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We’ve all seen at least once a label on a product or website claiming to be “carbon neutral”, only to discover that that neutrality was achieved through carbon offsets and not a real reduction of their carbon footprint. The market of carbon offsets has been growing increasingly, but recently we’ve seen it slowing down among raising doubts on the effectiveness of this practice.
In this article we will explore what carbon offsets are and discuss how effective they are compared to a carbon reduction strategy.

Despite new opportunities, climate transition also brought at surface some insidious tendencies. Greenwashing is one of them and has become more sophisticated than ever. What is greenwashing? What do you risk legally? What forms does it take? What should you do to avoid falling into the trap? We will explain it all to you.

For the last centuries, we've been exploiting our planet's natural resources. Meanwhile, natural disasters, such as the intensification of floods, droughts, and the increase of the sea level, are signaling us that we have to change something in the way we live.

In order to accelerate the ecological transition, investments in the European Union have to reorient themselves towards sustainable activities. That’s why the EU has developed the EU Taxonomy, a tool that can be used to define and compare sustainable activities.