{"id":1004730049,"date":"2024-09-24T17:48:04","date_gmt":"2024-09-25T01:48:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/?p=1004730049"},"modified":"2026-04-16T23:46:32","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T07:46:32","slug":"sustainability-street-the-carbon-credit-debate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/sustainability-street-the-carbon-credit-debate\/","title":{"rendered":"Sustainability Street: The Carbon Credit Debate"},"content":{"rendered":"<iframe allow=\"autoplay *; encrypted-media *; fullscreen *; clipboard-write\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"175\" style=\"width:100%; overflow:hidden;border-radius:10px;\" sandbox=\"allow-forms allow-popups allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-storage-access-by-user-activation allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation\" src=\"https:\/\/embed.podcasts.apple.com\/ro\/podcast\/the-carbon-credit-debate\/id1552202952?i=1000670598320\" ><\/iframe>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2024\/09\/Mahesh.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"675\" data-attachment-id=\"1004730051\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/sustainability-street-the-carbon-credit-debate\/mahesh\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2024\/09\/Mahesh.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"900,675\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Mahesh\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2024\/09\/Mahesh.jpg?w=900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2024\/09\/Mahesh.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1004730051\" style=\"width:400px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2024\/09\/Mahesh.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2024\/09\/Mahesh.jpg?resize=300,225 300w, https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2024\/09\/Mahesh.jpg?resize=768,576 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Welcome back to Sustainability Street, our podcast on the intersection of commercial real estate and the world we live in. For this episode, I&#8217;m tackling carbon credits with my guest Mahesh Ramanujam, CEO of Global Network for Zero and formerly the president &amp; CEO of USGBC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For Ramanujam, carbon credits are a necessary bridge to achieving net zero in commercial real estate and the world. Not everyone shares that view, so we talk about why carbon credits have a public relations problem and the need for greater transparency and more verification.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOur work is to really make the invisible visible so that the visible becomes actionable so that the actionable things then could be scalable.\u201d Ramanujam said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here are some highlights from our conversation:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Carbon credits defined (2:26)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Carbon credits under the microscope (5:33)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>SBTi&#8217;s mixed message on credits (8:20<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Offsetting vs. insetting (16:31)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The road to high-quality credits (20:52)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Growing the supply of carbon credits (24:08)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Follow, rate and review CPE\u2019s podcasts on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/192KwbDpOsZbF3dBXfaDkS\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Spotify<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/ro\/podcast\/commercial-property-executive\/id1552202952\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Apple Podcasts<\/a>,<\/em>\u00a0<em>and don\u2019t forget to subscribe to CPE\u2019s recently relaunched\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@CommercialPropertyExecutive\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">YouTube<\/a>\u00a0channel!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mahesh Ramanujam of Global Network for Zero and CPE&#8217;s Therese Fitzgerald discuss headwinds and tailwinds for offsetting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":756,"featured_media":1004730051,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[23891,21795,21786],"tags":[52102,52571],"class_list":["post-1004730049","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national","category-podcasts","category-sustainability","tag-global-network-for-zero","tag-sustainability-street"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v23.4 (Yoast SEO v24.6) - 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