Offsets

Report claims global voluntary carbon offset market worth $331m last year

Controversial projects for curbing emissions and deforestation to be rubber stamped by international "gold standard"

Banking giant continues push into offset market with new Green & Gold consultancy service

Guide urges firm to distinguish between robust offsets and credit schemes that have been developed for different purposes

Report compares and contrasts eight leading offset standards and endorses offset industry for aiding technology transfer and bolstering renewables capacity

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

BusinessGreen takes a closer look at the government's controversial attempts to clean up the carbon offset market

Industry coalition to involve many of the biggest names in the UK's carbon offset sector

Government'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

Negotiations underway between leading offset operators looking to bolster the sector's credibility with launch of new trade group