Offsets

International Tree Foundation urges standards body to promote alternatives to carbon offsets that it argues would better support the transition to a net zero and nature positive economy

Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market rejects eight assessment methodologies for renewable energy carbon credit projects over 'additionality' concerns

Voluntary carbon market institutions must work hard to dispel uncertainty and build transparency and trust in the system, writes the Climate Change Advisory Group's Sir David King

Voluntary Carbon Markets Integrity Initiative preps consultation over 'guardrails' and guidelines for the use of offsets to tackle companies Scope 3 emissions

Brewing giant claims voluntary carbon market has been flooded with poor quality schemes that have meant the price of credits from credible projects have shot up to 'astronomical' levels

Voluntary carbon market platform Patch warns against plan to wait to finalise rulebook for delivering net zero corporate value chains until 2025

Blockchain-powered carbon credit platform acquires JustCarbon in effort to deliver 'new level' of market data monitoring, reporting, and validation

Dozens of campaigning organisations have signed statement warning that carbon offsetting 'undermines' corporate climate targets

Experts claim more stringent approach and management of carbon market could allow it to play a 'meaningful role' in tackling climate crisis

New analysis from BeZero Carbon calculates that a $100bn carbon market could support 17 million jobs and protect an area of land the size of Peru for nature