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Offsets

Front of a Marks & Spencer shop
M&S signs up to UNICEF clean stove carbon offset scheme

Retailer becomes first major company to back scheme designed to cut emissions while protecting children's health

  • Offsets
  • 29 November 2013
Green leaves up close
MPs urge government to re-think biodiversity offset plans

Environmental Audit Commitment welcomes potential improvement to planning system, but warns ministers need to introduce more safeguards to controversial policy

  • Biodiversity
  • 12 November 2013
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Firms closed in carbon credit scam crackdown

Minister slams 'particularly contemptible scam' that aims to take advantage of people's desire to make ethical investments

  • Carbon Trading
  • 06 November 2013
Countdown to Sochi 2014
Dow promises to offset travel for Sochi Winter Olympics

Winter Olympics seeks to make travel to and from Games 'carbon neutral' through investment in a portfolio of emission reduction projects

  • Offsets
  • 01 November 2013
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FIFA sets green goal for 2014 Brazil World Cup

Body intends to offset 2.4 million tonnes of carbon emissions from tournament and preceding Confederations Cup

  • Offsets
  • 09 September 2013
Owen Paterson MP
Biodiversity offsetting - a chance to improve the environment and grow the economy

Environment Secretary Owen Paterson argues businesses and habitats stand to benefit from the government's new biodiversity offsetting plan

  • Biodiversity
  • 06 September 2013
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Government unveils controversial biodioversity offset proposals

Campaigners angered by plans that would require firms to create new green spaces to "offset" impact of developments

  • Offsets
  • 06 September 2013
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Green search engine Ecosia.org vows to take on Google with revamped service

New functionality aims to improve search results, as German start-up announces plan to donate $1m to tree-planting programmes

  • IT
  • 30 August 2013
Sunlight through trees in a forest
Aviva measures impact of offsetting programme on local communities

Peer-reviewed methodology calculates projects supported in India and Kenya have reduced emissions by 126,500 tonnes

  • Offsets
  • 28 August 2013
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Report: Carbon markets offer 'cheap' aviation emissions cuts

New research finds using existing, high-integrity carbon credits would meet emission goals at around $4 per tonne

  • Aviation
  • 30 July 2013
West of Duddon Sands substation
Four consortia shortlisted for £311m offshore wind grid link

Ofgem unveils bidders for West of Duddon Sands transmission links as SgurrEnergy bags deal to advise on Chinese offshore wind farm

  • Offsets
  • 26 June 2013
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New crowdfunding site for carbon offsets forges unique path

CarbonStory aims to provide businesses and individuals with new information on how their carbon offsets are working to cut emissions

  • Offsets
  • 07 May 2013
A picture of the globe with women around the outside
How a new carbon standard seeks to benefit women worldwide

Newly launched Women's Carbon Standard promises to combine environmental benefits with improvements to women's lives

  • Offsets
  • 19 April 2013
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Financial markets inherently biased against clean energy, warn analysts

Bloomberg New Energy Finance report says green businesses should focus as much on financial markets as energy policy reforms

  • Investment
  • 21 February 2013
Chimney emitting pollution at Conesville power plant
UN's CDM offset scheme issues one billionth carbon credit

Clean Development Mechanism reaches milestone, but analysts remain concerned over low-carbon credit prices and Kyoto uncertainty

  • Carbon Trading
  • 07 September 2012
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UN 'help desk' to aid roll out of carbon offset projects

New service to help boost number of carbon offset projects undertaken in poorer countries

  • Offsets
  • 03 August 2012
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What can businesses learn from Microsoft’s carbon neutrality?

The software giant has revived the term carbon neutrality, and in doing so has hit on a carbon management model businesses could soon emulate

  • Offsets
  • 17 May 2012
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F1 team Sauber shifts into "carbon neutral" status

Swiss racing outfit to offset operations and travel as part of wider environmental strategy

  • Offsets
  • 03 May 2012
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Bunge completes Climate Change Capital acquisition

US agri-business firm shells out undisclosed sum for UK green investment firm

  • Investment
  • 17 April 2012
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FedEx and BP push the envelope with carbon-neutral deliveries

Logistics company set to offset emissions from delivery of more than 200 million packages through BP Target Neutral scheme

  • Offsets
  • 11 April 2012
Austrian Post
Austrian Post touts carbon neutral delivery

Company confirms it has carbon offset all deliveries and operations ahead of major electric vehicle rollout

  • Offsets
  • 26 March 2012
Solar panels on the roof of an industrial building
Eco-Nomics and Planet Positive team up to push green business consultancy

Consultancies ink partnership to offer complementary energy efficiency, employee engagement and offsetting service

  • Buildings
  • 13 February 2012
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Green Biologics merger to open up new biofuels markets

Oxford biofuels firm teams up with Butylfuel, as offset company Carbon Retirement partners with Palmetto Climate and Sandbag

  • Investment
  • 20 January 2012
A stock exchange screen
UN carbon offsets hit record low amidst fears over “grey” credits

Analysts warn prices are likely to remain in doldrums for 12 months as certified emission reduction credits reach €3.32 a tonne

  • Carbon Trading
  • 16 January 2012
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