Karina Pastore
2023-02-22
Source: Neofeed
Author: Karina Pastore
Image: Bruna Arcangelo - Carbonext
"Driven by the ESG agenda, the demand for CO2 offset financial services is increasing. With a market potential around US$100 billion annually, Brazil sees the sector advancing, but still suffers from a lack of regulation and transparency.
"Our biggest challenges are to regulate the market, so that we have clear rules, and ensure transparency in the sector," argues forestry engineer Janaína Dallan, founder and co-CEO of Carbonext, one of the industry leaders in Brazil. [...]
Janaína's focus is on nature-based solutions, in particular forest conservation. Currently, the company has 23 projects in the Legal Amazon, equivalent to 2 million hectares under protection, from approximately 150 landowners. As the executive explains, carbon credits are generated in the portion of the forest under threat. "That land that, if we do nothing, will be devastated," she says."
Read more: https://neofeed.com.br/blog/home/o-que-bill-gates-tem-a-ver-com-o-mercado-bilionario-de-credito-de-carbono/