Penguin Perspectives Blog

Jeffrey Castellas, South Pole’s Sourcing Manager, talks through the opportunities in the Australian market to unlock nature-based carbon projects at scale.

Recent research has highlighted the scale of the financed emissions challenge and the need for financial institutions to use their investment influence to drive decarbonisation efforts. Matt Sprague, Associate Director for Climate Strategies (Australia), explains the climate journey for financial institutions to understand and tackle their scope 3 emissions.

Before COVID-19 eCommerce was booming. A year ago, Ecommerce News Europe reported eCommerce to be worth 717 billion euros. What is perhaps not surprising is that during the pandemic this figure ballooned even further. There’s no doubt that the growth of online shopping in Europe is a revenue-driver for businesses and a win when it comes to consumer convenience.

While 2021's burning season was not quite as disastrous as in recent years, a game-changing solution for Thailand's pollution crisis remains up in the air. Given the complexity of the factors fuelling these fires, a more ambitious systemic approach is required.

Together with Mintbase and the NEAR Foundation, South Pole is launching a green NFT auction. Proceeds will be split 50/50 between the artists and our climate action projects.

Im Expert Talk des Climate Chatter Podcasts trifft sich Sustainability Advisor Julia Hunziker mit Michael Weber, der bei South Pole das Climate Neutrality Team leitet. Gemeinsam besprechen sie die aktuellsten Trends und Entwicklungen auf dem Carbon Credits Markt, der sich gerade in den vergangenen Monaten sehr stark verändert hat. So hält Michael Weber gleich zu Beginn fest:

In the past 48 hours, the fossil fuel industry has been rocked by exciting developments in Europe, Australia and the United States that will have major ramifications for the sector. It is clear that stakeholders - including shareholders who are traditionally risk averse and not particularly pro-environment - are increasingly seeing the writing on the wall and recognising that fossil fuel companies need to accept climate change as a definitive business risk to have a profitable future.

Moneycab.com: Herr Heuberger, der Impact Investor Lightrock, hinter dem die liechtensteinische LGT und das Fürstenhaus von und zu Liechtenstein steht, übernimmt eine 10%-Beteiligung an South Pole. Wie kam es zum Engagement von Lightrock?

South Pole welcomes Nathan Gilbert of B Lab and discusses emerging trends in the world of corporate sustainability and profit for purpose.

South Pole CEO Renat Heuberger and CO2logic founder Antoine Geerinckx reflect on the importance of the merger between the two companies.