BP acquires majority stake in U.S. forest carbon-offsets company
BP plc acquired a majority stake in forest carbon-management company Finite Carbon, expanding on an initial investment made last year.…
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BP plc acquired a majority stake in forest carbon-management company Finite Carbon, expanding on an initial investment made last year.…
Oil giant BP announced in December it bought a controlling stake in Finite Carbon, the largest U.S. developer of forest carbon offsets. The deal is part of a growing market â the business of paying landowners not to cut down trees. It works like this: A business that needs to offset its carbon emissions by 10,000 metric tons can pay a landowner to store 10,000 metric tons of carbon in a forest. The growing market, experts say, is contentious in the forestry industry because as companies rush to offset their emissions, trees may have more value standing than cut down â good for lando...
BP (NYSE: BP) has revealed that it has acquired a majority stake in carbon offset developer Finite Carbon. BP (NYSE: BP) has revealed that it has acquired a majority stake in carbon offset developer Finite Carbon. The energy major noted that it will bring the company into its in-house business accelerator; BP Launchpad. Together with BP’s additional investment, this is expected to bolster Finite Carbon’s expansion, including into new geographical markets, BP revealed. “Finite Carbon has the potential to build a global platform for managing and financing natural climate solutions,” Dav...
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