Context: page_content='ARTICLE\nFaster Deployment of Renewables in Times of Uncertainty: RE-Source Recap\nOctober 13, 2022 Nasos Troupakis\nDuring the first week of October, some of my European colleagues and I had the pleasure of attending RE-Source in Amsterdam. Over 1,000 key energy players and businesses, including more than 200 buyers,\ngathered to discuss and enhance their direct renewable energy sourcing and mitigate their risks.\nGiven the uncertainty of the current energy and political landscape, the event’s timing could not have been more appropriate. How can businesses advance their sustainability efforts amidst the ongoing\nchallenges? What should be changed in our approach to sourcing? Which are the key drivers in moving forward?\nAN EVOLVING LANDSCAPE\n \nDuring the multiple sessions, panels and roundtables, different market experts shared their views and highlighted the challenges that need to be addressed.' metadata={'source': '/Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Faster Deployment of Renewables in Times of Uncertainty_ RE-Source Recap - 3Degrees.pdf', 'file_path': '/Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Faster Deployment of Renewables in Times of Uncertainty_ RE-Source Recap - 3Degrees.pdf', 'page': 0, 'total_pages': 5, 'format': 'PDF 1.4', 'title': '', 'author': '', 'subject': '', 'keywords': '', 'creator': 'Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/115.0.0.0 Safari/537.36', 'producer': 'Skia/PDF m115', 'creationDate': "D:20230727201604+00'00'", 'modDate': "D:20230727201604+00'00'", 'trapped': ''} Source: /Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Faster Deployment of Renewables in Times of Uncertainty_ RE-Source Recap - 3Degrees.pdf


Context: page_content='The first challenge is the market dynamics. We live in unprecedented times with the energy crisis and extremely high prices that increase uncertainty in almost all aspects of the market. These\nextraordinary times call for a commitment to energy transition goals, an acceleration of actions taken, and innovative solutions.' metadata={'source': '/Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Faster Deployment of Renewables in Times of Uncertainty_ RE-Source Recap - 3Degrees.pdf', 'file_path': '/Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Faster Deployment of Renewables in Times of Uncertainty_ RE-Source Recap - 3Degrees.pdf', 'page': 0, 'total_pages': 5, 'format': 'PDF 1.4', 'title': '', 'author': '', 'subject': '', 'keywords': '', 'creator': 'Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/115.0.0.0 Safari/537.36', 'producer': 'Skia/PDF m115', 'creationDate': "D:20230727201604+00'00'", 'modDate': "D:20230727201604+00'00'", 'trapped': ''} Source: /Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Faster Deployment of Renewables in Times of Uncertainty_ RE-Source Recap - 3Degrees.pdf


Context: page_content='DOWNLOAD ARTICLE\nThe Anatomy of a REC & Carbon Offset Purchase\nDecember 6, 2018 3Degrees Staff\nNeed help thinking through your organization’s REC or carbon offset purchase?  Here is a step-by-step guide designed to give you a better understanding of the process, so you can feel confident moving forward\nto reduce your company’s carbon footprint.' metadata={'source': '/Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/The Anatomy of a REC & Carbon Offset Purchase - 3Degrees.pdf', 'file_path': '/Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/The Anatomy of a REC & Carbon Offset Purchase - 3Degrees.pdf', 'page': 0, 'total_pages': 4, 'format': 'PDF 1.4', 'title': '', 'author': '', 'subject': '', 'keywords': '', 'creator': 'Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/115.0.0.0 Safari/537.36', 'producer': 'Skia/PDF m115', 'creationDate': "D:20230727205734+00'00'", 'modDate': "D:20230727205734+00'00'", 'trapped': ''} Source: /Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/The Anatomy of a REC & Carbon Offset Purchase - 3Degrees.pdf


Context: page_content='ARTICLE\nCorporate Power-Purchase Agreements: Proceed Carefully When Buying Renewable Energy\nJuly 22, 2016 3Degrees Staff\nA REALITY CHECK FOR CORPORATE AND INSTITUTIONAL ENERGY CUSTOMERS.\nMuch like the rest of the clean energy industry, we are excited about corporate and institutional (C&I) customers taking meaningful action by directly purchasing renewable energy to reduce their carbon\nfootprint, contribute to cleaning up the grid, manage volatile energy costs and get in front of regulatory changes. Indeed, gigawatts’ worth of power-purchase agreements (PPAs) have been signed by\norganizations over the past several years. However, while we absolutely encourage C&I customers to dip their toes into the PPA pool, we advise that these customers do so with their eyes wide open. These deals' metadata={'source': '/Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Direct Energy Procurement_ Proceed with Caution _ 3Degrees.pdf', 'file_path': '/Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Direct Energy Procurement_ Proceed with Caution _ 3Degrees.pdf', 'page': 0, 'total_pages': 3, 'format': 'PDF 1.4', 'title': '', 'author': '', 'subject': '', 'keywords': '', 'creator': 'Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/115.0.0.0 Safari/537.36', 'producer': 'Skia/PDF m115', 'creationDate': "D:20230727210633+00'00'", 'modDate': "D:20230727210633+00'00'", 'trapped': ''} Source: /Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Direct Energy Procurement_ Proceed with Caution _ 3Degrees.pdf


Context: page_content='are regularly framed as moneymakers, but we know from experience that there is little certainty in the world of wholesale energy markets and energy development is rarely black and white. Therefore, this article\nfocuses on the many shades of gray, pewter and slate so that C&I customers can assess the full picture and take a long-term view when considering the potential value of direct renewable energy procurement.\nThe rise of corporate renewable energy procurement\nIn 2002, C&I customers were in the early days of exploring ways to “green” their electricity usage. The establishment of U.S. markets for renewable energy certificates (RECs) provided an important enabling\nmechanism for these customers, as well as for the broader industry. These markets created a way to claim environmental benefits and monetize the value customers place on the associated attributes of' metadata={'source': '/Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Direct Energy Procurement_ Proceed with Caution _ 3Degrees.pdf', 'file_path': '/Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Direct Energy Procurement_ Proceed with Caution _ 3Degrees.pdf', 'page': 0, 'total_pages': 3, 'format': 'PDF 1.4', 'title': '', 'author': '', 'subject': '', 'keywords': '', 'creator': 'Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/115.0.0.0 Safari/537.36', 'producer': 'Skia/PDF m115', 'creationDate': "D:20230727210633+00'00'", 'modDate': "D:20230727210633+00'00'", 'trapped': ''} Source: /Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Direct Energy Procurement_ Proceed with Caution _ 3Degrees.pdf


Context: page_content='renewable projects. Even today, RECs continue to serve an important role in enabling customers to match their electricity usage with renewable energy. However, the market has moved in recent years, due to\ntwo trends.' metadata={'source': '/Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Direct Energy Procurement_ Proceed with Caution _ 3Degrees.pdf', 'file_path': '/Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Direct Energy Procurement_ Proceed with Caution _ 3Degrees.pdf', 'page': 0, 'total_pages': 3, 'format': 'PDF 1.4', 'title': '', 'author': '', 'subject': '', 'keywords': '', 'creator': 'Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/115.0.0.0 Safari/537.36', 'producer': 'Skia/PDF m115', 'creationDate': "D:20230727210633+00'00'", 'modDate': "D:20230727210633+00'00'", 'trapped': ''} Source: /Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Direct Energy Procurement_ Proceed with Caution _ 3Degrees.pdf


Context: page_content='DOWNLOAD ARTICLE\nFor Earth Day 2018: Read a book!\n DOWNLOAD PDF\nApril 11, 2018 3Degrees Staff\nInterested in learning more? Read our reviews of most of these books.' metadata={'source': '/Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Earth day 2018_ read our of our favorite environmental books _ 3Degrees.pdf', 'file_path': '/Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Earth day 2018_ read our of our favorite environmental books _ 3Degrees.pdf', 'page': 0, 'total_pages': 5, 'format': 'PDF 1.4', 'title': '', 'author': '', 'subject': '', 'keywords': '', 'creator': 'Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/115.0.0.0 Safari/537.36', 'producer': 'Skia/PDF m115', 'creationDate': "D:20230727210125+00'00'", 'modDate': "D:20230727210125+00'00'", 'trapped': ''} Source: /Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Earth day 2018_ read our of our favorite environmental books _ 3Degrees.pdf


Context: page_content='ARTICLE\nPPA Advisor Fees: Which Fee Structure is Right for your Company?\nJuly 27, 2020 Amy Chiang\nHaving set ambitious climate goals, your company is now deciding how to go about achieving those targets. Many corporations are entering into power purchase agreements (PPA) to procure large volumes of\nrenewable energy. These transactions are a convenient way to quickly achieve renewable energy goals, but can expose buyers to significant risk factors along the way. Companies that do not have in-house\nexpertise in wholesale power markets and PPAs find it critically important to partner with an experienced advisor and to incentivize success with the appropriate compensation structure.\nThe scope of an advisor’s work can include stakeholder education and alignment, procurement management and financial analysis, and contract negotiations and performance monitoring. Perhaps more' metadata={'source': '/Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/PPA Advisor Fees_ Which Fee Structure is Right for your Company_ - 3Degrees.pdf', 'file_path': '/Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/PPA Advisor Fees_ Which Fee Structure is Right for your Company_ - 3Degrees.pdf', 'page': 0, 'total_pages': 3, 'format': 'PDF 1.4', 'title': '', 'author': '', 'subject': '', 'keywords': '', 'creator': 'Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/115.0.0.0 Safari/537.36', 'producer': 'Skia/PDF m115', 'creationDate': "D:20230727204449+00'00'", 'modDate': "D:20230727204449+00'00'", 'trapped': ''} Source: /Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/PPA Advisor Fees_ Which Fee Structure is Right for your Company_ - 3Degrees.pdf


Context: page_content='importantly, an advisor’s role requires mitigating the financial risks of wholesale electricity market exposure, as well as any development-related risks associated with counterparties, project financing, and other\nexecution risks.\nWhile there are multiple advisors who can perform these PPA services, cost and compensation structures can be opaque and vary widely making it difficult to select an advisor with aligned incentives.\nUnderstanding how the compensation structures work is fundamental to ensuring a fair and successful PPA transaction. Below we describe common fee structures in the market.\nSUCCESS FEE\nIn the success fee pricing structure, the advisor’s fee is amortized over the life of the contract and rolled into the PPA payments as a “lift.” This means you pay for the advisory work over the project’s operational' metadata={'source': '/Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/PPA Advisor Fees_ Which Fee Structure is Right for your Company_ - 3Degrees.pdf', 'file_path': '/Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/PPA Advisor Fees_ Which Fee Structure is Right for your Company_ - 3Degrees.pdf', 'page': 0, 'total_pages': 3, 'format': 'PDF 1.4', 'title': '', 'author': '', 'subject': '', 'keywords': '', 'creator': 'Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/115.0.0.0 Safari/537.36', 'producer': 'Skia/PDF m115', 'creationDate': "D:20230727204449+00'00'", 'modDate': "D:20230727204449+00'00'", 'trapped': ''} Source: /Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/PPA Advisor Fees_ Which Fee Structure is Right for your Company_ - 3Degrees.pdf


Context: page_content='lifetime instead of allocating budget to the procurement process upfront. While the advisor is only paid if a contract is successfully executed, success fee structures may have a recapture fee if no transaction is\nexecuted once the engagement passes a certain milestone. Although success fees are typically the most expensive option on a total cost basis, the avoidance of an upfront cost is attractive to many buyers.' metadata={'source': '/Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/PPA Advisor Fees_ Which Fee Structure is Right for your Company_ - 3Degrees.pdf', 'file_path': '/Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/PPA Advisor Fees_ Which Fee Structure is Right for your Company_ - 3Degrees.pdf', 'page': 0, 'total_pages': 3, 'format': 'PDF 1.4', 'title': '', 'author': '', 'subject': '', 'keywords': '', 'creator': 'Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/115.0.0.0 Safari/537.36', 'producer': 'Skia/PDF m115', 'creationDate': "D:20230727204449+00'00'", 'modDate': "D:20230727204449+00'00'", 'trapped': ''} Source: /Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/PPA Advisor Fees_ Which Fee Structure is Right for your Company_ - 3Degrees.pdf


Context: page_content='ARTICLE\nKey Insights from NACW: Trending Topics in the Voluntary Carbon Market\nApril 20, 2023 Nick Facciola\nIn late March, I had the pleasure of joining my colleagues and peers at the 20th anniversary of North America Carbon World (NACW) in Anaheim, California. Yes, I said the same thing – “Twenty years – wow!”.\nNACW is one of the premier events for all things carbon, and one that I look forward to each year. The three-day conference is dedicated to the North American carbon market and climate policies, and time and\ntime again proves to be a terrific place to learn, collaborate, and network.\nAfter having a chance to debrief with the 3Degrees team that attended, we realized that three topics seemed to be a common theme throughout NACW.\nTHE VOLUNTARY CARBON MARKET MAY SEE MORE STRINGENT REQUIREMENTS IN THE COMING YEARS…MAYBE.' metadata={'source': '/Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Key Insights from NACW_ Trending Topics in the Voluntary Carbon Market - 3Degrees.pdf', 'file_path': '/Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Key Insights from NACW_ Trending Topics in the Voluntary Carbon Market - 3Degrees.pdf', 'page': 0, 'total_pages': 3, 'format': 'PDF 1.4', 'title': '', 'author': '', 'subject': '', 'keywords': '', 'creator': 'Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/115.0.0.0 Safari/537.36', 'producer': 'Skia/PDF m115', 'creationDate': "D:20230727200846+00'00'", 'modDate': "D:20230727200846+00'00'", 'trapped': ''} Source: /Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Key Insights from NACW_ Trending Topics in the Voluntary Carbon Market - 3Degrees.pdf


Context: page_content='THE VOLUNTARY CARBON MARKET MAY SEE MORE STRINGENT REQUIREMENTS IN THE COMING YEARS…MAYBE.\nPopular discussions around NACW were “What will happen to the VCM in the near future?”, “Will we soon see more stringent requirements for developers?”, “Are we headed for regulation?”, and “What will the\npending guidelines from some of the largest standards parties soon tell us?”\n      Guidance for the voluntary carbon market (VCM)\n1.\n      Value chain mitigation – aka insetting\n2.\n3.       And of course, carbon removals' metadata={'source': '/Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Key Insights from NACW_ Trending Topics in the Voluntary Carbon Market - 3Degrees.pdf', 'file_path': '/Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Key Insights from NACW_ Trending Topics in the Voluntary Carbon Market - 3Degrees.pdf', 'page': 0, 'total_pages': 3, 'format': 'PDF 1.4', 'title': '', 'author': '', 'subject': '', 'keywords': '', 'creator': 'Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/115.0.0.0 Safari/537.36', 'producer': 'Skia/PDF m115', 'creationDate': "D:20230727200846+00'00'", 'modDate': "D:20230727200846+00'00'", 'trapped': ''} Source: /Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Key Insights from NACW_ Trending Topics in the Voluntary Carbon Market - 3Degrees.pdf


Context: page_content='ARTICLE\nMaximizing carbon displacement with power purchase agreements: Part 1: Choosing your\nmarket\nMay 13, 2022 Amy Chiang\nWhen organizations embark on a new renewable energy procurement, specifically a power purchase agreement (PPA), they often have several criteria that they are trying to satisfy with the new project. With the\nclimate crisis becoming critically urgent, many of 3Degrees’ clients are prioritizing carbon displacement value as one of these decision making criteria. Put simply, more buyers are interested in ensuring that\ntheir renewable energy project has the largest climate benefit possible – which is good news! \nIn this three-part blog series, Maximizing Carbon Displacement with PPAs, we will dig into strategies that organizations can use to evaluate PPAs for decarbonization impact. To kick off the series, we start with\none strategy that is fairly straightforward: choosing your market. \nCARBON INTENSITY IN THE U.S. GRID' metadata={'source': '/Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Maximizing carbon displacement with power purchase agreements_ Part 1_ Choosing your market - 3Degrees.pdf', 'file_path': '/Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Maximizing carbon displacement with power purchase agreements_ Part 1_ Choosing your market - 3Degrees.pdf', 'page': 0, 'total_pages': 4, 'format': 'PDF 1.4', 'title': '', 'author': '', 'subject': '', 'keywords': '', 'creator': 'Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/115.0.0.0 Safari/537.36', 'producer': 'Skia/PDF m115', 'creationDate': "D:20230727202145+00'00'", 'modDate': "D:20230727202145+00'00'", 'trapped': ''} Source: /Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Maximizing carbon displacement with power purchase agreements_ Part 1_ Choosing your market - 3Degrees.pdf


Context: page_content='CARBON INTENSITY IN THE U.S. GRID\nSome buyers have a very specific market in mind for their procurement, such as one that maximizes potential hedge value, projected financial value, etc.  However, they may not be aware of how that market\ncompares in supporting their desire to maximize the project’s carbon displacement value – meaning the amount of carbon emissions that are actually being “pushed off” the electric grid by the renewable energy\nfrom the new project.' metadata={'source': '/Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Maximizing carbon displacement with power purchase agreements_ Part 1_ Choosing your market - 3Degrees.pdf', 'file_path': '/Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Maximizing carbon displacement with power purchase agreements_ Part 1_ Choosing your market - 3Degrees.pdf', 'page': 0, 'total_pages': 4, 'format': 'PDF 1.4', 'title': '', 'author': '', 'subject': '', 'keywords': '', 'creator': 'Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/115.0.0.0 Safari/537.36', 'producer': 'Skia/PDF m115', 'creationDate': "D:20230727202145+00'00'", 'modDate': "D:20230727202145+00'00'", 'trapped': ''} Source: /Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Maximizing carbon displacement with power purchase agreements_ Part 1_ Choosing your market - 3Degrees.pdf


Context: page_content='ARTICLE\nThe Role of Carbon Offsets in Corporate Sustainability (part II)\nMarch 30, 2020 Steph Harris\nPART II – CARBON OFFSET BEST PRACTICES\nIn our first article in this series, The Role of Offsets in Corporate Sustainability, we explored common carbon offset project categories, and how offsets can play an important near-term role in companies’\nbroader sustainability efforts. We also highlighted why offsets sometimes are sometimes criticized, and discussed why or why not those critiques are valid.\nIn this second article in the series, we take a closer look at best practices for organizations that utilize carbon offsets as one of\nmany tools in their sustainability toolbox.\nFIRST, REDUCE YOUR EMISSIONS WHEREVER POSSIBLE\nThe first step in any company’s climate action plan should be to reduce all emissions that are within its direct control, including its own operations and supply chain. This action may take many different' metadata={'source': '/Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/The Role of Carbon Offsets in Corporate Sustainability (part II) - 3Degrees.pdf', 'file_path': '/Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/The Role of Carbon Offsets in Corporate Sustainability (part II) - 3Degrees.pdf', 'page': 0, 'total_pages': 2, 'format': 'PDF 1.4', 'title': '', 'author': '', 'subject': '', 'keywords': '', 'creator': 'Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/115.0.0.0 Safari/537.36', 'producer': 'Skia/PDF m115', 'creationDate': "D:20230727205002+00'00'", 'modDate': "D:20230727205002+00'00'", 'trapped': ''} Source: /Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/The Role of Carbon Offsets in Corporate Sustainability (part II) - 3Degrees.pdf


Context: page_content='forms depending on the nature of the organization, but all organizations should develop and implement a carbon reduction strategy. Typically, this begins with an audit of operations, an internal\nevaluation, coordinating with suppliers in the supply chain, or any other process to identify sources of emissions and calculate the company’s total greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions footprint. After the\nsources have been identified, companies can set emission reduction targets and develop plans to specifically address the impacts associated with those sources and activities.' metadata={'source': '/Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/The Role of Carbon Offsets in Corporate Sustainability (part II) - 3Degrees.pdf', 'file_path': '/Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/The Role of Carbon Offsets in Corporate Sustainability (part II) - 3Degrees.pdf', 'page': 0, 'total_pages': 2, 'format': 'PDF 1.4', 'title': '', 'author': '', 'subject': '', 'keywords': '', 'creator': 'Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/115.0.0.0 Safari/537.36', 'producer': 'Skia/PDF m115', 'creationDate': "D:20230727205002+00'00'", 'modDate': "D:20230727205002+00'00'", 'trapped': ''} Source: /Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/The Role of Carbon Offsets in Corporate Sustainability (part II) - 3Degrees.pdf


Context: page_content='CASE STUDY\nThe Climate Registry Affirms: RECS and Offsets are Important Decarbonization Tools\nA small organization with a worldwide reach, The Climate Registry (TCR) is a non-profit that designs and operates greenhouse gas reporting programs across the globe and consults with governments worldwide\non all aspects of GHG measurement, reporting, and verification.\nMEASUREMENT IS THE FIRST STEP\n“Before looking for ways to reduce your climate impact, you need to understand your baseline,” says David Rosenheim, executive director of The Climate Registry. To that end, TCR has created a General\nReporting Protocol that provides guidance and consistency in reporting on emissions and emission reduction or mitigation tactics such as renewable energy certificates (RECs) and carbon offsets.\nLike its member companies, TCR annually measures its own GHG emissions. And, not surprisingly, given its mission, TCR is continually looking for ways to reduce its carbon footprint. But with a large portion of' metadata={'source': '/Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/The Climate Registry Affirms_ RECs and Offsets important tools.pdf', 'file_path': '/Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/The Climate Registry Affirms_ RECs and Offsets important tools.pdf', 'page': 0, 'total_pages': 2, 'format': 'PDF 1.4', 'title': '', 'author': '', 'subject': '', 'keywords': '', 'creator': 'Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/115.0.0.0 Safari/537.36', 'producer': 'Skia/PDF m115', 'creationDate': "D:20230727210618+00'00'", 'modDate': "D:20230727210618+00'00'", 'trapped': ''} Source: /Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/The Climate Registry Affirms_ RECs and Offsets important tools.pdf


Context: page_content='their emissions coming from business travel, their options were limited.\nTHE ROLE OF RECS AND OFFSETS IN THE DECARBONIZATION TOOLKIT\nFirst, TCR looked to reduce their emissions as much as possible, using tools and policies like video conferencing and telecommuting.  For those emissions that can’t be eliminated, the organization sees the use of\nRECs and offsets as a best practice.\nBased on a recommendation from their policy team, in 2015, for the first time, they purchased RECS and offsets to cover their scope 1 emissions (these are direct emissions from sources owned and controlled by\nthe company) and market-based scope 2 emissions (which are from purchased electricity, heat or steam) as well as their business and commuting travel emissions.' metadata={'source': '/Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/The Climate Registry Affirms_ RECs and Offsets important tools.pdf', 'file_path': '/Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/The Climate Registry Affirms_ RECs and Offsets important tools.pdf', 'page': 0, 'total_pages': 2, 'format': 'PDF 1.4', 'title': '', 'author': '', 'subject': '', 'keywords': '', 'creator': 'Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/115.0.0.0 Safari/537.36', 'producer': 'Skia/PDF m115', 'creationDate': "D:20230727210618+00'00'", 'modDate': "D:20230727210618+00'00'", 'trapped': ''} Source: /Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/The Climate Registry Affirms_ RECs and Offsets important tools.pdf


Context: page_content='ARTICLE\nFinding new value for electricity from livestock digesters in transportation markets\nAugust 18, 2022 Peter Weisberg\nIncentives to decarbonize transportation fuels from “clean fuels standards” like California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) and Oregon’s Clean Fuels Program have transformed the livestock digester\nindustry. The number of livestock digesters doubled last year, and is set to double again based on the number of projects that are planned or under construction, according to estimates from the Coalition for\nRenewable Natural Gas. The Wall Street Journal and others have dubbed this a gold rush for private capital to build new projects.\nTo date, the rush has focused on livestock digesters making renewable natural gas to fuel compressed natural gas vehicles. More quietly, clean fuels standards have introduced rules for how to fuel electric' metadata={'source': '/Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Finding new value for electricity from livestock digesters in transportation markets - 3Degrees.pdf', 'file_path': '/Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Finding new value for electricity from livestock digesters in transportation markets - 3Degrees.pdf', 'page': 0, 'total_pages': 4, 'format': 'PDF 1.4', 'title': '', 'author': '', 'subject': '', 'keywords': '', 'creator': 'Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/115.0.0.0 Safari/537.36', 'producer': 'Skia/PDF m115', 'creationDate': "D:20230727201744+00'00'", 'modDate': "D:20230727201744+00'00'", 'trapped': ''} Source: /Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Finding new value for electricity from livestock digesters in transportation markets - 3Degrees.pdf


Context: page_content='vehicles (EVs) with renewable electricity–including electricity (not gas!) from livestock and food waste digesters, which are credited for the same avoided methane emissions as renewable natural gas projects.\nUnder these clean fuels standards, electricity-generating livestock digesters can generate up to $500/MWh for the environmental attributes (not including the value of the electricity). The actual value for\nfacilities highly depends upon the final carbon intensity of a project, and most facilities fall into a range of $150 to $400 per MWh, depending on their avoided methane emissions.\nElectricity generating projects are taking advantage of this incentive. 3Degrees alone is currently working with five biogas to electricity projects, with more under development. This incentive can be a lifeline for' metadata={'source': '/Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Finding new value for electricity from livestock digesters in transportation markets - 3Degrees.pdf', 'file_path': '/Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Finding new value for electricity from livestock digesters in transportation markets - 3Degrees.pdf', 'page': 0, 'total_pages': 4, 'format': 'PDF 1.4', 'title': '', 'author': '', 'subject': '', 'keywords': '', 'creator': 'Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/115.0.0.0 Safari/537.36', 'producer': 'Skia/PDF m115', 'creationDate': "D:20230727201744+00'00'", 'modDate': "D:20230727201744+00'00'", 'trapped': ''} Source: /Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Finding new value for electricity from livestock digesters in transportation markets - 3Degrees.pdf


Context: page_content='livestock digesters aging off their original power purchase agreement, which were often subsidized at high prices, that are unable to cover their operating costs at the lower avoided cost rates. 3Degrees recently\npre-purchased clean fuels standard credits to repower one of these projects.\nFACTORS CURRENTLY LIMITING ELECTRICITY DEVELOPMENT ARE SET TO CHANGE\nThe gold rush seen in renewable natural gas hasn’t yet hit livestock digesters making electricity at the same scale. Two primary factors have limited this development:' metadata={'source': '/Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Finding new value for electricity from livestock digesters in transportation markets - 3Degrees.pdf', 'file_path': '/Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Finding new value for electricity from livestock digesters in transportation markets - 3Degrees.pdf', 'page': 0, 'total_pages': 4, 'format': 'PDF 1.4', 'title': '', 'author': '', 'subject': '', 'keywords': '', 'creator': 'Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/115.0.0.0 Safari/537.36', 'producer': 'Skia/PDF m115', 'creationDate': "D:20230727201744+00'00'", 'modDate': "D:20230727201744+00'00'", 'trapped': ''} Source: /Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Finding new value for electricity from livestock digesters in transportation markets - 3Degrees.pdf


Context: page_content='CASE STUDY\nApple, Akamai, Etsy and Swiss Re partner on largest renewable energy aggregation to date\n DOWNLOAD PDF\nWhile many companies seek to make a demonstrable impact on climate change by bringing new renewable energy projects into their electricity supply portfolio, this\naspiration has been challenging for companies with smaller or geographically distributed loads whose needs are too small to enable a project to come to fruition.\nEnter aggregation.\nBy joining together, smaller energy users can create enough buying power to make a material impact on a project’s financial outlook, attracting the attention of\nproject developers and opening this impactful solution to a wider range of companies.  In addition, by bringing multiple companies into a single procurement,\naggregation has the ability to reduce transaction costs and create economies of scale.' metadata={'source': '/Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/4 Leading Companies Partner on Largest Renewable Energy Aggregation.pdf', 'file_path': '/Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/4 Leading Companies Partner on Largest Renewable Energy Aggregation.pdf', 'page': 0, 'total_pages': 3, 'format': 'PDF 1.4', 'title': '', 'author': '', 'subject': '', 'keywords': '', 'creator': 'Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/115.0.0.0 Safari/537.36', 'producer': 'Skia/PDF m115', 'creationDate': "D:20230727205340+00'00'", 'modDate': "D:20230727205340+00'00'", 'trapped': ''} Source: /Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/4 Leading Companies Partner on Largest Renewable Energy Aggregation.pdf


Context: page_content='aggregation has the ability to reduce transaction costs and create economies of scale.\nIn 2018, 3Degrees supported Apple, Akamai Technologies (Akamai), Etsy and Swiss Re as they leveraged their collective buying power in the largest aggregated\ncorporate renewable energy transaction to date . This aggregation resulted in six power purchase agreements – the largest one greater than 130 MW and the\nsmallest less than 5 MW. The companies’ efforts demonstrate how corporate energy buyers of all sizes can successfully purchase renewable energy directly from new\nrenewable projects.' metadata={'source': '/Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/4 Leading Companies Partner on Largest Renewable Energy Aggregation.pdf', 'file_path': '/Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/4 Leading Companies Partner on Largest Renewable Energy Aggregation.pdf', 'page': 0, 'total_pages': 3, 'format': 'PDF 1.4', 'title': '', 'author': '', 'subject': '', 'keywords': '', 'creator': 'Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/115.0.0.0 Safari/537.36', 'producer': 'Skia/PDF m115', 'creationDate': "D:20230727205340+00'00'", 'modDate': "D:20230727205340+00'00'", 'trapped': ''} Source: /Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/4 Leading Companies Partner on Largest Renewable Energy Aggregation.pdf


Context: page_content='ARTICLE\nFour key accounting questions when considering a renewable energy PPA in Europe\nDecember 22, 2020 Tyler Espinoza\nAs we have previously discussed, the European PPA market for corporate buyers is witnessing a dramatic uptick in activity in 2020, and is poised for continued growth in the coming years.  U.S.-headquartered\ntechnology firms have been some of the first movers, but a variety of other buyers from different sectors and countries (spanning both the U.S. and Europe) are now beginning to transact. For any organization\ncontemplating a PPA in Europe, there are some key accounting considerations to think through at the outset to help alignment across all of your stakeholders, including your finance and accounting teams.\nHERE ARE FOUR KEY QUESTIONS THAT CORPORATE BUYERS NEED TO ASK THEMSELVES IF THEY ARE EVALUATING A PPA IN EUROPE.' metadata={'source': '/Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Four key accounting questions when considering a renewable energy PPA in Europe - 3Degrees.pdf', 'file_path': '/Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Four key accounting questions when considering a renewable energy PPA in Europe - 3Degrees.pdf', 'page': 0, 'total_pages': 2, 'format': 'PDF 1.4', 'title': '', 'author': '', 'subject': '', 'keywords': '', 'creator': 'Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/115.0.0.0 Safari/537.36', 'producer': 'Skia/PDF m115', 'creationDate': "D:20230727203718+00'00'", 'modDate': "D:20230727203718+00'00'", 'trapped': ''} Source: /Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Four key accounting questions when considering a renewable energy PPA in Europe - 3Degrees.pdf


Context: page_content='Which accounting standard does your company report under: U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) or IFRS (International Financial Reporting Standards)?\nBy nature, financially settled “virtual” PPAs (VPPA) are financial instruments structured as Contracts-for-Differences (CFD) where a fixed price PPA is settled against a floating wholesale index price. The\naccounting standards differ slightly under U.S. GAAP versus IFRS. Derivative treatment and mark-to-market accounting are inevitable under IFRS, whereas U.S. GAAP rules are generally less strict.  This\nfactor could influence an organization’s comfort and willingness to sign a VPPA in Europe, as PPAs with physical delivery do not require this treatment.  It is worth noting there are ongoing efforts between the\ngoverning bodies, IASB and FASB, to reconcile the differences between IFRS and U.S. GAAP respectively, so this will be an important area to monitor.\n1.' metadata={'source': '/Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Four key accounting questions when considering a renewable energy PPA in Europe - 3Degrees.pdf', 'file_path': '/Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Four key accounting questions when considering a renewable energy PPA in Europe - 3Degrees.pdf', 'page': 0, 'total_pages': 2, 'format': 'PDF 1.4', 'title': '', 'author': '', 'subject': '', 'keywords': '', 'creator': 'Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/115.0.0.0 Safari/537.36', 'producer': 'Skia/PDF m115', 'creationDate': "D:20230727203718+00'00'", 'modDate': "D:20230727203718+00'00'", 'trapped': ''} Source: /Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Four key accounting questions when considering a renewable energy PPA in Europe - 3Degrees.pdf


Context: page_content='1.\n If your company is U.S.-based, do IFRS standards apply for a European VPPA?\nNot necessarily.  If your organization’s shares are listed only on a U.S. exchange, it is more than likely that your consolidated annual financial statements (i.e. SEC Form 10-K) are issued only under U.S.\nGAAP.  In situations where a company has dual listings on U.S. and European exchanges to raise capital in both markets, you may find yourself with added complexity to sort out when signing a VPPA in\nEurope, because your European business entity will be required to issue IFRS-compliant financial statements under European Union rules.  IFRS reporting may also apply for certain foreign subsidiaries\n2.' metadata={'source': '/Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Four key accounting questions when considering a renewable energy PPA in Europe - 3Degrees.pdf', 'file_path': '/Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Four key accounting questions when considering a renewable energy PPA in Europe - 3Degrees.pdf', 'page': 0, 'total_pages': 2, 'format': 'PDF 1.4', 'title': '', 'author': '', 'subject': '', 'keywords': '', 'creator': 'Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/115.0.0.0 Safari/537.36', 'producer': 'Skia/PDF m115', 'creationDate': "D:20230727203718+00'00'", 'modDate': "D:20230727203718+00'00'", 'trapped': ''} Source: /Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Four key accounting questions when considering a renewable energy PPA in Europe - 3Degrees.pdf


Context: page_content='CASE STUDY\nSustainable snacking leader signs a 12-year PPA in Poland\nAs part of their journey to reach a 2050 goal of net zero greenhouse gas emissions, Mondelēz International, a global snacking company, has\nbeen working towards its aim to reduce its scope 2 footprint worldwide. With a short-term target of reducing their absolute end-to-end GHG\nemissions by 10% by 2025, relative to a 2018 baseline, they set their sights on Poland, where they could aim to make a meaningful contribution\nto emissions reductions in a carbon-intensive country.\nMondelēz International approached 3Degrees to develop and implement a renewable energy procurement strategy to help address emissions from electricity consumption in its Polish manufacturing facilities.\nCHALLENGES\nIn 2022, Europe faced unprecedented market volatility, with rising energy costs that made renewable energy developers hesitant to enter into long-term corporate power purchase agreements (PPAs). This' metadata={'source': '/Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Sustainable snacking leader signs a 12-year PPA in Poland - 3Degrees.pdf', 'file_path': '/Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Sustainable snacking leader signs a 12-year PPA in Poland - 3Degrees.pdf', 'page': 0, 'total_pages': 4, 'format': 'PDF 1.4', 'title': '', 'author': '', 'subject': '', 'keywords': '', 'creator': 'Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/115.0.0.0 Safari/537.36', 'producer': 'Skia/PDF m115', 'creationDate': "D:20230727200806+00'00'", 'modDate': "D:20230727200806+00'00'", 'trapped': ''} Source: /Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Sustainable snacking leader signs a 12-year PPA in Poland - 3Degrees.pdf


Context: page_content='resulted in limited project supply to meet corporate demand;\n+\n+ Mondelēz International needed a project that would aim to reduce its greenhouse gas footprint across its growing portfolio of production plants in Poland;' metadata={'source': '/Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Sustainable snacking leader signs a 12-year PPA in Poland - 3Degrees.pdf', 'file_path': '/Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Sustainable snacking leader signs a 12-year PPA in Poland - 3Degrees.pdf', 'page': 0, 'total_pages': 4, 'format': 'PDF 1.4', 'title': '', 'author': '', 'subject': '', 'keywords': '', 'creator': 'Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/115.0.0.0 Safari/537.36', 'producer': 'Skia/PDF m115', 'creationDate': "D:20230727200806+00'00'", 'modDate': "D:20230727200806+00'00'", 'trapped': ''} Source: /Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Sustainable snacking leader signs a 12-year PPA in Poland - 3Degrees.pdf


Context: page_content='ARTICLE\nJourney to zero: four key action areas to achieve net zero emissions – part 1\nJune 29, 2021 3Degrees Staff\nTo address the growing climate crisis, more organizations than ever before are setting climate goals, such as net zero, carbon neutrality, or SBTi goals. But committing to reach net zero emissions and executing\non climate goals are two very different things. In this first article of a two-part series, we’ll discuss how organizations can embrace this climate opportunity, and outline the first two of four key action areas to\nhelp companies get started on their journey to zero.\nRegardless of where you are in your journey, the question at the heart of your net zero strategy should be: What is your\norganization’s climate opportunity?\nWhile short-term, programmatic goals are important (more on that later), it’s critical to determine how you can leverage your company’s superpowers to help create a net zero world and thrive in it. While the' metadata={'source': '/Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Journey to zero_ four key action areas to achieve net zero emissions - part 1 - 3Degrees.pdf', 'file_path': '/Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Journey to zero_ four key action areas to achieve net zero emissions - part 1 - 3Degrees.pdf', 'page': 0, 'total_pages': 3, 'format': 'PDF 1.4', 'title': '', 'author': '', 'subject': '', 'keywords': '', 'creator': 'Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/115.0.0.0 Safari/537.36', 'producer': 'Skia/PDF m115', 'creationDate': "D:20230727203016+00'00'", 'modDate': "D:20230727203016+00'00'", 'trapped': ''} Source: /Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Journey to zero_ four key action areas to achieve net zero emissions - part 1 - 3Degrees.pdf


Context: page_content='climate emergency requires organizations to implement rapid and deep decarbonization initiatives across all three scopes of emissions, it also presents a unique opportunity for them to innovate around products\nand services that can support and propel faster decarbonization, creating real value for customers, employees, and shareholders. A great example of this is the dramatic shift the transportation sector has\nundertaken towards electrification. \nYour organization’s climate superpowers may not be immediately apparent. Creating programmatic goals can help illuminate your unique climate opportunity, while also taking immediate action to reduce your\ngreenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Let’s take a deeper look at each of the following key action areas:' metadata={'source': '/Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Journey to zero_ four key action areas to achieve net zero emissions - part 1 - 3Degrees.pdf', 'file_path': '/Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Journey to zero_ four key action areas to achieve net zero emissions - part 1 - 3Degrees.pdf', 'page': 0, 'total_pages': 3, 'format': 'PDF 1.4', 'title': '', 'author': '', 'subject': '', 'keywords': '', 'creator': 'Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/115.0.0.0 Safari/537.36', 'producer': 'Skia/PDF m115', 'creationDate': "D:20230727203016+00'00'", 'modDate': "D:20230727203016+00'00'", 'trapped': ''} Source: /Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Journey to zero_ four key action areas to achieve net zero emissions - part 1 - 3Degrees.pdf


Context: page_content='PROJECT TYPE\nImproved Forest Management\nSTANDARD\nAmerican Carbon Registry\nPROJECT LOCATION\nGrand Rapids, MN\nUPM BLANDIN – IMPROVED FOREST MANAGEMENT' metadata={'source': '/Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/UPM Blandin Forest Conservation Project _ 3Degrees.pdf', 'file_path': '/Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/UPM Blandin Forest Conservation Project _ 3Degrees.pdf', 'page': 0, 'total_pages': 4, 'format': 'PDF 1.4', 'title': '', 'author': '', 'subject': '', 'keywords': '', 'creator': 'Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/115.0.0.0 Safari/537.36', 'producer': 'Skia/PDF m115', 'creationDate': "D:20230727204249+00'00'", 'modDate': "D:20230727204249+00'00'", 'trapped': ''} Source: /Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/UPM Blandin Forest Conservation Project _ 3Degrees.pdf


Context: page_content='CASE STUDY\nOkta tackles electricity emissions with Social RECs\nSan Francisco-based identity company, Okta, is no stranger to working on impactful renewable energy procurement projects. In 2020, they\ncompleted their first renewable energy purchase with 3Degrees in the interest of addressing their scope 1 and 2 emissions in a manner that\nbestows positive community outcomes.\nThe organization later decided to focus the majority of their US purchases on Social Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs)—these are RECs with co-benefits outside of solely environmental benefits, like\nsupporting local community-based organizations and projects that are involved in solving the systemic nature of social and environmental issues. \nThis focus on impact-based work comes from Okta’s unique style of cross-team collaboration and a strategy to address broader challenges such as sustainability, diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI), and social' metadata={'source': '/Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Okta tackles electricity emissions with Social RECs - 3Degrees.pdf', 'file_path': '/Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Okta tackles electricity emissions with Social RECs - 3Degrees.pdf', 'page': 0, 'total_pages': 3, 'format': 'PDF 1.4', 'title': '', 'author': '', 'subject': '', 'keywords': '', 'creator': 'Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/115.0.0.0 Safari/537.36', 'producer': 'Skia/PDF m115', 'creationDate': "D:20230727201651+00'00'", 'modDate': "D:20230727201651+00'00'", 'trapped': ''} Source: /Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Okta tackles electricity emissions with Social RECs - 3Degrees.pdf


Context: page_content='impact. Okta for Good, the philanthropic arm of the company, plays a central role in this strategy, as it has a commitment to “be a catalyst for those making change at the intersection of humanity and\ntechnology.”\nIn 2020, 3Degrees introduced Okta to various impact projects, like California Bright Schools, while Okta also had prior relationships with other organizations, like Solar Stewards, a women and minority owned\nbusiness.  Recognizing the importance of weaving equity and impact into its business and climate strategy, Okta met with several climate justice, social enterprise, environmental organizations, and funders as\npart of a “listening and learning” tour. With takeaways from the tour, additional internal research, and 3Degrees’ recommendations, Okta chose to add a project with Solar Stewards to their next renewable' metadata={'source': '/Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Okta tackles electricity emissions with Social RECs - 3Degrees.pdf', 'file_path': '/Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Okta tackles electricity emissions with Social RECs - 3Degrees.pdf', 'page': 0, 'total_pages': 3, 'format': 'PDF 1.4', 'title': '', 'author': '', 'subject': '', 'keywords': '', 'creator': 'Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/115.0.0.0 Safari/537.36', 'producer': 'Skia/PDF m115', 'creationDate': "D:20230727201651+00'00'", 'modDate': "D:20230727201651+00'00'", 'trapped': ''} Source: /Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Okta tackles electricity emissions with Social RECs - 3Degrees.pdf


Context: page_content='ARTICLE\nWhat you need to know as an EV charging host site\nMarch 2, 2023 David Funk\nKEY TAKEAWAYS:\xa0\n2022 saw a dramatic increase in the sale of Electric Vehicles (EVs) with a 65% year-over-year growth rate, selling 800,000 EVs compared to 480,000 in 2021(1).  However, according to the Alternative Fuels\nData Center (afdc.gov), the installations of Direct Current Fast Charger Stations (DCFC) only grew 11% year-over-year to 6,750 from 6,100.  In this article, we will explore collected data from 3Degrees’ partners\nand how charging host sites can utilize these findings to implement in their own operations.\nEV charging networks are rapidly partnering with a variety of host companies to install new DCFC charging stations across the country.  These stations can range in power and supply from 50kW to 350kW each,' metadata={'source': '/Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/What you need to know as an EV charging host site - 3Degrees.pdf', 'file_path': '/Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/What you need to know as an EV charging host site - 3Degrees.pdf', 'page': 0, 'total_pages': 4, 'format': 'PDF 1.4', 'title': '', 'author': '', 'subject': '', 'keywords': '', 'creator': 'Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/115.0.0.0 Safari/537.36', 'producer': 'Skia/PDF m115', 'creationDate': "D:20230727201045+00'00'", 'modDate': "D:20230727201045+00'00'", 'trapped': ''} Source: /Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/What you need to know as an EV charging host site - 3Degrees.pdf


Context: page_content='and individual charging times depend on numerous factors, including the power of the charger, the size of the EV battery, and the charging curve of the specific vehicle.  According to our own data across sites in\n4 states, with more than 10,000 charging sessions, the average charging time is approximately 30 minutes and delivers 20kWh.  \nWhile the EV industry sales grow at a pace that exceeds expert analysts, the business case for an individual DCFC site is still very uncertain and heavily reliant on incentives. \nThere is an opportunity for businesses looking to host (host site) EV infrastructure as charging sites are not keeping pace with EV adoption.  \n+\nUtilization growth is a journey.  Users need to become aware of your site, amenities are competitive, and reliability is essential.  \n+\n+ Demand charges are a big risk, especially with the current distribution of charging.' metadata={'source': '/Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/What you need to know as an EV charging host site - 3Degrees.pdf', 'file_path': '/Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/What you need to know as an EV charging host site - 3Degrees.pdf', 'page': 0, 'total_pages': 4, 'format': 'PDF 1.4', 'title': '', 'author': '', 'subject': '', 'keywords': '', 'creator': 'Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/115.0.0.0 Safari/537.36', 'producer': 'Skia/PDF m115', 'creationDate': "D:20230727201045+00'00'", 'modDate': "D:20230727201045+00'00'", 'trapped': ''} Source: /Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/What you need to know as an EV charging host site - 3Degrees.pdf


Context: page_content='ARTICLE\nExploring I-RECs: A renewable energy option in international markets\nMarch 30, 2020 Noah Bucon\nIn 2015, the World Resources Institute (WRI) unveiled new guidance for Scope 2 emissions accounting within the Greenhouse Gas Protocol Corporate Standard. This update introduced a market-based\naccounting mechanism that gives companies the opportunity to reduce their Scope 2 emissions through the purchase of renewable energy certificates, PPAs, and other contractual instruments. This provision has\ndriven a new focus on global energy purchasing, with more organizations looking for options across the globe.\nPRODUCT PROFILE\nThe I-REC, an international renewable energy certificate, represents transferrable proof that one MWh of electricity was produced from renewable energy sources and added to an electrical grid. Purchasing an I-' metadata={'source': '/Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/I-REC and international renewable energy options _ 3Degrees.pdf', 'file_path': '/Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/I-REC and international renewable energy options _ 3Degrees.pdf', 'page': 0, 'total_pages': 3, 'format': 'PDF 1.4', 'title': '', 'author': '', 'subject': '', 'keywords': '', 'creator': 'Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/115.0.0.0 Safari/537.36', 'producer': 'Skia/PDF m115', 'creationDate': "D:20230727204531+00'00'", 'modDate': "D:20230727204531+00'00'", 'trapped': ''} Source: /Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/I-REC and international renewable energy options _ 3Degrees.pdf


Context: page_content='REC allows the buyer to claim consumption of one MWh of renewable energy. I-RECs can originate from wind, solar, ocean energy, biomass, hydropower, landfill gas, aerothermal, geothermal, and landfill gas\nprojects. 3Degrees only transacts I-RECs issued in countries authorized by the International REC Standard and traded on the I-REC Registry. This standard establishes rules and regulations for a transparent\nsystem that simplifies claims and eliminates double counting issues, making products compliant with Scope 2 reporting guidelines. Valid renewable energy claims also depend on additional factors, such as\nwhether production and consumption occur within an appropriate market boundary.' metadata={'source': '/Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/I-REC and international renewable energy options _ 3Degrees.pdf', 'file_path': '/Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/I-REC and international renewable energy options _ 3Degrees.pdf', 'page': 0, 'total_pages': 3, 'format': 'PDF 1.4', 'title': '', 'author': '', 'subject': '', 'keywords': '', 'creator': 'Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/115.0.0.0 Safari/537.36', 'producer': 'Skia/PDF m115', 'creationDate': "D:20230727204531+00'00'", 'modDate': "D:20230727204531+00'00'", 'trapped': ''} Source: /Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/I-REC and international renewable energy options _ 3Degrees.pdf


Context: page_content='ARTICLE\nWhat you need to know about SBTi’s new FLAG target and your company’s climate goals\nJanuary 5, 2023 Elena Cernov\nThe world’s Forest, Land and Agriculture (FLAG) sector is responsible for approximately 25% of net anthropogenic emissions globally, but it also has the potential to absorb a significant amount of existing\nemissions from the atmosphere. To address this gap in emissions accounting and reduction, the Science Based Target initiative (SBTi) introduced new FLAG guidance that requires SBTi committed companies to\naccount for their FLAG emissions and provide pathways for decarbonization in line with the 1.5C scenario. In this article, we help companies navigate the numerous important pieces of information contained in\nSBTi’s new FLAG guidance by breaking it down into the following components:\nThe need for the FLAG guidance and its requirements\n+\nThe criteria required to set a FLAG science-based target\n+\nImpact of calculating FLAG emissions\n+\nPathways for FLAG target-setting' metadata={'source': "/Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/What you need to know about SBTi's new FLAG target and your company’s climate goals - 3Degrees.pdf", 'file_path': "/Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/What you need to know about SBTi's new FLAG target and your company’s climate goals - 3Degrees.pdf", 'page': 0, 'total_pages': 7, 'format': 'PDF 1.4', 'title': '', 'author': '', 'subject': '', 'keywords': '', 'creator': 'Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/115.0.0.0 Safari/537.36', 'producer': 'Skia/PDF m115', 'creationDate': "D:20230727201236+00'00'", 'modDate': "D:20230727201236+00'00'", 'trapped': ''} Source: /Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/What you need to know about SBTi's new FLAG target and your company’s climate goals - 3Degrees.pdf


Context: page_content='+\nImpact of calculating FLAG emissions\n+\nPathways for FLAG target-setting\n+\n+ Timeline of FLAG target compliance and additional requirements' metadata={'source': "/Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/What you need to know about SBTi's new FLAG target and your company’s climate goals - 3Degrees.pdf", 'file_path': "/Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/What you need to know about SBTi's new FLAG target and your company’s climate goals - 3Degrees.pdf", 'page': 0, 'total_pages': 7, 'format': 'PDF 1.4', 'title': '', 'author': '', 'subject': '', 'keywords': '', 'creator': 'Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/115.0.0.0 Safari/537.36', 'producer': 'Skia/PDF m115', 'creationDate': "D:20230727201236+00'00'", 'modDate': "D:20230727201236+00'00'", 'trapped': ''} Source: /Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/What you need to know about SBTi's new FLAG target and your company’s climate goals - 3Degrees.pdf


Context: page_content='PROJECT PROFILE\nUncovering solutions: Carbon Project Basics – Landfill Gas Capture\nWHAT IS LANDFILL GAS CAPTURE?\nLandfill gas capture, also known as landfill gas recovery or landfill gas management, refers to the process of collecting and utilizing the gas that is produced by\nthe decomposition of organic waste in landfills. As the waste decomposes, it generates a mixture of gasses known as landfill gas (LFG), which consists of\nmethane (CH4) and carbon dioxide (CO2), with small amounts of other gasses, such as nitrogen, oxygen, and trace volatile organic compounds. Methane by\nitself is an extremely potent greenhouse gas (GHG), which is over 25 times as powerful as CO2 and a major catalyst in ozone pollution.\nHOW DOES LANDFILL GAS CAPTURE WORK?\nCollection and extraction:\nA network of strategically-placed wellheads and piping systems are installed throughout the landfill site to collect the gas as it is produced. Blowers or' metadata={'source': '/Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Uncovering solutions_ Carbon Project Basics - Landfill Gas Capture - 3Degrees.pdf', 'file_path': '/Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Uncovering solutions_ Carbon Project Basics - Landfill Gas Capture - 3Degrees.pdf', 'page': 0, 'total_pages': 2, 'format': 'PDF 1.4', 'title': '', 'author': '', 'subject': '', 'keywords': '', 'creator': 'Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/115.0.0.0 Safari/537.36', 'producer': 'Skia/PDF m115', 'creationDate': "D:20230727200734+00'00'", 'modDate': "D:20230727200734+00'00'", 'trapped': ''} Source: /Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Uncovering solutions_ Carbon Project Basics - Landfill Gas Capture - 3Degrees.pdf


Context: page_content='vacuum induction systems are used to draw the gas from the landfill to a nearby processing station.\n+\nProcessing and flaring:\nIn many basic landfill gas capture sites, the captured methane is sent through a processing center to remove moisture, so it can later be destroyed by way of\nan onsite flare.\n+\nUtilization:\nAn alternative to flaring is to burn the methane to generate energy. Depending on the end use, the methane will typically require additional processing to remove any compounds, such as siloxanes or\n+' metadata={'source': '/Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Uncovering solutions_ Carbon Project Basics - Landfill Gas Capture - 3Degrees.pdf', 'file_path': '/Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Uncovering solutions_ Carbon Project Basics - Landfill Gas Capture - 3Degrees.pdf', 'page': 0, 'total_pages': 2, 'format': 'PDF 1.4', 'title': '', 'author': '', 'subject': '', 'keywords': '', 'creator': 'Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/115.0.0.0 Safari/537.36', 'producer': 'Skia/PDF m115', 'creationDate': "D:20230727200734+00'00'", 'modDate': "D:20230727200734+00'00'", 'trapped': ''} Source: /Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Uncovering solutions_ Carbon Project Basics - Landfill Gas Capture - 3Degrees.pdf


Context: page_content='ARTICLE\nGreen power programs can stagnate. Here’s how one utility kept theirs relevant.\nAmanda Mortlock\nSubscribers to utility green power programs pay a premium on their electricity bill for renewable energy certificates (RECs) in order to support renewable energy projects and reduce their personal carbon\nfootprint. Since the late nineties, utilities have launched REC based green power programs in response to customer demand or regulatory mandate. There are now over 850 of these programs, offered to over 25\nmillion customers across the nation and they continue to be a popular way to make a positive environmental impact.\nHowever, while the renewable energy market has changed dramatically in recent decades, many green power programs haven’t. With lower REC prices, the rapid growth of rooftop solar, and dramatic expansion' metadata={'source': '/Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Innovative utility green power programs _ 3Degrees.pdf', 'file_path': '/Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Innovative utility green power programs _ 3Degrees.pdf', 'page': 0, 'total_pages': 2, 'format': 'PDF 1.4', 'title': '', 'author': '', 'subject': '', 'keywords': '', 'creator': 'Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/115.0.0.0 Safari/537.36', 'producer': 'Skia/PDF m115', 'creationDate': "D:20230727210020+00'00'", 'modDate': "D:20230727210020+00'00'", 'trapped': ''} Source: /Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Innovative utility green power programs _ 3Degrees.pdf


Context: page_content='of community solar programs, utilities are now considering how to evolve their existing programs in order to keep them relevant to customers and to the wider renewable energy market.\nPacific Power recently confronted this challenge with their Blue Sky program. Pacific Power’s Blue Sky Program Manager, Berit Kling, reports that “Blue Sky was first launched in 1999 and is still consistently\nranked as one of the top REC-based programs in the country with over 110,000 residential and business customers currently participating in Blue Sky across the 6 states.” This level of customer support creates\nopportunities for impactful supply strategies. Oregon was a particular target for new procurement approaches as more than half of the Blue Sky customers live there.\n“We know that our customers care about the environment and want to see more renewable energy in Oregon,” says Scott Bolton, VP of External Affairs and Customer Solutions at Pacific Power. “We worked' metadata={'source': '/Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Innovative utility green power programs _ 3Degrees.pdf', 'file_path': '/Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Innovative utility green power programs _ 3Degrees.pdf', 'page': 0, 'total_pages': 2, 'format': 'PDF 1.4', 'title': '', 'author': '', 'subject': '', 'keywords': '', 'creator': 'Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/115.0.0.0 Safari/537.36', 'producer': 'Skia/PDF m115', 'creationDate': "D:20230727210020+00'00'", 'modDate': "D:20230727210020+00'00'", 'trapped': ''} Source: /Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Innovative utility green power programs _ 3Degrees.pdf


Context: page_content='closely with 3Degrees to develop a REC procurement strategy that has, in a single year, driven the development of 51 megawatts (MWs) of additional renewable capacity in the state of Oregon.”\nThe strategy was straight-forward. Scott Eidson, VP of Environmental Markets at 3Degrees reports, “We knew Pacific Power valued making a difference in Oregon so we looked for new projects that needed long-\nterm REC purchase commitments in order to make the project viable.” In this scenario, a contract for RECs is similar in structure to a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) in that it offers a guaranteed payment per\nmegawatt-hour produced over a certain period of time. Today, most green power programs do not purchase RECs at a price or term that can really drive the development of new projects. This example suggests\nthat perhaps they should be.\nAt a high-level, the approach was to:' metadata={'source': '/Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Innovative utility green power programs _ 3Degrees.pdf', 'file_path': '/Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Innovative utility green power programs _ 3Degrees.pdf', 'page': 0, 'total_pages': 2, 'format': 'PDF 1.4', 'title': '', 'author': '', 'subject': '', 'keywords': '', 'creator': 'Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/115.0.0.0 Safari/537.36', 'producer': 'Skia/PDF m115', 'creationDate': "D:20230727210020+00'00'", 'modDate': "D:20230727210020+00'00'", 'trapped': ''} Source: /Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Innovative utility green power programs _ 3Degrees.pdf


Context: page_content='ARTICLE\nGreen-e  Energy certification provides important market value\nApril 14, 2021 Maya Kelty\nGreen-e  is the leading independent certification and verification program for renewable energy in the North American retail electricity market. The program aims to uphold the integrity of renewable energy\nand climate products and advance clean energy policy and technology. At 3Degrees, we are committed to ensuring all renewable energy certificate (REC) sales help support a robust voluntary renewable\nelectricity market, and therefore always advise our voluntary buyers to purchase Green-e  Energy certified RECs in North America. Recently, as the price of Green-e  Energy certified RECs has increased, it has\nbecome more common for some suppliers to offer RECs that do not meet Green-e  Energy standards to buyers.' metadata={'source': '/Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Green-e® Energy certification provides important market value - 3Degrees.pdf', 'file_path': '/Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Green-e® Energy certification provides important market value - 3Degrees.pdf', 'page': 0, 'total_pages': 3, 'format': 'PDF 1.4', 'title': '', 'author': '', 'subject': '', 'keywords': '', 'creator': 'Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/115.0.0.0 Safari/537.36', 'producer': 'Skia/PDF m115', 'creationDate': "D:20230727203111+00'00'", 'modDate': "D:20230727203111+00'00'", 'trapped': ''} Source: /Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Green-e® Energy certification provides important market value - 3Degrees.pdf


Context: page_content='In this blog, we’ll explore how and why Green-e  Energy certification was developed and the role the certification continues to play in supporting strong standards for the voluntary renewable energy market.\nBackground about Green-e\nEnergy certification\nWhen retail marketing of certificates started gaining popularity in 2000 and 2001, the risk of consumer confusion and the potential for misleading advertising quickly became apparent. In response, the NGO\nCenter for Resource Solutions incorporated RECs into The Green-e  Energy Standard in 2002. From the start, Green-e  Energy has been based on a stakeholder-driven standard and guided by an independent\ngovernance board with representatives from environmental NGOs, renewable energy project developers, and other industry experts.  \nSince 2002, the standard has been updated numerous times (at least every three years) to maintain relevance to voluntary market needs. This rigorous commitment to public process has led to the standard' metadata={'source': '/Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Green-e® Energy certification provides important market value - 3Degrees.pdf', 'file_path': '/Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Green-e® Energy certification provides important market value - 3Degrees.pdf', 'page': 0, 'total_pages': 3, 'format': 'PDF 1.4', 'title': '', 'author': '', 'subject': '', 'keywords': '', 'creator': 'Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/115.0.0.0 Safari/537.36', 'producer': 'Skia/PDF m115', 'creationDate': "D:20230727203111+00'00'", 'modDate': "D:20230727203111+00'00'", 'trapped': ''} Source: /Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Green-e® Energy certification provides important market value - 3Degrees.pdf


Context: page_content='being referenced or required by a number of certification standards and reporting frameworks. \n®\n®\n®\n®\n®\n®\n® \n®\n®' metadata={'source': '/Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Green-e® Energy certification provides important market value - 3Degrees.pdf', 'file_path': '/Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Green-e® Energy certification provides important market value - 3Degrees.pdf', 'page': 0, 'total_pages': 3, 'format': 'PDF 1.4', 'title': '', 'author': '', 'subject': '', 'keywords': '', 'creator': 'Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/115.0.0.0 Safari/537.36', 'producer': 'Skia/PDF m115', 'creationDate': "D:20230727203111+00'00'", 'modDate': "D:20230727203111+00'00'", 'trapped': ''} Source: /Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Green-e® Energy certification provides important market value - 3Degrees.pdf


Context: page_content='ARTICLE\nScope 3 and supply chain transparency: Sustainability LIVE London recap\nSeptember 20, 2022 Maureen Bray\nEarlier this month, climate action luminaries met for another round of Sustainability LIVE London, following its inaugural launch in February. With its enormous, arched single span roof, the Business Design\nCentre seemed to be an ideal venue for inspiring change and echoed the notion that “the sky’s the limit” when approaching sustainability efforts.\nOver 70 acclaimed corporate leaders from all over the world gathered to share insights on cleaner ways of doing business. Over the two days, speakers and panelists covered an array of topics, including DEI, net\nzero, ethical investment and finance, scope 3 emission reduction efforts, artificial intelligence, sustainable supply chains, and the B-Corp accreditation.\nETHICAL AND SUSTAINABLE SUPPLIER ACTION' metadata={'source': '/Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Scope 3 and supply chain transparency_ Sustainability LIVE London recap - 3Degrees.pdf', 'file_path': '/Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Scope 3 and supply chain transparency_ Sustainability LIVE London recap - 3Degrees.pdf', 'page': 0, 'total_pages': 3, 'format': 'PDF 1.4', 'title': '', 'author': '', 'subject': '', 'keywords': '', 'creator': 'Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/115.0.0.0 Safari/537.36', 'producer': 'Skia/PDF m115', 'creationDate': "D:20230727201628+00'00'", 'modDate': "D:20230727201628+00'00'", 'trapped': ''} Source: /Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Scope 3 and supply chain transparency_ Sustainability LIVE London recap - 3Degrees.pdf


Context: page_content='ETHICAL AND SUSTAINABLE SUPPLIER ACTION\nI helped 3Degrees kick off Day 1 of Sustainability LIVE by joining a discussion at the intersection of ESG and scope 3 emissions, along with executives from MSCI, Ecologi and Oxfam. The panel was titled, “Scope\n3 and ESG: It’s All Our Problem?”. \nParticipants were asked to consider whether individual companies are responsible for ensuring their suppliers are operating ethically and sustainably, or whether it is the responsibility of global governments to\nenforce this through legislation, among others. Another topic up for debate was the assurance of entities adhering to robust ESG strategies – who is responsible for holding third parties accountable and how\ncan transparency be enforced?' metadata={'source': '/Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Scope 3 and supply chain transparency_ Sustainability LIVE London recap - 3Degrees.pdf', 'file_path': '/Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Scope 3 and supply chain transparency_ Sustainability LIVE London recap - 3Degrees.pdf', 'page': 0, 'total_pages': 3, 'format': 'PDF 1.4', 'title': '', 'author': '', 'subject': '', 'keywords': '', 'creator': 'Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/115.0.0.0 Safari/537.36', 'producer': 'Skia/PDF m115', 'creationDate': "D:20230727201628+00'00'", 'modDate': "D:20230727201628+00'00'", 'trapped': ''} Source: /Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Scope 3 and supply chain transparency_ Sustainability LIVE London recap - 3Degrees.pdf


Context: page_content='ARTICLE\nMaximizing your earnings: Navigating the Canadian Clean Fuel Regulation as a credit creator\nMarch 9, 2023 Dave Meyer\nAs organizations’ and government entities’ net-zero goal timelines inch closer year after year, it is becoming increasingly crucial that new and immediate steps are taken to reduce greenhouse gas emissions\n(GHG). One key measure that is becoming more popular is the implementation of state and national Clean Fuel Standard (CFS) programs. By design, these initiatives intend to reduce the carbon intensity (CI) of\nthe fuel pools in a given market, while offering financial incentives to companies that take action to reduce their transportation-related emissions.\nSo far, we have seen these programs launch in British Columbia, California, Oregon, and Washington, with Canada recently adopting their own standard which comes into force in July 2023.' metadata={'source': '/Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Maximizing your earnings_ Navigating the Canadian Clean Fuel Regulation as a credit creator - 3Degrees.pdf', 'file_path': '/Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Maximizing your earnings_ Navigating the Canadian Clean Fuel Regulation as a credit creator - 3Degrees.pdf', 'page': 0, 'total_pages': 4, 'format': 'PDF 1.4', 'title': '', 'author': '', 'subject': '', 'keywords': '', 'creator': 'Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/115.0.0.0 Safari/537.36', 'producer': 'Skia/PDF m115', 'creationDate': "D:20230727201446+00'00'", 'modDate': "D:20230727201446+00'00'", 'trapped': ''} Source: /Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Maximizing your earnings_ Navigating the Canadian Clean Fuel Regulation as a credit creator - 3Degrees.pdf


Context: page_content='With the transportation industry now surpassing the power sector as the largest emitter of GHG emissions in the United States, it’s no wonder many new CFS programs are being launched across North America\nat a rapid pace.\nWHAT ARE THE CANADIAN CLEAN FUEL REGULATIONS (CFR)?\nThe Canadian Clean Fuel Regulations (CFR), released last year, will come into full effect by regulating fuel suppliers beginning July 1, 2023. The CFR represents one part of Canada’s nationwide effort to reduce\nGHG emissions to combat climate change. Like other CFS programs, the regulations aim to reduce the life cycle CI of transportation fuels and promote cleaner fuel alternatives.\nThe regulations set CI standards for gasoline and diesel and require fuel producers and importers to reduce the CI of their fuels to meet annual thresholds over time. The primary goal of the Canadian CFR is to' metadata={'source': '/Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Maximizing your earnings_ Navigating the Canadian Clean Fuel Regulation as a credit creator - 3Degrees.pdf', 'file_path': '/Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Maximizing your earnings_ Navigating the Canadian Clean Fuel Regulation as a credit creator - 3Degrees.pdf', 'page': 0, 'total_pages': 4, 'format': 'PDF 1.4', 'title': '', 'author': '', 'subject': '', 'keywords': '', 'creator': 'Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/115.0.0.0 Safari/537.36', 'producer': 'Skia/PDF m115', 'creationDate': "D:20230727201446+00'00'", 'modDate': "D:20230727201446+00'00'", 'trapped': ''} Source: /Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Maximizing your earnings_ Navigating the Canadian Clean Fuel Regulation as a credit creator - 3Degrees.pdf


Context: page_content='reduce the average carbon intensity of gasoline and diesel consumed in Canada by 15% (below 2016 baseline levels) by 2030, which is anticipated to avoid 26 million tonnes of GHG emissions.' metadata={'source': '/Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Maximizing your earnings_ Navigating the Canadian Clean Fuel Regulation as a credit creator - 3Degrees.pdf', 'file_path': '/Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Maximizing your earnings_ Navigating the Canadian Clean Fuel Regulation as a credit creator - 3Degrees.pdf', 'page': 0, 'total_pages': 4, 'format': 'PDF 1.4', 'title': '', 'author': '', 'subject': '', 'keywords': '', 'creator': 'Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/115.0.0.0 Safari/537.36', 'producer': 'Skia/PDF m115', 'creationDate': "D:20230727201446+00'00'", 'modDate': "D:20230727201446+00'00'", 'trapped': ''} Source: /Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Maximizing your earnings_ Navigating the Canadian Clean Fuel Regulation as a credit creator - 3Degrees.pdf


Context: page_content='ARTICLE\nNegative Prices Require Positive Changes in Community Solar\nFebruary 19, 2016 Adam Capage\nAdam Capage looks at the negative REC prices in Colorado’s community solar program, explains how we got here, and suggests a fix.\nLast fall, it was disclosed that renewable energy certificate (REC) prices in the Colorado Solar Gardens program have turned negative — that is, developers have\nsubmitted bids that require them to pay the utility to take the RECs generated by their projects.\nHow could this be? Does it mean RECs fundamentally have no value? Or maybe that participating retail customers don’t value solar energy from community solar\nprojects? No and no. Negative REC prices in the Solar Gardens program are a direct result of a complicated web of regulatory guidance and program design in\nColorado that distorts REC pricing.\nTHE ISSUE' metadata={'source': '/Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/REC price drops bring positive changes in Community Solar.pdf', 'file_path': '/Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/REC price drops bring positive changes in Community Solar.pdf', 'page': 0, 'total_pages': 3, 'format': 'PDF 1.4', 'title': '', 'author': '', 'subject': '', 'keywords': '', 'creator': 'Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/115.0.0.0 Safari/537.36', 'producer': 'Skia/PDF m115', 'creationDate': "D:20230727202517+00'00'", 'modDate': "D:20230727202517+00'00'", 'trapped': ''} Source: /Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/REC price drops bring positive changes in Community Solar.pdf


Context: page_content='Colorado that distorts REC pricing.\nTHE ISSUE\nThe Colorado Solar Gardens program meets many pro-solar policy goals simultaneously: it promotes small utility-scale projects, engages individual households and\nbusinesses that want to support solar but can’t install a system on their roof, and provides a market for third-party developers — and it does all this while also\nhelping investor-owned utilities meet the distributed generation carve-out portion of Colorado’s renewable portfolio standard (RPS).' metadata={'source': '/Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/REC price drops bring positive changes in Community Solar.pdf', 'file_path': '/Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/REC price drops bring positive changes in Community Solar.pdf', 'page': 0, 'total_pages': 3, 'format': 'PDF 1.4', 'title': '', 'author': '', 'subject': '', 'keywords': '', 'creator': 'Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/115.0.0.0 Safari/537.36', 'producer': 'Skia/PDF m115', 'creationDate': "D:20230727202517+00'00'", 'modDate': "D:20230727202517+00'00'", 'trapped': ''} Source: /Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/REC price drops bring positive changes in Community Solar.pdf


Context: page_content='DOWNLOAD ARTICLE\nGOs and I-RECs: Tools for Addressing Global Scope 2 Emissions\nNovember 13, 2020 3Degrees Staff\nAs your organization works to reduce its international energy footprint (Scope 2 emissions) to meet corporate renewable energy goals, you need all the data and resources necessary to move the needle and fast.\nOur I-RECs and GOs infographic illustrates the similarities and differences of these instruments and provides the quick resource you need to take action to address your organization’s environmental impact.' metadata={'source': '/Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/GOs and I-RECs_ Tools for Addressing Global Scope 2 Emissions - 3Degrees.pdf', 'file_path': '/Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/GOs and I-RECs_ Tools for Addressing Global Scope 2 Emissions - 3Degrees.pdf', 'page': 0, 'total_pages': 4, 'format': 'PDF 1.4', 'title': '', 'author': '', 'subject': '', 'keywords': '', 'creator': 'Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/115.0.0.0 Safari/537.36', 'producer': 'Skia/PDF m115', 'creationDate': "D:20230727204329+00'00'", 'modDate': "D:20230727204329+00'00'", 'trapped': ''} Source: /Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/GOs and I-RECs_ Tools for Addressing Global Scope 2 Emissions - 3Degrees.pdf


Context: page_content='ARTICLE\nLooking ahead: the 2023 global carbon markets\nMarch 9, 2023 Steph Harris\nThe voluntary market (VCM) experienced heightened volatility in 2022, with an early, rapid price surge and plateau, followed by periods of recalibration. Despite this, there were numerous indications of healthy\nmarket growth, including the development of highly anticipated preliminary guidance on carbon credit quality and claims, increased focus on transparency and liquidity, and potential convergence of compliance\nmarkets with the voluntary market. \nIn this blog post, we will explore some of these market trends and discuss how the market developments in 2022 may have a lasting impact in 2023 and in years to come.\nINITIATIVES TO SUPPORT MARKET GROWTH\xa0\nBoth the growing interest and heightened criticism levied against carbon credits stem from the influx of organizations seeking to take action on climate change outside of their value chain. Since the inception of' metadata={'source': '/Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Looking ahead_ the 2023 global carbon markets - 3Degrees.pdf', 'file_path': '/Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Looking ahead_ the 2023 global carbon markets - 3Degrees.pdf', 'page': 0, 'total_pages': 3, 'format': 'PDF 1.4', 'title': '', 'author': '', 'subject': '', 'keywords': '', 'creator': 'Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/115.0.0.0 Safari/537.36', 'producer': 'Skia/PDF m115', 'creationDate': "D:20230727201030+00'00'", 'modDate': "D:20230727201030+00'00'", 'trapped': ''} Source: /Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Looking ahead_ the 2023 global carbon markets - 3Degrees.pdf


Context: page_content='the VCM, standard bodies and registries have governed market interactions and have sought to improve credit quality. Efforts to codify a common framework for evaluating quality have only accelerated in the\nlast year. Organizations such as the Voluntary Carbon Markets Integrity Initiative (VCMI), The Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market (IC-VCM) and the Science Based Targets Initiative (SBTi) are all\nworking in parallel to provide clarity and guidance for both supply and demand-side market participants.\nIn Q3 of 2022, the IC-VCM released a draft of their Core Carbon Principles (CCPs), which aim to establish a global standard threshold for “high-quality” carbon credits and ensure consistency across the market.\nThis initiative will evaluate carbon-crediting programs and methodologies against the CCPs, and will ultimately work with registries to label specific projects that are deemed “CCP-eligible”. The final version of' metadata={'source': '/Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Looking ahead_ the 2023 global carbon markets - 3Degrees.pdf', 'file_path': '/Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Looking ahead_ the 2023 global carbon markets - 3Degrees.pdf', 'page': 0, 'total_pages': 3, 'format': 'PDF 1.4', 'title': '', 'author': '', 'subject': '', 'keywords': '', 'creator': 'Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/115.0.0.0 Safari/537.36', 'producer': 'Skia/PDF m115', 'creationDate': "D:20230727201030+00'00'", 'modDate': "D:20230727201030+00'00'", 'trapped': ''} Source: /Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Looking ahead_ the 2023 global carbon markets - 3Degrees.pdf