…but it would exempt ‘small sites’ from the standard and would introduce ‘Allowable Solutions’, a carbon offsetting scheme to make it easier for house-builders to meet zero carbon targets…
…2016 and ‘bank’ the difference. Further options that have been considered include investing in a ‘carbon offsetting’ fund or using a third party ‘Allowable Solutions provider’ to deliver…
…reinforce that understanding. Q. The Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), the largest mechanism for carbon offsetting in the world, has been badly hit by the crash in the carbon price. How…
…targets for new house building projects, under measures being proposed by the Government.[summary]Carbon offsetting through ‘off-site’ retrofit installations is one of a series of measures…
…would rather invest in a hybrid or electric alternative, the survey by What Car? Magazine and carbon offsetting firm CNI UK reveals.But the same survey also found that motorists’ perception…
…carbon prices.Other marketsThe Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), the largest mechanism for carbon offsetting in the world, fared even worse than the EU ETS in 2012. Traded volumes of…
…coming from overseas will fly. And every journey that’s not on foot or cycle emits some carbon. Carbon offsettingFor some years now, BP has been encouraging drivers to reduce and offset…
…(NICs) are payable for a more tax-efficient benefit, thereby saving income tax and/or NICs. Carbon offsetting, offered through organisations like the ClimateCare, has also been introduced…
…out. [summary]Jane Burston is used to seeing people’s eyes glaze over. She works in the world of carbon offsetting, where sentences like ‘voluntary carbon markets’, ’emissions trading’ and…
…her company have won almost a dozen awards and a reputation for providing a reliable method of carbon offsetting for businesses and individuals. But it’s not all been plain sailing. She…
Following the closure of the Government’s carbon offsetting Quality Assurance Scheme (QAS) a small group of carbon offset providers have come together to launch an independent version of the…
…their carbon footprint by directly cutting industrial emissions rather than using traditional carbon offsetting schemes is being used for the first time by leading equities exchange group…
…we welcome the Government’s recent decision to axe its Quality Assurance Scheme (QAS) for Carbon Offsetting at the end of June 2011.[summary]Designed to help organisations and individuals…
The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) is to end the Government’s carbon offsetting Quality Assurance Scheme (QAS) from next month.[summary]DECC revealed it was closing QAS in a…
…initiatives outside of the scope of the scheme – such as transport, waste, resource use and carbon offsetting.
Squeezing environmental budgets
In addition, the CRC permits are now a…
…and businesses complaining about the price, how much should a tonne of carbon cost?[summary] Carbon offsetting company Carbon Retirement ran a survey to find out, and 62 people…
…has favoured a global regulated carbon market that would be incapable of meeting the demand for carbon offsetting from small and medium-sized businesses and suppliers of big businesses that…
…and should be at least £20 or more per tonne, according to a new survey.[summary] The poll, by carbon offsetting company Carbon Retirement, also reveals that most people over-estimate the…
…Alliance, ClimateBiz and Norton Rose Group announce the findings of their second annual ‘forest carbon offsetting report 2010’, which focuses on corporations’ attitudes towards carbon…
…being launched today by UNICEF UK.[summary]The initiative called ‘Carbon Positive’ is modeled on carbon offsetting, whereby companies or individuals reduce their carbon footprint by…
An eco-friendly artisan bakery and a unique carbon offsetting company are among five UK small firms to have been recognised for their ethical business practices by a new online business…
…scheme is robust, but has avoided calling it a carbon offset scheme because of regulations around carbon offsetting. David Taylor of the Woodland Trust, however, said it was “more than an…
…countries because of the expected fall in emissions credits.But that’s not all. The efficiency of carbon offsetting through the CDM has been called into question by recent research that…
…“It is becoming increasingly common for companies to launch ‘green’ products on the basis of carbon offsetting facilities which our research suggests is not valued by customers. “The…
…– it violates the principles of the UN negotiations.”In massively expanding the con of carbon offsetting, and in handing control of new money for developing countries to the World Bank –…
The efficiency of carbon offsetting through the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) has been called into question by new research which suggests that only a third of the money spent on…
Two academics from the University of Essex are claiming that carbon offsetting has failed to deliver promised reductions in greenhouse gases (GHG) and that businesses and other organisations…
…that can be applied to either low carbon energy, resource efficiency, demand reduction or carbon offsetting. Companies will need to have two years of trading history (although exceptions…
…official verifier of emission reduction projects, has again put a critical spotlight on the UN’s carbon offsetting scheme. [summary]The UN’s carbon offsetting scheme, known as the Clean…
…of a global climate agreement in Copenhagen, and ensure that this happens without cheating by carbon offsetting.”Unlike Friends of the Earth, the CCC believes emissions trading and…
…by the developed countries in Bonn last week. “Rich countries are once again pushing the con of carbon offsetting at UN climate change talks – which means avoiding real action through dodgy…
Which?, the independent consumer advice organisation, has published
analysis about UK carbon offsetting companies that shows wide
discrepancies and – in some cases – serious flaws in the way…
The Government has defended carbon offsetting in the face of a damning report by Friends of the Earth, which has described the practice as a “con”. [summary]The environmental group has just…
…has neutralised the carbon emissions from all passenger journeys since November 14 2007 through carbon offsetting, sees its responsibilities to the environment extending beyond its own…
…be given advice on how to reduce them, including to the point of net zero. Those wanting to adopt carbon offsetting strategies or obtain the CarbonNeutral quality standard (only given to…
International car hire firm Enterprise Rent-A-Car has extended its ‘Environmental Platform’ – the corporate environmental initiative it launched in 2007 – with the announcement that it is offering…
…its makers. It has earned a CarbonFree Product Certification from Carbonfund.org, the non-profit carbon offsetting and reduction organisation. Through an alliance with Carbonfund.org,…
…toiletries. As I say, we’re reviewing our transport, but we could do more.Q. What’s your view of carbon offsetting?A. It gets a mixed press. We don’t do it at Keo. You’re not going to get…
…network affiliates in Japan, Canada and the UAE. Established over 10 years ago, TCNC pioneered carbon offsetting and has since worked with more than 300 clients on nearly 200 carbon offset…
