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Controversial projects for curbing emissions and deforestation to be rubber stamped by international "gold standard"
12 May 2008
Banking giant continues push into offset market with new Green & Gold consultancy service
23 Apr 2008
Guide urges firm to distinguish between robust offsets and credit schemes that have been developed for different purposes
09 Apr 2008Report compares and contrasts eight leading offset standards and endorses offset industry for aiding technology transfer and bolstering renewables capacity
18 Mar 2008Industry coalition to involve many of the biggest names in the UK's carbon offset sector
21 Feb 2008Government's quality mark to only support Kyoto-approved credits, but Defra insists it will extend scheme for voluntary credits if industry can develop a robust standard
19 Feb 2008Negotiations are underway between leading offset providers looking to bolster the sector's credibility with the launch of a new trade group
14 Feb 2008Federal Trade Commission receives letter from 10 US states calling for stricter rules for the burgeoning carbon offset industry
30 Jan 2008Airline vows to only buy CDM-certified carbon credits, with a revamp of its carbon offset scheme
16 Jan 2008Middle East, Japan and US targeted as offset provider seeks to take advantage of markets "exponential growth"
11 Jan 2008Jets.com to offer corporate jet set chance to offset emissions
09 Jan 2008US carrier becomes the latest airline to allow customers to offset emissions when they buy tickets
11 Dec 2007New scheme from The CarbonNeutral Company allows firms to simultaneously invest in large and small low carbon projects
28 Nov 2007Offset firm claims policy for standardising carbon accounting will complement new standard for managing offset projects
22 Nov 2007Coalition launches standard that promises affordable yet robust certification of offset projects
20 Nov 2007Government unveils carbon offsetting fund to combat emissions created by civil servants' flights
12 Nov 2007Bottled water company vows to offset 20 per cent more carbon than it emits
08 Nov 2007New Offset Quality Initiative promises to promote wider adoption of best practices and push for offsetting regulations
06 Nov 2007New code of best practice joins growing library of carbon offset guidelines and standards
31 Oct 2007Travel sector reacts angrily to reports Treasury is to level VAT on carbon offsets
22 Oct 2007New search engine based on Google allows users to contribute to carbon offset schemes each time they search the web
15 Oct 2007
The company you work for has just gone carbon neutral, but how do you - as an individual - know which retail offsets really reduce greenhouse gas emissions? Alice Kenny investigates 18 Mar 2008
Jonathan Shopley of The CarbonNeutral Company argues that without a change in EU regulations VAT must be applied to all carbon offsets 25 Oct 2007
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