Offsets

AkzoNobel and The Gold Standard develop system accrediting emissions savings generated by smoother hull coating

Lord Ashdown outlines the benefits to UK firms of a UNICEF project to provide low pollution cook stoves to poor households in Bangladesh

Value of services provided by nature is "ignored" and must come into national decision-making, government-backed body warns

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

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

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

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

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

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

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