Analysis

November 16, 2023

The big carbon accounting acquisition spree begins

It’s a crowded market ripe for acquisitions 


Freya Pratty

4 min read

2022’s word of the year was “goblin mode” according to the Oxford Dictionary team. But ask someone from the tech world and they might say it was “carbon accounting”.

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Freya Pratty

Freya Pratty is a senior reporter and investigations lead at Sifted. Follow her on X , LinkedIn and Bluesky