Offsetting

The credibility of forest carbon off-setting projects is growing

Offsets

The credibility of forest carbon off-setting projects is growing

Advances in technology mean businesses should now reconsider investing in forests if they have to offset their emissions, writes AECOM's Robert Spencer

clock 24 February 2022 • 4 min read
Puro.earth launches public offset registry for engineered CO2 removals

Carbon Trading

Puro.earth launches public offset registry for engineered CO2 removals

Carbon marketplace claims platform will help media and public scrutinise corporate climate claims

clock 17 February 2022 • 2 min read
Net Zero Tracker: COP26 builds support for transition, but credibility gaps remain

Net Zero Now

Net Zero Tracker: COP26 builds support for transition, but credibility gaps remain

Vast numbers of businesses, governments, cities, and regions now have net zero goals in place, but few have clear plans for how to effectively manage offsets and decarbonise supply chains, analysis shows

clock 24 November 2021 • 7 min read

Carbon Trading

Shell to fund 60 million CO2 offset credits through Africa cookstoves rollout

Oil and gas giant teams up with C-Quest Capital to supply 'clean and efficient' cookstoves for 1.5 rural households, generating credits for the voluntary carbon market

clock 19 April 2021 • 3 min read

Offsets

CowCredits: Mootral aims to cut cattle burps through carbon offset offer

Firm seeking $2.5m in backing for its plan to fund farmers' use of methane-reducing cattle feed through CO2 offsets

clock 13 April 2021 • 3 min read

Offsets

South Pole adds Finnish biochar producer to its carbon removals portfolio

Deal between Carbo Culture and corporate climate solutions provider will enable companies to invest in biochar in order to meet net zero goals

clock 10 February 2021 • 2 min read

Offsets

'This is putting companies on the hook': Can Mark Carney help build a credible carbon offset market?

Taskforce on Scaling Voluntary Carbon Markets unveils recommendations on how to scale up investment in emission reduction programmes, but environmental campaigners remain unimpressed

clock 28 January 2021 • 9 min read

Offsets

A new era for the voluntary carbon market

The voluntary carbon market can offer the scale, demand, market infrastructure and technologies to deliver for the climate, argues SustainCERT CEO Marion Verles

clock 27 January 2021 • 5 min read

Offsets

'Planting trees is highly complex': Experts draw up 'golden rules' for reforestation projects

Reforestation can capture CO2, boost biodiversity, and is a key component of many firms' net zero strategies, but handled incorrectly it can also have disastrous environmental impacts, scientists warn

clock 26 January 2021 • 7 min read

Offsets

Mark Carney's carbon market plan puts polluters above the planet

Former Bank of England Governor's plan to establish a $100bn-a-year global market for CO2 offsets contains three major flaws that urgently need addressing, argues Greenpeace UK's John Sauven

clock 25 January 2021 • 3 min read
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