; Union of Concerned Scientists The latest webinar in the explainer series presented by the Institute for Carbon Removal Law and Policy (ICR)\u00a0 delves into the role of carbon removal practices in corporate climate commitments. Recently, many companies have released &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/research.american.edu\/carbonremoval\/2020\/09\/08\/carbon-removal-and-corporate-climate-commitments\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Carbon Removal and Corporate Climate Commitments&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[8],"class_list":["post-181","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog-post","tag-corporate-action"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.american.edu\/carbonremoval\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.american.edu\/carbonremoval\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.american.edu\/carbonremoval\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/research.american.edu\/carbonremoval\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/research.american.edu\/carbonremoval\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=181"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/research.american.edu\/carbonremoval\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.american.edu\/carbonremoval\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=181"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/research.american.edu\/carbonremoval\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=181"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/research.american.edu\/carbonremoval\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=181"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}