Friends highlight green-washing ‘carbon offsets’

'More than ninety per cent of the credits offered did not represent real carbon reductions.'

by Rebecca Hardy 17th February 2023

Quakers have highlighted a recent study showing that the ‘carbon offsets’ approved by the world’s biggest certification provider are largely worthless. The investigation into rainforest carbon offset credits approved by Verra found that more than ninety per cent of the credits offered did not represent real carbon reductions.