Offsets

Guidelines aim to address growing concerns over the potential for carbon offsets to distract from the need to cut emissions at source

Internal battle at Science Based Targets Initiative rumbles on, as influential non-profit faces backlash over plans to allow wider use of carbon offsets to tackle corporate supply chain emissions

'Overwhelming majority' of SBTi staff accuse board of trustees of 'undermining our Standard Operating Procedures and governance processes'

Reuters reports staff at the influential non-profit are calling for the CEO's resignation after controversial move to consult on changes to net zero standard

Science Based Targets initiative announces it will consult on changes to net zero standard that would allow for greater use of carbon offsets to tackle Scope 3 emissions

Carbon markets can be a vital mechanism for raising corporate climate ambition - but they must be made more robust, writes We Mean Business Coalition's María Mendiluce

Carbon credit standards body estimates efforts to move beyond tackling value chain emissions could unlock more than $20bn in funding from the world's top corporates

Research from insurance company Chaucer shows increase in companies planting trees in support of net zero targets

Lord Mayor Michael Mainelli sets out his vision for boosting the effectiveness of carbon markets

University starts work on plans to plant two million trees and restore 855 hectares of peatland