Offsets

Study predicts new carbon markets in US, Japan and Australia will see global price of carbon increase 53 per cent by 2020

Company launches carbon offset scheme in Middle East and pledges to sign up more markets to carbon reduction programme

As member states meet to discuss EU's proposals, fears are growing that key components of the legislation will be watered down

Auction designed to tackle carbon credit "gazumping" is massively oversubscribed

Analysts claim firms are cutting corners to get CDM projects approved, amid wider concerns about the additionality of many schemes

Concerns over validity of carbon calculations

As delegates at African climate change conference are criticised for not offsetting, events management experts insist buying offsets should become standard practice

Research claims simpler "climate compensation" model needed to tackle low customer awareness of offsetting

UK firms invited to integrate green search facility into their intranet or home page

Emissions trading is widely touted as one of the best mechanisms for tackling climate change, but how do these schemes work and how will your business be affected? Tom Young investigates three of the emissions trading schemes having an impact on UK firms...