What are Carbon Offsets?

Carbon Offset represents one tonne of carbon dioxide or equivalent greenhouse gas reduction generated by a project which aims to reduce GHG emissions through the use of more efficient or clean technologies or by increasing carbon sinks in nature such as forest regeneration or conservation.  Typical project examples are renewable energy projects, REDD+, improvement in land use practices, fuel switching, waste management to name a few.

The projects need to go through rigorous third party verifications to demonstrate a real and measurable reduction and making sure double counting is avoided.  This approach helps in quantifying reduction to internationally accepted standards and can be traded between interested parties.

Who will buy Carbon Offsets?

Carbon offsets can be purchased from projects who do not have any regulatory need to implement and invest in such projects.  Due to the nature of such projects, investors carry a certain amount of risk since such projects may not be common practice or access to finance may be costly.

On the other hand, individuals, companies and organizations (buyers) globally have set either voluntary or compliance GHG reduction targets and need to meet their commitments in the most cost-effective manner.  This is where Carbon Offsets come in. The buyers can, therefore, choose to support projects by purchasing such carbon offsets which not only help them in meeting their targets at a lower cost but also provide an additional revenue stream to the projects.

Our Services

For Carbon offset buyers:

• A selection of projects to choose from;
• Competitive pricing;
• Price validity;
• Tailor-made sourcing.

For Project developers (carbon offset sellers):

• Project development consulting;
• Registration, Validation and Issuance support as per globally reputed standards such as CDM, VCS, Gold Standard;
• Long-term carbon offset purchase contracts.