Valuing Co-benefits in Private Climate Finance Investment:
How are Corporate Motivations for Voluntary Carbon Offset Investments Reflected in Valuation of Project Co-benefits?
Abstract:Companies can prioritize diverse types of sustainable investment finance to reflect their concerns about climate change and carbon emissions. One example of such climate investments is corporate investments in voluntary carbon offset (VCO) projects. Despite growing research into what and how these companies are doing in the VCO markets, much remains to be learned about the motivations for such investments. We utilized two datasets with a natural linkage that can validate across by each other, and conducted a m… Show more
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