NGOs call for exclusion of carbon offset credits from corporate climate goals

Cecilia Keating
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NGOs call for exclusion of carbon offset credits from corporate climate goals

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

More than 80 civil society organisations have joined forces to call for corporate climate standards bodies to exclude the use of carbon offsets to count towards net zero targets, arguing the practice of...

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