Carbon dioxide removal is essential to meeting our climate goals. The science is clear, and policymakers from California to Brussels are acting on it. What remains contested is how to ensure that carbon removal credits actually deliver the climate impact they promise, not just when they’re issued, but for as long as policy requires. That’s the question at the heart of the paper we’re publishing today with RMI and the …
New research outlines how “contracted durability” can manage reversal risk and improve confidence in carbon removal credits Washington, DC —June 16 The American Forest Foundation (AFF), Beyond Alliance, and RMI today released findings that introduce a new legal and financial framework to manage risk for all carbon removal pathways that will bolster the integrity and scalability of the market. Along with rapidly reducing emissions, carbon …
The Greenhouse Gas Protocol is considering one of the most significant changes to corporate climate accounting in years: moving from a single greenhouse gas inventory toward a multi-statement reporting framework through its proposed Actions & Market Instruments (AMI) standard. At Beyond, we strongly support this direction. For years, companies have been forced to fit an increasingly complex set of climate actions into …
Beyond is bringing four sessions to Trellis Impact in San Francisco this June — covering voluntary carbon markets, Environmental Attribute Certificates, superpollutants, and carbon removal. VCM Buyers Bootcamp Monday, June 22 | 9:30 AM – 5:00 PM A one-day workshop that gives corporate sustainability and procurement teams the knowledge, frameworks, and hands-on practice to move from ad hoc carbon credit …
The European Union is designing the policy architecture that will define its path to a 90% net reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2040 — arguably the most consequential set of climate policy decisions the bloc will face this decade. Legislative proposals are expected in the fourth quarter, and the choices made in coming months will shape European climate policy, …
Refrigerants account for an estimated 3–4% of global greenhouse gas emissions, but they remain one of the most significant and under-addressed opportunities for climate action. As demand for cooling continues to rise across commercial buildings, industrial processes, and digital infrastructure, the climate impact of refrigerants is already growing. Yet refrigerants don’t fit neatly into traditional emissions categories. Responsibility is often …
A coalition of leading companies including Amazon, Autodesk, Figma, Google, JPMorganChase, Salesforce, and Workday has launched the Superpollutant Action Initiative, committing $100 million through 2030 to slash methane, black carbon, and refrigerant gases; pollutants responsible for roughly half of all climate warming to date.
When we think about climate change, it’s easy to focus only on CO₂—but there’s another group of pollutants that are just as urgent, if not more so in the near term. Superpollutants like methane, black carbon, and refrigerants are responsible for roughly half of the warming the planet has experienced to date. The good news? Reducing them is one of …
As COP30 closed in Brazil, three leading organizations have released a new paper outlining nine priority policy conditions host countries can adopt to unlock private sector investment in voluntary carbon markets, with the potential to mobilize over $50 billion annually by 2030.
Beyond welcomes the SBTi’s second consultation draft of its Corporate Net-Zero Standard V2 as a meaningful step forward but identifies key refinements needed around supply chain innovation, carbon credit integrity, and investment barriers to maximize its real-world impact.