Offsets

Experts weigh in on the on-going row over the use of carbon credits to offset Scope 3 emissions, and what the future might hold for the Science Based Targets Initiative

Isometric is touting a new approach to verifying the authenticity of carbon credits, starting with some high-profile clients

Billion-dollar early-stage carbon removal buyer initiative sets out template for carbon removal offtake agreements

A UK Collective Offsetting Fund would enable firms to pool investment in high-integrity rewilding, retrofitting and direct air capture projects at home, argues BusinessLDN's Ioanna Mytilinaiou

Researchers call for a new approach to corporate climate standards to better capture the impact of corporate lobbying, investment, and product development activity

Climeworks' flagship project the subject of BeZero carbon's first ever public rating of a Direct Air Capture with Carbon Storage project

Research by risk management firm Gallagher finds strong corporate appetite for carbon credits, despite risks associated with offsetting market

International Tree Foundation urges standards body to promote alternatives to carbon offsets that it argues would better support the transition to a net zero and nature positive economy

Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market rejects eight assessment methodologies for renewable energy carbon credit projects over 'additionality' concerns

Voluntary carbon market institutions must work hard to dispel uncertainty and build transparency and trust in the system, writes the Climate Change Advisory Group's Sir David King