Context: page_content='reduction in absolute emissions from the base year.\nThe Consumer Goods Company had several emissions reduction projects planned and underway, but needed a more structured plan for achieving their short term goal. The Consumer Goods Company sought\nassistance from 3Degrees to:\n+ Build an emissions reductions roadmap that enhances its ability to accurately quantify, track, and report on its emission reductions and progress against its 2030 climate goal' metadata={'source': '/Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Consumer goods company builds emissions roadmap - 3Degrees.pdf', 'file_path': '/Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Consumer goods company builds emissions roadmap - 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:20230727200649+00'00'", 'modDate': "D:20230727200649+00'00'", 'trapped': ''} Source: /Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Consumer goods company builds emissions roadmap - 3Degrees.pdf


Context: page_content='ARTICLE\nEarth Day 2020: A Call to Equity in Climate Action\nApril 22, 2020 Katie Soroye\nIt’s the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, and the 2020 theme is climate action. Today, much of the world is sheltering in place due to a global pandemic. While COVID-19 may change how we come together and\ndemand climate action this year, it does not diminish the opportunity to raise our collective voices. In fact, it’s a perfect time to reassess and take a more holistic view of climate action.\nAs the impacts from the global pandemic highlight systemic inequities, Earth Day 2020 provides a moment for us to reflect on how climate change disproportionately impacts different groups of people. Our\npursuit of climate action must acknowledge, explore, and advance equity.\nTHE CLIMATE ACTION NARRATIVE THROUGH AN EQUITY LENS' metadata={'source': '/Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Earth Day 2020_ A Call to Equity in Climate Action - 3Degrees.pdf', 'file_path': '/Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Earth Day 2020_ A Call to Equity in Climate Action - 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:20230727204930+00'00'", 'modDate': "D:20230727204930+00'00'", 'trapped': ''} Source: /Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Earth Day 2020_ A Call to Equity in Climate Action - 3Degrees.pdf


Context: page_content='THE CLIMATE ACTION NARRATIVE THROUGH AN EQUITY LENS\nFirst, we acknowledge that our company has a role to play in telling a more equitable story around climate action. 3Degrees supports organizations in reducing their climate impacts in a variety of ways. But how\ncan we ensure that our day-to-day work advances our values around diversity, equity, and inclusion? How can we bring an equity lens to our climate work?\nOur marketing team gathered for a virtual workshop last week to delve into these very questions. We learned new Zoom tips for virtual collaboration (annotate feature, anyone?) and discussed the importance of\ninclusive and equitable engagement, both internally and in our work with clients and partners.\nCommunications play a vital role in framing a narrative and engaging people to take action. I’m grateful to the amazing Vanice Dunn, Director of Equity at Provoc, who facilitated our workshop and highlighted' metadata={'source': '/Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Earth Day 2020_ A Call to Equity in Climate Action - 3Degrees.pdf', 'file_path': '/Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Earth Day 2020_ A Call to Equity in Climate Action - 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:20230727204930+00'00'", 'modDate': "D:20230727204930+00'00'", 'trapped': ''} Source: /Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Earth Day 2020_ A Call to Equity in Climate Action - 3Degrees.pdf


Context: page_content='the work of Open Society Foundations regarding the power of public narratives.' metadata={'source': '/Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Earth Day 2020_ A Call to Equity in Climate Action - 3Degrees.pdf', 'file_path': '/Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Earth Day 2020_ A Call to Equity in Climate Action - 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:20230727204930+00'00'", 'modDate': "D:20230727204930+00'00'", 'trapped': ''} Source: /Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Earth Day 2020_ A Call to Equity in Climate Action - 3Degrees.pdf


Context: page_content='CASE STUDY\nProterra Drives the Transition toward Clean Transportation with Market-Based Incentives\n DOWNLOAD PDF\nFounded in Golden, Colorado in 2004, Proterra is a leader in the design and manufacture of zero-emission electric transit vehicles, charging infrastructure, and other electric vehicle\ntechnology solutions for heavy-duty applications. To date, Proterra has sold nearly 1,000 electric buses to over 43 states and provinces across the United States and Canada. At the\ncore of its business, Proterra seeks to help transform the transportation industry by shifting away from loud, fossil-fuel powered vehicles, and toward quiet, purpose-built, clean\nenergy-powered electric vehicles. To help enable this transformation, the organization tapped into California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) program. Taking part in the' metadata={'source': '/Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Proterra Drives the Transition toward Clean Transportation with Market-Based Incentives - 3Degrees.pdf', 'file_path': '/Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Proterra Drives the Transition toward Clean Transportation with Market-Based Incentives - 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:20230727205043+00'00'", 'modDate': "D:20230727205043+00'00'", 'trapped': ''} Source: /Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Proterra Drives the Transition toward Clean Transportation with Market-Based Incentives - 3Degrees.pdf


Context: page_content='program helps Proterra and its customers generate additional revenue to invest in EV and EV infrastructure manufacturing, and contributes toward the goal of reducing California’s transportation fuels by 20%\nby 2030.\nOPPORTUNITY\nUnder California’s legislation, organizations that produce or use fuels with a carbon-intensity (CI) lower than the state benchmark, such as biodiesel, RNG, ethanol, and EV charging, can generate LCFS credits.\nThe lower the CI of the fuel, the more LCFS credits can be generated. These LCFS credits are sold into the marketplace to generate revenue. With few exceptions, the credits generated through the LCFS from EV\ncharging are ear-marked for reinvestment into further EV adoption within California’s transportation sector. \nFor Proterra’s customers, leveraging the LCFS market has a very clear upside. They are able to lower their operational costs and the total cost of ownership while pursuing long-term sustainability objectives to' metadata={'source': '/Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Proterra Drives the Transition toward Clean Transportation with Market-Based Incentives - 3Degrees.pdf', 'file_path': '/Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Proterra Drives the Transition toward Clean Transportation with Market-Based Incentives - 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:20230727205043+00'00'", 'modDate': "D:20230727205043+00'00'", 'trapped': ''} Source: /Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Proterra Drives the Transition toward Clean Transportation with Market-Based Incentives - 3Degrees.pdf


Context: page_content='power their vehicles with electricity as opposed to fossil fuels. However, managing the eligibility and registration process, monthly reporting, program administration, and sale of the credits can be a time-\nconsuming process.' metadata={'source': '/Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Proterra Drives the Transition toward Clean Transportation with Market-Based Incentives - 3Degrees.pdf', 'file_path': '/Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Proterra Drives the Transition toward Clean Transportation with Market-Based Incentives - 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:20230727205043+00'00'", 'modDate': "D:20230727205043+00'00'", 'trapped': ''} Source: /Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Proterra Drives the Transition toward Clean Transportation with Market-Based Incentives - 3Degrees.pdf


Context: page_content='ARTICLE\nScoping and Mitigating your GHGs\nMay 17, 2016 3Degrees Staff\nMost human activities emit greenhouse gases (GHGs). The dramatic rise began in the 1800s with the Industrial Revolution and today many GHG emitting activities are considered essential to the global\neconomy. However, that doesn’t mean we are powerless. Here are three steps you can take to mitigate and reduce your carbon footprint. \nCOUNTING GHGS\nTo get started we recommend you prepare a GHG inventory following the World Resources Institute’s Greenhouse Gas Protocol. The protocol recommends you sort GHG producing activities by Scope 1, 2 and 3\ncriteria. Doing so will give you clear understanding of where GHG emissions originate. It will also give you a sense of where you have direct control over changes versus where you simply have influence, such as\nyour supply chain. The separation by scope also avoids ‘double-counting’ of emissions.' metadata={'source': '/Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/3 Steps to mitigate your GHGs _ 3 Degrees Inc_.pdf', 'file_path': '/Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/3 Steps to mitigate your GHGs _ 3 Degrees Inc_.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:20230727210724+00'00'", 'modDate': "D:20230727210724+00'00'", 'trapped': ''} Source: /Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/3 Steps to mitigate your GHGs _ 3 Degrees Inc_.pdf


Context: page_content='your supply chain. The separation by scope also avoids ‘double-counting’ of emissions.\nConservation through reduction and efficiency measures. Local utilities and hardware stores often have programs and products that help you use less every day.  \n1.\nChoosing renewable energy. Onsite generation, direct purchase agreements or matching usage with renewable energy certificates are all ways to get the environmental benefits of clean power for the electricity\nyou do use.  \n2.\n3. Balancing carbon emissions. Purchasing carbon offsets allow you to compensate for non-electricity based emissions resulting from boilers, vehicle fleets and travel as examples.' metadata={'source': '/Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/3 Steps to mitigate your GHGs _ 3 Degrees Inc_.pdf', 'file_path': '/Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/3 Steps to mitigate your GHGs _ 3 Degrees Inc_.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:20230727210724+00'00'", 'modDate': "D:20230727210724+00'00'", 'trapped': ''} Source: /Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/3 Steps to mitigate your GHGs _ 3 Degrees Inc_.pdf


Context: page_content='CASE STUDY\nEtsy leads e-commerce toward carbon neutral shipping\n DOWNLOAD PDF\nBecomes first major online shopping destination to offset 100% of carbon emissions from shipping\nNOTE: THIS WORK WAS CONDUCTED IN 2019.\nEtsy, the global marketplace for unique and creative goods, is committed to using the power of business to strengthen communities and empower people. As Etsy works to connect millions of\nbuyers and sellers around the world and advances their mission of keeping commerce human, the company faces a unique set of challenges for managing carbon impacts and fostering\nresponsible resource use.\nKEY CHALLENGES\nEtsy is committed to building long-term climate resilience across their operations. They have set ambitious targets to power their offices and computing infrastructure with 100% renewable electricity and\nrunning zero waste operations by 2020. However, in 2018, 98% of Etsy’s carbon impact stemmed from items shipped from Etsy sellers to Etsy buyers.' metadata={'source': '/Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Etsy leads e-commerce toward carbon neutral shipping - 3Degrees.pdf', 'file_path': '/Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Etsy leads e-commerce toward carbon neutral shipping - 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:20230727205618+00'00'", 'modDate': "D:20230727205618+00'00'", 'trapped': ''} Source: /Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Etsy leads e-commerce toward carbon neutral shipping - 3Degrees.pdf


Context: page_content='While these scope 3 emissions from shipping are outside of Etsy’s direct control, Etsy felt responsible to step up and take\nimmediate action on behalf of the millions of buyers and sellers active in the Etsy marketplace.' metadata={'source': '/Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Etsy leads e-commerce toward carbon neutral shipping - 3Degrees.pdf', 'file_path': '/Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Etsy leads e-commerce toward carbon neutral shipping - 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:20230727205618+00'00'", 'modDate': "D:20230727205618+00'00'", 'trapped': ''} Source: /Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Etsy leads e-commerce toward carbon neutral shipping - 3Degrees.pdf


Context: page_content='ARTICLE\nImproving Access to Renewable Energy Markets Worldwide: Insights from the First I-REC\nStandard Conference\nNovember 22, 2022 Julie Casabianca\nIn early November, I met up with several 3Degrees team members from around the globe at the first I-REC Standard Conference (ISC) in Bangkok, Thailand, to discuss the expansion of renewable energy\nmarkets worldwide. It was stimulating to engage with so many industry peers from more than 30 countries to discuss a common topic: standardizing global attribute markets to all regions. Asia is often seen as\nthe next frontier, with much interest from companies, governments, market actors, and other stakeholders in the region’s renewable energy expansion, so it was especially fitting to be meeting in Thailand.\nThe fully-packed schedule provided insights into different topics related to the expansion of access to renewable energy instruments. At the end of a whirlwind two and a half days, I came away with a few key\ntakeaways.' metadata={'source': '/Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Improving Access to Renewable Energy Markets Worldwide_ Insights from the First I-REC Standard Conference - 3Degrees.pdf', 'file_path': '/Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Improving Access to Renewable Energy Markets Worldwide_ Insights from the First I-REC Standard Conference - 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:20230727201437+00'00'", 'modDate': "D:20230727201437+00'00'", 'trapped': ''} Source: /Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Improving Access to Renewable Energy Markets Worldwide_ Insights from the First I-REC Standard Conference - 3Degrees.pdf


Context: page_content='takeaways.\nNEED FOR GLOBAL STANDARDIZATION WITH LOCAL IMPLEMENTATION\nSeveral sessions focused on the theme of “global standardization with local implementation.” In other words, there’s a need for standardizing the process of issuing, transacting, and retiring energy attribute\ncertificates (EACs) worldwide – a practice recognized by companies, governments, advocacy organizations, supply chain partners, and even the general public as proof to back up environmental claims. \nHowever, regulatory and structural differences in national and regional energy markets will require collaboration with local governments to establish systems and processes to allow the sale of international\nRECs (I-RECs). Consequently, promoting local issuance of I-RECs brings confidence to renewable energy procurement, helping companies meet their voluntary climate commitments and driving investments in\nthe market.' metadata={'source': '/Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Improving Access to Renewable Energy Markets Worldwide_ Insights from the First I-REC Standard Conference - 3Degrees.pdf', 'file_path': '/Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Improving Access to Renewable Energy Markets Worldwide_ Insights from the First I-REC Standard Conference - 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:20230727201437+00'00'", 'modDate': "D:20230727201437+00'00'", 'trapped': ''} Source: /Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Improving Access to Renewable Energy Markets Worldwide_ Insights from the First I-REC Standard Conference - 3Degrees.pdf


Context: page_content='ARTICLE\nScope 3 calculations, implementation and data challenges for financial institutions – ESG\nEurope event at a glance\nApril 24, 2023 Maureen Bray\nOn April 18, 3Degrees travelled to London to attend the ESG Europe event convening finance professionals, software companies, and consultants to discuss ESG best practices and methodologies to manage\nrisks. The event covered a range of topics, from regulatory requirements and climate risk assessment to the ever-challenging data accuracy.\nI had the pleasure of speaking at one of the sessions focusing on the implementation and data challenges within scope 3 calculations, particularly for financial institutions. Calculating scope 3 emissions leads to a\nbetter understanding of the environmental impacts of an organisation and the social and corporate governance topics associated with a business. Here are some further remarks from the panel.\nFINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS IMPACT ON SCOPE 3 EMISSIONS' metadata={'source': '/Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Scope 3 calculations, implementation and data challenges for financial institutions - ESG Europe event at a glance - 3Degrees.pdf', 'file_path': '/Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Scope 3 calculations, implementation and data challenges for financial institutions - ESG Europe event at a glance - 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:20230727200831+00'00'", 'modDate': "D:20230727200831+00'00'", 'trapped': ''} Source: /Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Scope 3 calculations, implementation and data challenges for financial institutions - ESG Europe event at a glance - 3Degrees.pdf


Context: page_content='FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS IMPACT ON SCOPE 3 EMISSIONS\xa0\nAccording to the CDP, portfolio emissions of global financial institutions are about 700 times larger than direct emissions. Hence, these institutions should clearly understand where their investments are going\nto mitigate financial risk, comply with regulations, meet stakeholder expectations, and influence and demonstrate environmental stewardship.\nFinancial institutions have a fiduciary duty to shareholders, but most importantly, to our planet. Funding sustainable activity drives progress towards a low carbon and a positive natural environment. Therefore,\nit is important to understand what it means to measure scope 3 emissions and how to address data challenges. These companies should follow the Partnership for Carbon Accounting Financials (PCAF) guidance,\na standardised GHG Protocol methodology for calculating investment emissions under category 15 and take the following steps:' metadata={'source': '/Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Scope 3 calculations, implementation and data challenges for financial institutions - ESG Europe event at a glance - 3Degrees.pdf', 'file_path': '/Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Scope 3 calculations, implementation and data challenges for financial institutions - ESG Europe event at a glance - 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:20230727200831+00'00'", 'modDate': "D:20230727200831+00'00'", 'trapped': ''} Source: /Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Scope 3 calculations, implementation and data challenges for financial institutions - ESG Europe event at a glance - 3Degrees.pdf


Context: page_content='ARTICLE\nKey Learnings from the 2023 GreenBiz Conference\nMarch 27, 2023 Elizabeth Geller\nAt the start of each year, the annual GreenBiz conference serves as an opportunity to set resolutions for the environmental work we plan to do in the year ahead. Some of the brightest minds from all sectors\n(including many students and young climate professionals) gather at GreenBiz to stand behind this effort and in doing so, share discoveries, developments and trends related to climate. \nMy colleagues and I from 3Degrees enjoyed meeting sustainability leaders from all over the country and were encouraged to see a diverse range of speakers representing different genders, ages, as well as ethnic\nand racial backgrounds at the conference. Hearing from a diverse range of voices on topics that impact how we mitigate climate change, including climate justice, is a critical step in aligning the overarching' metadata={'source': '/Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Key Learnings from the 2023 GreenBiz Conference - 3Degrees.pdf', 'file_path': '/Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Key Learnings from the 2023 GreenBiz Conference - 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:20230727201018+00'00'", 'modDate': "D:20230727201018+00'00'", 'trapped': ''} Source: /Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Key Learnings from the 2023 GreenBiz Conference - 3Degrees.pdf


Context: page_content='corporate community to keep global warming below the 1.5 degree Celsius target. Overall, the conference felt like an opportunity to build momentum that I hope to carry throughout the year. In this blog, I will\nshare my top takeaways from the conference that touch on:\nSupplier engagement strategies\n+\nDisclosure vs. action considerations \n+\n+ Climate tech software opportunities' metadata={'source': '/Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Key Learnings from the 2023 GreenBiz Conference - 3Degrees.pdf', 'file_path': '/Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Key Learnings from the 2023 GreenBiz Conference - 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:20230727201018+00'00'", 'modDate': "D:20230727201018+00'00'", 'trapped': ''} Source: /Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Key Learnings from the 2023 GreenBiz Conference - 3Degrees.pdf


Context: page_content='ARTICLE\nSustainability Is Not Dead: It Is In Your Hands\nJanuary 17, 2017 Steve McDougal\nIn speaking to 3,000 climatologists recently, Governor Jerry Brown said, “California will launch its own damn satellites” to study climate change if the Trump administration pulls back on research on the topic.\nThis dogged determination is shared by many around the country in light of the recent election results and cabinet choices that are decidedly anti-environment.\nAt 3Degrees, this is not our first rodeo. The day after George W. Bush was reelected in 2004, the manager of a small print shop called, looking to buy renewable energy. This customer said, “Well, if the\ngovernment is not going to do anything, it’s up to the rest of us.” For many people, that sentiment runs even deeper today. The day after the most recent election, our call center experienced a 20% increase in' metadata={'source': '/Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Sustainability is not dead_ it is in your hands _ 3Degrees.pdf', 'file_path': '/Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Sustainability is not dead_ it is in your hands _ 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:20230727210515+00'00'", 'modDate': "D:20230727210515+00'00'", 'trapped': ''} Source: /Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Sustainability is not dead_ it is in your hands _ 3Degrees.pdf


Context: page_content='calls from people wanting to buy renewable energy. We couldn’t wait around for federal government leadership to stimulate action in 2004, and we can’t wait now.\nFor those of us committed to sustainability, these are unsettling times. But here are four reasons why I see hope:\n1. Renewable energy is more affordable than ever.\nMarket forces and government initiatives have driven investment in renewable energy production, and it is paying off. Global electricity produced by solar has doubled seven times and wind power has doubled\nfour times since 2000. Meanwhile, prices for clean energy continue to tumble.' metadata={'source': '/Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Sustainability is not dead_ it is in your hands _ 3Degrees.pdf', 'file_path': '/Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Sustainability is not dead_ it is in your hands _ 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:20230727210515+00'00'", 'modDate': "D:20230727210515+00'00'", 'trapped': ''} Source: /Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Sustainability is not dead_ it is in your hands _ 3Degrees.pdf


Context: page_content='ARTICLE\nThe Role of Carbon Offsets in Corporate Sustainability (part I)\nFebruary 26, 2020 Steph Harris\nPART I\nExploring how, when, and why carbon offsets are important – as well as their limitations\nAs more organizations around the globe heed an urgent call for climate action, carbon offsets are one tool they can use for near-term emission reductions. While the impact of investing in carbon offset projects is\nsometimes debated, these instruments can play an important role in bridging the transition to net-zero emissions. \nIn this first article of a two-part series, we’ll explore how, when, and why offsets can play a vital role in companies’ broader sustainability efforts, as well as examine some limitations.\nAs defined by virtually all market participants, including the Climate Action Reserve, a carbon offset is a third-party verified, greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction, removal, or avoidance equivalent to one' 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 I) - 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 I) - 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:20230727205034+00'00'", 'modDate': "D:20230727205034+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 I) - 3Degrees.pdf


Context: page_content='metric ton of carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e). Carbon offsets are a funding mechanism to support emission reduction projects within non-regulated sectors, including within an organization’s supply chain.\nFrom an environmental integrity standpoint, all verified emission reduction projects must meet the notion of “additionality” – meaning, these reductions would not have been achieved without funding from the\nsales of carbon offsets.' 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 I) - 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 I) - 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:20230727205034+00'00'", 'modDate': "D:20230727205034+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 I) - 3Degrees.pdf


Context: page_content='DOWNLOAD ARTICLE\nCorporate Motivators for Sustainability Purchases\nJanuary 28, 2019 3Degrees Staff\nCorporations aren’t just taking action to address their carbon footprint because it’s the right thing to do for the environment. Leading organizations are beginning to understand there are significant risks\ninvolved in electing to do nothing.\nHere are some of the biggest corporate motivators for investing in sustainability – which of these apply to your business?' metadata={'source': '/Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Corporate Motivators for Sustainability Purchases - 3Degrees.pdf', 'file_path': '/Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Corporate Motivators for Sustainability Purchases - 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:20230727205702+00'00'", 'modDate': "D:20230727205702+00'00'", 'trapped': ''} Source: /Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Corporate Motivators for Sustainability Purchases - 3Degrees.pdf


Context: page_content='DOWNLOAD\nWhat are Scope 1, 2, & 3 emissions? (Infographic)\nSeptember 27, 2021 3Degrees Staff\nIn order to take urgent action against climate change, organizations must understand both the volume and source of their greenhouse gas emissions. The source of emissions dictates the strategies and\ntools that can be used to address them. According to the Greenhouse Gas Protocol Corporate Standard, a company’s greenhouse gas emissions can be broken down into three categories, called ‘scopes’. \nDownload this infographic to learn more about the differences between the three emission scopes and the solutions available to organizations to address them.' metadata={'source': '/Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/What are Scope 1, 2, & 3 emissions_ (Infographic) - 3Degrees.pdf', 'file_path': '/Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/What are Scope 1, 2, & 3 emissions_ (Infographic) - 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:20230727202945+00'00'", 'modDate': "D:20230727202945+00'00'", 'trapped': ''} Source: /Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/What are Scope 1, 2, & 3 emissions_ (Infographic) - 3Degrees.pdf


Context: page_content='ARTICLE\nPowering up corporate renewable energy: Three ways companies can supercharge their\nefforts to clean the electricity grid\nFebruary 25, 2022 Erin Craig\nCorporate sustainability and energy professionals around the world are discovering that their efforts to meet renewable energy goals can also bring about changes to the electric grid which are essential for deep\ndecarbonization.\nIn this blog, we share three ways companies can power-up their renewable energy procurement strategy while also supporting a rapid transition from an electric grid highly dependent on fossil fuels, to one that\ndishes out clean electricity for all its customers.\nTHE BASELINE RENEWABLE ENERGY APPROACH – ACQUIRING RENEWABLE MWHS TO MEET ANNUAL ELECTRICITY USE\nCompanies pursuing a renewable energy target are typically guided and informed by the most common greenhouse gas accounting standards and industry initiatives. The “Baseline” approach meets the' metadata={'source': '/Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Powering up corporate renewable energy_ Three ways companies can supercharge their efforts to clean the electricity grid - 3Degrees.pdf', 'file_path': '/Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Powering up corporate renewable energy_ Three ways companies can supercharge their efforts to clean the electricity grid - 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:20230727202245+00'00'", 'modDate': "D:20230727202245+00'00'", 'trapped': ''} Source: /Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Powering up corporate renewable energy_ Three ways companies can supercharge their efforts to clean the electricity grid - 3Degrees.pdf


Context: page_content='requirements of these standards without adding supplemental objectives, and is often the first step taken by organizations addressing their Scope 2 electricity emissions.\nThis approach involves companies’ gathering their electricity use data and securing renewable energy supply in volumes that match their annual usage, region-by-region. (Though the definition of “region” is not\nstraightforward, it’s often a country or a connected multi-country area.) Baseline approach procurements may result in contracts for off-the-shelf green offerings from retail energy suppliers or in renewable\ncertificate purchases. In such cases, the purchases derive from projects already on the grid and create an indirect market price signal as to the value of renewable energy.' metadata={'source': '/Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Powering up corporate renewable energy_ Three ways companies can supercharge their efforts to clean the electricity grid - 3Degrees.pdf', 'file_path': '/Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Powering up corporate renewable energy_ Three ways companies can supercharge their efforts to clean the electricity grid - 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:20230727202245+00'00'", 'modDate': "D:20230727202245+00'00'", 'trapped': ''} Source: /Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Powering up corporate renewable energy_ Three ways companies can supercharge their efforts to clean the electricity grid - 3Degrees.pdf


Context: page_content='ARTICLE\nTransportation incentive programs are catalyzing emissions reductions across North America\nSeptember 28, 2022 Dave Meyer\nNo industry can escape transportation-related emissions. When it comes to climate impacts, the transportation sector simultaneously has the most room for improvement and is the best equipped to\ndecarbonize. The proliferation of electrification and lower carbon fuels, particularly in regions with incentive-based programs in place, is helping to drive drastic emissions reductions from the transportation\nsector.\nLocal, state, and federal transportation incentive structures are taking shape across North America, and like any other market-based program, the prices and rules governing them can change rapidly. For\nexample, at the recent Argus North American Biofuels, LCFS & Carbon Markets Summit that took place in Monterey, CA earlier this month, California Air Resources Board (CARB) officials affirmed they are set' metadata={'source': '/Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Transportation incentive programs are catalyzing emissions reductions across North America - 3Degrees.pdf', 'file_path': '/Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Transportation incentive programs are catalyzing emissions reductions across North America - 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:20230727201730+00'00'", 'modDate': "D:20230727201730+00'00'", 'trapped': ''} Source: /Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Transportation incentive programs are catalyzing emissions reductions across North America - 3Degrees.pdf


Context: page_content='to increase the stringency of the state’s program known as the Low Carbon Fuel Standard or LCFS to at least a 25% reduction (from 20%) by 2030.\nA SEA CHANGE IN REGULATION\nRight now, we are seeing a surge of regulatory change happening across all programs, and a race to set (and achieve) the biggest reduction in the shortest amount of time. British Columbia’s LCFS (BC-LCFS)\nrequires fuel suppliers to progressively decrease the average carbon intensity (CI) of the fuels they supply to users, and their target has continued to rise over time. \nRecently B.C. announced that its suppliers must deliver a reduction of 30% by 2030—which is currently higher than California’s LCFS target. Prior to this expansion, B.C. had established a 20% CI reduction\ngoal, in alignment with California’s targets. Next-door neighbor, Washington, is in the process of finalizing its own rigorous set of clean fuel standards. Healthy competition in transport GHG reductions is only' metadata={'source': '/Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Transportation incentive programs are catalyzing emissions reductions across North America - 3Degrees.pdf', 'file_path': '/Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Transportation incentive programs are catalyzing emissions reductions across North America - 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:20230727201730+00'00'", 'modDate': "D:20230727201730+00'00'", 'trapped': ''} Source: /Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Transportation incentive programs are catalyzing emissions reductions across North America - 3Degrees.pdf


Context: page_content='becoming stronger as municipalities advance their CFP programs.' metadata={'source': '/Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Transportation incentive programs are catalyzing emissions reductions across North America - 3Degrees.pdf', 'file_path': '/Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Transportation incentive programs are catalyzing emissions reductions across North America - 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:20230727201730+00'00'", 'modDate': "D:20230727201730+00'00'", 'trapped': ''} Source: /Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Transportation incentive programs are catalyzing emissions reductions across North America - 3Degrees.pdf


Context: page_content='ARTICLE\nWhat Inspires your Environmentalism?\nApril 21, 2016 3Degrees Staff\nIn celebration of Earth Day we asked some of our coworkers what inspires their green streak. Here’s what we heard.\n \nVALERIE  |  HUMAN RESOURCES\nMy tipping point was during a trip to Laos where we hiked to a remote village and stayed one night…\nBasic necessities, like clean water and septic systems, were all things that most of them had never experienced. They hauled jugs of water back and forth each day from a clean water source a mile away. Cooking\nhappened over an open fire and candles were used after sundown. I realized that if something were to happen to their rice crop, not only would they have nothing to eat but also no source of income. In one night,\nI was enlightened and realized even basic water pump irrigation systems or renewable energy sources would absolutely change their lives and protect them from unforeseen climate changes. It made me feel' metadata={'source': '/Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/What Inspires your Environmentalism_ - 3Degrees.pdf', 'file_path': '/Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/What Inspires your Environmentalism_ - 3Degrees.pdf', 'page': 0, 'total_pages': 6, '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:20230727210715+00'00'", 'modDate': "D:20230727210715+00'00'", 'trapped': ''} Source: /Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/What Inspires your Environmentalism_ - 3Degrees.pdf


Context: page_content='incredibly lucky that I grew up where I did and want to do what I can to help to make their lives easier.' metadata={'source': '/Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/What Inspires your Environmentalism_ - 3Degrees.pdf', 'file_path': '/Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/What Inspires your Environmentalism_ - 3Degrees.pdf', 'page': 0, 'total_pages': 6, '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:20230727210715+00'00'", 'modDate': "D:20230727210715+00'00'", 'trapped': ''} Source: /Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/What Inspires your Environmentalism_ - 3Degrees.pdf


Context: page_content='DOWNLOAD ARTICLE\n2018 Impact Together\nJanuary 28, 2019 3Degrees Staff\nIn 2018, 3Degrees’ customers supported more renewable energy and carbon projects than ever before.\nWe are inspired by this commitment to take urgent action on climate change and look forward to joining together to make an even more significant impact in the coming year.' metadata={'source': '/Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/2018 Impact Together - 3Degrees.pdf', 'file_path': '/Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/2018 Impact Together - 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:20230727205650+00'00'", 'modDate': "D:20230727205650+00'00'", 'trapped': ''} Source: /Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/2018 Impact Together - 3Degrees.pdf


Context: page_content='ARTICLE\nMaximizing the Value of Your Green Power Programs\nNovember 21, 2019 Amanda Mortlock\nElectric utilities face significant pressures as well as many exciting opportunities — decarbonization, transportation electrification, continuing digital transformation, changing customer preferences, increasing\ndisintermediation (just to name a few). Every day, utility teams work hard to solve these challenges, as well as capitalize on the opportunities that they present. But many utilities fail to realize there is an\nunderutilized tool in their toolbox that could be very effective in these efforts: voluntary green power programs.\nWHAT’S THE TRUE VALUE OF VOLUNTARY GREEN POWER PROGRAMS?\nHaving worked closely with utilities for over a decade, I can say with confidence that fully optimized green power programs provide a huge opportunity for utilities. When designed and implemented well, these\nprograms offer numerous benefits.\nDecarbonization' metadata={'source': '/Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Maximizing the Value of Your Green Power Programs - 3Degrees.pdf', 'file_path': '/Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Maximizing the Value of Your Green Power Programs - 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:20230727205751+00'00'", 'modDate': "D:20230727205751+00'00'", 'trapped': ''} Source: /Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Maximizing the Value of Your Green Power Programs - 3Degrees.pdf


Context: page_content='programs offer numerous benefits.\nDecarbonization\nGreen power programs enable utilities to partner with their customers to achieve utility or regional carbon reduction targets.\nNew revenue potential\nThese programs also provide the opportunity to achieve incremental revenue, whether from assets supported by the voluntary market or a regulatory-approved mark-up. While challenging to make happen,\nthis is feasible and some utilities are already realizing these revenue gains.' metadata={'source': '/Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Maximizing the Value of Your Green Power Programs - 3Degrees.pdf', 'file_path': '/Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Maximizing the Value of Your Green Power Programs - 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:20230727205751+00'00'", 'modDate': "D:20230727205751+00'00'", 'trapped': ''} Source: /Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Maximizing the Value of Your Green Power Programs - 3Degrees.pdf


Context: page_content='ARTICLE\nInflation Reduction Act sets the stage for more U.S. climate action\nAugust 17, 2022 Laura Vendetta\nThe United States is entering a new era of climate action. As the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) of 2022 becomes law, we mark a historic moment for the advancement of clean energy technologies and\ndecarbonization of the U.S. electric grid. \nThis long-awaited, broad-based climate legislation will provide corporate climate leaders in the U.S. with  more support and incentives to accelerate their clean energy investments, and we hope that this\nlegislation will encourage more organizations to take steps to address their emissions and strive toward a low-carbon future. Here’s an overview of the implications for U.S. organizations who are working on\nclimate commitments.  \nIMPLICATIONS FOR CORPORATE CLIMATE ACTION IN THE INFLATION REDUCTION ACT' metadata={'source': '/Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Inflation Reduction Act sets the stage for more U.S. climate action - 3Degrees.pdf', 'file_path': '/Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Inflation Reduction Act sets the stage for more U.S. climate action - 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:20230727201701+00'00'", 'modDate': "D:20230727201701+00'00'", 'trapped': ''} Source: /Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Inflation Reduction Act sets the stage for more U.S. climate action - 3Degrees.pdf


Context: page_content='climate commitments.  \nIMPLICATIONS FOR CORPORATE CLIMATE ACTION IN THE INFLATION REDUCTION ACT\nThe IRA provisions aim to strengthen innovation with investments in new clean energy technologies, expand domestic clean energy production and manufacturing, and lower energy prices for customers. Early\nanalysis of the IRA indicates that the emissions reduction component of the bill has the potential to put the U.S. within reach of the U.S. Paris Agreement goals. Analysis by The Rhodium Group shows U.S. net\ngreenhouse gas (GHG) emissions declining by 32-42% below 2005 levels in 2030 as a net result of the provisions in the IRA. \nThough greater climate action will be needed for the U.S. to meet our 2030 Paris Agreement goals, this legislation promises significant progress towards meaningful emissions reductions through the' metadata={'source': '/Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Inflation Reduction Act sets the stage for more U.S. climate action - 3Degrees.pdf', 'file_path': '/Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Inflation Reduction Act sets the stage for more U.S. climate action - 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:20230727201701+00'00'", 'modDate': "D:20230727201701+00'00'", 'trapped': ''} Source: /Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Inflation Reduction Act sets the stage for more U.S. climate action - 3Degrees.pdf


Context: page_content='development of clean energy technologies, which will help to make progress toward the U.S. climate commitment. The incentives in the IRA pave a path for corporate buyers to step up action and advance\nclimate-related commitments.' metadata={'source': '/Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Inflation Reduction Act sets the stage for more U.S. climate action - 3Degrees.pdf', 'file_path': '/Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Inflation Reduction Act sets the stage for more U.S. climate action - 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:20230727201701+00'00'", 'modDate': "D:20230727201701+00'00'", 'trapped': ''} Source: /Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Inflation Reduction Act sets the stage for more U.S. climate action - 3Degrees.pdf


Context: page_content='ARTICLE\nREM Asia recap: Scope 3 emissions, supplier renewable energy procurement, and APAC\nmarket trends\nMay 24, 2023 Noah Bucon\nThree years ago, a cohort of 3Degrees employees prepared to travel to Singapore for the inaugural Renewable Energy Markets (REM) Asia conference – a welcome expansion of the REM conferences that\nhave been hosted by Center for Resource Solutions in the United States for over twenty-five years. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this conference was rescheduled and held virtually the past two years.\nWith conferences now returning to their pre-2020 norms, 3Degrees was finally able to attend the third annual REM Asia conference in Singapore at the end of April. \nRepresentatives from our advisory services, renewable markets, product development, and market intelligence teams joined nearly two hundred renewable energy professionals from around the world to discuss' metadata={'source': '/Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/REM Asia recap_ Scope 3 emissions, supplier renewable energy procurement, and APAC market trends - 3Degrees.pdf', 'file_path': '/Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/REM Asia recap_ Scope 3 emissions, supplier renewable energy procurement, and APAC market trends - 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:20230727200903+00'00'", 'modDate': "D:20230727200903+00'00'", 'trapped': ''} Source: /Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/REM Asia recap_ Scope 3 emissions, supplier renewable energy procurement, and APAC market trends - 3Degrees.pdf


Context: page_content='emerging trends, market updates, and obstacles and opportunities related to renewable energy policy and procurement. 3Degrees played a leadership role at the conference by serving on REM Asia’s planning\ncommittee, moderating a panel session, and leading table topic group discussions. \nSCOPE 3 DECARBONIZATION IS A GROWING PRIORITY\nBoth our panel and table topic discussions addressed reducing supply chain emissions with a focus on promoting renewable energy procurement in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region. Scope 3 emissions are the\nindirect emissions resulting from upstream and downstream activities in a company’s value chain. These emissions, which represent the vast majority of most companies’ carbon footprints, can be addressed by\nimplementing internal policy changes, engaging with both suppliers and customers, and investing in product design innovation.' metadata={'source': '/Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/REM Asia recap_ Scope 3 emissions, supplier renewable energy procurement, and APAC market trends - 3Degrees.pdf', 'file_path': '/Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/REM Asia recap_ Scope 3 emissions, supplier renewable energy procurement, and APAC market trends - 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:20230727200903+00'00'", 'modDate': "D:20230727200903+00'00'", 'trapped': ''} Source: /Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/REM Asia recap_ Scope 3 emissions, supplier renewable energy procurement, and APAC market trends - 3Degrees.pdf


Context: page_content='ARTICLE\nTackling the Decarbonization of Transportation\nSeptember 25, 2019 Mark Mondik\nBy now, many of us have heard the statistics and news reports: organizations need to be moving at a much faster pace to address the global climate crisis and meet the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate\nChange (IPCC) report’s warning of limiting warming to no more than 1.5 degrees Celsius.\nWhile this information might feel overwhelming, we don’t interpret it that way for two reasons. First, there has already been good progress made reducing Scope 2 emissions with increased investment in\nrenewable energy. From utilities taking action to switch to cleaner fuels for their power plants, to companies stepping up to invest in increasingly cost-competitive renewable electricity, emissions from electric\npower usage have been on the steady decline. Next, we know exactly where we need to turn our collective efforts to have the biggest impact on reducing GHG emissions: the transportation sector.' metadata={'source': '/Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Tackling the Decarbonization of Transportation - 3Degrees.pdf', 'file_path': '/Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Tackling the Decarbonization of Transportation - 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:20230727205257+00'00'", 'modDate': "D:20230727205257+00'00'", 'trapped': ''} Source: /Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Tackling the Decarbonization of Transportation - 3Degrees.pdf


Context: page_content='Put simply, we have the map and know the road to take – now it’s a matter of mobilizing and taking action.\nTHE ROAD TO REDUCING TRANSPORTATION EMISSIONS\nIn 2016, the transportation sector surpassed the power sector as the larger emitter of greenhouse gasses (GHG) in the U.S. (responsible for 27% of emissions), driven by changes in both consumer and business\nmarket behavior. A confluence of activities is resulting in a larger transportation carbon footprint: the growth of e-commerce, including international shipping, increased business travel as a result of\nglobalization, and more.' metadata={'source': '/Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Tackling the Decarbonization of Transportation - 3Degrees.pdf', 'file_path': '/Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Tackling the Decarbonization of Transportation - 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:20230727205257+00'00'", 'modDate': "D:20230727205257+00'00'", 'trapped': ''} Source: /Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Tackling the Decarbonization of Transportation - 3Degrees.pdf


Context: page_content='CASE STUDY\nBlue Bottle Coffee Accelerates Efforts to Become Carbon Neutral by 2024 with Greenhouse\nGas Emissions Assessment\nNOTE: THIS WORK WAS CONDUCTED IN 2021.\nThe old adage states, “knowledge is power.” This is particularly true for organizations mobilizing around a plan to reduce the environmental impact of\ntheir operations. To bring about meaningful change, all organizations must fully understand their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions status quo which\nhelps inform their strategies, centralize efforts, and identify areas to make quick progress and build momentum.' metadata={'source': '/Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Blue Bottle Coffee Accelerates Efforts to Become Carbon Neutral by 2024 with Greenhouse Gas Emissions Assessment - 3Degrees.pdf', 'file_path': '/Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Blue Bottle Coffee Accelerates Efforts to Become Carbon Neutral by 2024 with Greenhouse Gas Emissions Assessment - 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:20230727202841+00'00'", 'modDate': "D:20230727202841+00'00'", 'trapped': ''} Source: /Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Blue Bottle Coffee Accelerates Efforts to Become Carbon Neutral by 2024 with Greenhouse Gas Emissions Assessment - 3Degrees.pdf


Context: page_content='ARTICLE\nWhy COP26’s endorsement of carbon credit markets is a positive move\nNovember 29, 2021 Maya Kelty\nCOP26 negotiations surfaced both praise for and criticism of the role carbon markets can play in achieving the Paris Agreement climate objectives. Some environmental advocates at the recent meeting, including\nGreenpeace, made clear their strong disapproval of carbon credits and warned that these markets could undermine global climate goals. Such positions can result in either/or assumptions—either carbon\nmarkets or carbon reductions. However, such framing presents a false dichotomy and risks abandoning a powerful emissions mitigation tool at a time when we must be maximizing all options in the ‘climate\nchange toolbox.’ The evidence shows that carbon markets have the potential to significantly accelerate and reduce the costs of global emissions reductions. That understanding led negotiators in Glasgow to' metadata={'source': '/Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Why COP26’s endorsement of carbon credit markets is a positive move - 3Degrees.pdf', 'file_path': '/Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Why COP26’s endorsement of carbon credit markets is a positive move - 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:20230727202713+00'00'", 'modDate': "D:20230727202713+00'00'", 'trapped': ''} Source: /Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Why COP26’s endorsement of carbon credit markets is a positive move - 3Degrees.pdf


Context: page_content='finalize rules to enable international trading of carbon credits. Despite the challenges facing carbon credit markets, we believe that, properly implemented, they are a critical component of any credible climate\nstrategy that’s committed to achieving global net zero emissions. This blog outlines the value that carbon credits and markets have for reaching that goal.\nCARBON CREDITS WILL BE NECESSARY TO ACHIEVE NET ZERO EMISSIONS\nAvoiding the worst impacts of climate change will require that, after maximizing emissions reductions, all residual emissions must be balanced with carbon removals annually by 2050. The SBTi Net-Zero\nStandard has made clear that corporates setting net zero targets must also commit to neutralizing residual emissions with carbon removals. In short, reducing emissions alone won’t get us to the ultimate goal.' metadata={'source': '/Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Why COP26’s endorsement of carbon credit markets is a positive move - 3Degrees.pdf', 'file_path': '/Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Why COP26’s endorsement of carbon credit markets is a positive move - 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:20230727202713+00'00'", 'modDate': "D:20230727202713+00'00'", 'trapped': ''} Source: /Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Why COP26’s endorsement of carbon credit markets is a positive move - 3Degrees.pdf


Context: page_content='Naturally, ensuring adequate neutralization of remaining emissions will require scientifically rigorous methodologies for quantifying and verifying removals, which will build off of existing carbon credit\nframeworks.' metadata={'source': '/Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Why COP26’s endorsement of carbon credit markets is a positive move - 3Degrees.pdf', 'file_path': '/Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Why COP26’s endorsement of carbon credit markets is a positive move - 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:20230727202713+00'00'", 'modDate': "D:20230727202713+00'00'", 'trapped': ''} Source: /Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Why COP26’s endorsement of carbon credit markets is a positive move - 3Degrees.pdf


Context: page_content='DOWNLOAD\nCarbon credit project taxonomy – (infographic)\nJuly 26, 2021 3Degrees Staff\nThere are several categories of carbon credit projects. To determine how to best address your organizational emissions through the purchase of carbon credits, it is vital to understand the differences\nbetween the various project types. \nDownload this helpful infographic to understand the unique attributes of avoided emissions and carbon removal projects and their carbon storage potential.' metadata={'source': '/Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Carbon credit project taxonomy - (infographic) - 3Degrees.pdf', 'file_path': '/Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Carbon credit project taxonomy - (infographic) - 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:20230727203145+00'00'", 'modDate': "D:20230727203145+00'00'", 'trapped': ''} Source: /Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Carbon credit project taxonomy - (infographic) - 3Degrees.pdf


Context: page_content='ARTICLE\nReaction from Climate Leadership Conference 2018\nMarch 8, 2018 Gina Mateo\nLast week, Denver, Colorado played host to the 2018 Climate Leadership Conference (CLC). The objective of the CLC is to bring together prominent energy, climate, and sustainability leaders across business,\ngovernment and academia in order to make collective progress towards building a low-carbon future.\nThe unofficial theme of the conference was ‘we are still in,’ which echoes the sentiment of many states, cities, and businesses in the aftermath of the United States’ decision to pull out of the Paris Agreement. This\nyear’s event had an agreeably different tone than year’s past. For one, this is the first year the EPA elected to not sponsor the event. Bloomberg Philanthropies stepped in to organize the event and foot the bill.\nThe result of this change only fueled the attitude of empowering private entities to take action to tackle climate change.' metadata={'source': '/Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Reaction from Climate Leadership Conference 2018 - 3Degrees.pdf', 'file_path': '/Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Reaction from Climate Leadership Conference 2018 - 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:20230727210139+00'00'", 'modDate': "D:20230727210139+00'00'", 'trapped': ''} Source: /Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Reaction from Climate Leadership Conference 2018 - 3Degrees.pdf


Context: page_content='The conference also set the stage for the Global Climate Action Summit later this year in San Francisco. Matt Rodriquez, secretary for California’s Environmental Protection Agency, facilitated a strategy\nexchange to a standing room only audience on the Summit’s objective of spurring additional action at the sub-national level, creating healthy energy systems, and ensuring equity for all.\n3Degrees proudly served as a CLC sponsor and sent along two representatives to absorb content and speak directly with conference attendees. During the three days of the conference, there were a few topics that\nkept cropping up. Here is what we heard:\nTHE BIG NEWS:' metadata={'source': '/Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Reaction from Climate Leadership Conference 2018 - 3Degrees.pdf', 'file_path': '/Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Reaction from Climate Leadership Conference 2018 - 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:20230727210139+00'00'", 'modDate': "D:20230727210139+00'00'", 'trapped': ''} Source: /Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Reaction from Climate Leadership Conference 2018 - 3Degrees.pdf


Context: page_content='ARTICLE\nA Western Regional Electricity Market Would Be a Boon for Corporate Renewables Buyers\nDecember 12, 2016 3Degrees Staff\nAn integrated market would drop the cost of wind and solar integration, and make buying wholesale renewables a lot easier\nWhat would an expansion of the California wholesale market to a broader Western regional market mean for businesses looking to buy renewable energy?\nWe recently tried to answer that question at a seminar. After a stimulating discussion with representatives from Fix the Grid, Energy GPS, MISO, and Bay Area-based corporate buyers, our takeaway is that a\nregional Western grid would increase the opportunity to contract for cost-effective renewable energy .\nIt’s well known that the installed cost of wind and solar has declined dramatically over the past several years; Lazard’s Levelized Cost of Energy Analysis 9.0 quotes a decline of 60 percent and 80 percent since\n2009, respectively.' metadata={'source': '/Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/A Western RSO Would Be a Boon to Corporate Renewable Energy Buyers.pdf', 'file_path': '/Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/A Western RSO Would Be a Boon to Corporate Renewable Energy Buyers.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:20230727210549+00'00'", 'modDate': "D:20230727210549+00'00'", 'trapped': ''} Source: /Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/A Western RSO Would Be a Boon to Corporate Renewable Energy Buyers.pdf


Context: page_content='2009, respectively.\nThis cost-competitiveness has been a driver of the increased corporate interest in buying renewable energy via physical or virtual power purchase agreements to support their sustainability or greenhouse gas\n(GHG) emission reduction strategies. The creation of a Western RSO (an aggregation of state markets in Washington, Oregon, California, Nevada, Colorado, Utah and Arizona) would change the landscape for\nrenewable energy buyers in a few different ways.\nThe creation of a Western RSO would change the landscape for renewable energy buyers.' metadata={'source': '/Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/A Western RSO Would Be a Boon to Corporate Renewable Energy Buyers.pdf', 'file_path': '/Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/A Western RSO Would Be a Boon to Corporate Renewable Energy Buyers.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:20230727210549+00'00'", 'modDate': "D:20230727210549+00'00'", 'trapped': ''} Source: /Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/A Western RSO Would Be a Boon to Corporate Renewable Energy Buyers.pdf


Context: page_content='ARTICLE\nUsing greenhouse gas accounting to evaluate your organization’s scope 3 emissions\nNovember 7, 2022 Karlina Wu\nAs corporations start on a path to setting sustainability goals and climate targets, understanding current baseline emissions is a critical first step. A comprehensive\ngreenhouse gas (GHG) inventory will offer insights into the specific areas to focus an effective emissions reduction strategy. \nDepending on your organization, measuring scopes 1 and 2 emissions can be relatively straightforward as they fall within your direct control and data can typically\nbe more easily accessed. Scope 3 emissions – also known as your value chain emissions – are a bit more complicated. While your company does have some level of\ninfluence on Scope 3 emissions, they are outside of your organization’s direct control. Scope 3 emissions typically make up the largest share of an organization’s total' metadata={'source': '/Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Using greenhouse gas accounting to evaluate your organization’s scope 3 emissions - 3Degrees.pdf', 'file_path': '/Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Using greenhouse gas accounting to evaluate your organization’s scope 3 emissions - 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:20230727201509+00'00'", 'modDate': "D:20230727201509+00'00'", 'trapped': ''} Source: /Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Using greenhouse gas accounting to evaluate your organization’s scope 3 emissions - 3Degrees.pdf


Context: page_content='emissions because it includes your upstream (supply chain) emissions and those downstream of your organization (customers). Therefore, it is essential to include\nyour scope 3 emissions in your greenhouse gas accounting and climate goals in order to make it credible.\nSCOPE 3 GUIDANCE FROM THE GREENHOUSE GAS PROTOCOL\nThe Greenhouse Gas Protocol (GHGP)  provides the most widely used standard for measuring and reporting scope 3 GHG emissions across 15 categories: the\nCorporate Value Chain (Scope 3) Standard. This standard provides helpful guidance for measuring scope 3 emissions and – more importantly – it enables uniform\nmeasurement and reporting of progress toward climate goals for companies worldwide. While the use of the GHGP’s standard is not mandatory, the majority of\norganizations follow it to measure and report their emissions.' metadata={'source': '/Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Using greenhouse gas accounting to evaluate your organization’s scope 3 emissions - 3Degrees.pdf', 'file_path': '/Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Using greenhouse gas accounting to evaluate your organization’s scope 3 emissions - 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:20230727201509+00'00'", 'modDate': "D:20230727201509+00'00'", 'trapped': ''} Source: /Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Using greenhouse gas accounting to evaluate your organization’s scope 3 emissions - 3Degrees.pdf


Context: page_content='CASE STUDY\nAkamai’s comprehensive approach to reducing greenhouse gas emissions\n DOWNLOAD PDF\nAkamai Technologies, the world’s largest cloud delivery platform, recently invested in an 80 megawatt wind farm in Texas. This investment (through a PPA) is designed to match the\ncompany’s aggregated energy load in Texas with new renewable energy. The project, Seymour Hills Wind Farm, was developed by Infinity Renewables and came online in 2019.\nThis is the latest chapter in Akamai’s long-term approach to decarbonizing its operations. 3Degrees (originally Origin Climate) has been working with Akamai since 2015 to build and implement a renewable\nenergy strategy.\nLAYING THE FOUNDATION\nOur first project together laid the foundation when we worked with Akamai to analyze its worldwide energy use. Akamai’s energy use is not large or concentrated, but is rather small and distributed throughout' metadata={'source': "/Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/PPA reduces Akamai's greenhouse gas or GHG emissions _ 3Degrees.pdf", 'file_path': "/Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/PPA reduces Akamai's greenhouse gas or GHG emissions _ 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:20230727210434+00'00'", 'modDate': "D:20230727210434+00'00'", 'trapped': ''} Source: /Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/PPA reduces Akamai's greenhouse gas or GHG emissions _ 3Degrees.pdf


Context: page_content='outsourced data centers, beyond its operational control. With Akamai’s challenge in mind, we analyzed several alternatives including tax equity investments, virtual power purchase agreements and long-term\nrenewable attribute purchases. We looked at environmental impacts as well as cost, benefits and risk they might entail. The Akamai team used this analysis to establish a strategy and start to engage company\nstakeholders.\nSETTING A GREENHOUSE GAS AND RENEWABLE ENERGY GOAL\nTo formalize its strategy and ensure company-wide alignment, Akamai decided to set a formal renewable energy and climate goal. 3Degrees benchmarked more than 30 other companies, calculated baseline\nperformance for key metrics, and projected those into the future, taking into account company growth estimates, the changing grid around the world, and the impact of actions Akamai could take.' metadata={'source': "/Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/PPA reduces Akamai's greenhouse gas or GHG emissions _ 3Degrees.pdf", 'file_path': "/Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/PPA reduces Akamai's greenhouse gas or GHG emissions _ 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:20230727210434+00'00'", 'modDate': "D:20230727210434+00'00'", 'trapped': ''} Source: /Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/PPA reduces Akamai's greenhouse gas or GHG emissions _ 3Degrees.pdf


Context: page_content='ARTICLE\nUncertainty in the European energy market: questions, answered.\nMay 18, 2022 Tyler Espinoza\nHow does Russia’s continuing war in Ukraine impact our work in the world of energy? In order to answer this question, we must untangle the complexities of the war’s impacts on energy supply in Europe,\nspecifically natural gas and oil. In this blog post, our cross-functional team of experts answers some questions about these energy impacts and potential influences on an organization’s renewable energy strategy\nin Europe.\nWHAT HAVE PRICE TRENDS IN THE EUROPEAN ENERGY MARKET LOOKED LIKE IN THE PAST?\nTo understand European price trends, you have to look at three distinct periods of time: pre-pandemic, during the peak of the pandemic, and a post-vaccine period. \nIn 2018-2019, the European electricity markets were functioning under normal market conditions, but during the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic there was a significant drop in electricity consumption and' metadata={'source': '/Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Uncertainty in the European energy market_ questions, answered. - 3Degrees.pdf', 'file_path': '/Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Uncertainty in the European energy market_ questions, answered. - 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:20230727202107+00'00'", 'modDate': "D:20230727202107+00'00'", 'trapped': ''} Source: /Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Uncertainty in the European energy market_ questions, answered. - 3Degrees.pdf


Context: page_content='prices crashed because of the decreased demand. Electricity prices recovered in 2020, but in late 2021, when Europe reached high COVID-19 vaccination rates, there was a significant jump in prices due to strong\nglobal demand for energy as well as supply chain constraints. \nWhen discussing electricity market price trends, it’s useful to reference the carbon pricing trends, as the EUA carbon price is embedded in power prices. For many years, the EUA carbon price was flat and\nhovered around EUR 5/tonne. Led by a sector-wide ambition to move away from fossil fuels, the EUA carbon price surpassed EUR 50/tonne in 2021 and nearly hit EUR 100/tonne in early 2022.' metadata={'source': '/Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Uncertainty in the European energy market_ questions, answered. - 3Degrees.pdf', 'file_path': '/Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Uncertainty in the European energy market_ questions, answered. - 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:20230727202107+00'00'", 'modDate': "D:20230727202107+00'00'", 'trapped': ''} Source: /Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/Uncertainty in the European energy market_ questions, answered. - 3Degrees.pdf


Context: page_content='ARTICLE\nWhat just happened? Distilling the year that was 2021 in the voluntary carbon market\nFebruary 25, 2022 Steph Harris\nLast year was a remarkable one for the voluntary carbon market (VCM). As organizations around the world mobilized around ambitious climate targets, the demand and subsequent price for carbon credits\nreached an all-time high. In 2021, for the first time in the market’s history, the VCM broke the $1B mark.\nImportant subtext to these big, bold market headlines is that the increased price of carbon credits is actually a positive sign for VCM longevity and climate action more broadly. Higher prices provide an incentive\nfor new project development and serve as a forcing function for organizations and governments to prioritize internal emissions reductions.\nThis past year in the VCM has left some folks scratching their heads. What were the primary drivers of this rapid demand surge in 2021? And what trends can we expect to continue?' metadata={'source': '/Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/What just happened_ Distilling the year that was 2021 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/What just happened_ Distilling the year that was 2021 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:20230727202301+00'00'", 'modDate': "D:20230727202301+00'00'", 'trapped': ''} Source: /Users/kladar/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-verse.inc/Data/data-lake/landing/document/context-corpus-20230728/3Degrees/What just happened_ Distilling the year that was 2021 in the voluntary carbon market - 3Degrees.pdf