Major UK firms make scant use of CO_2 offsets

摘要

Many more of Britain's leading public companies should purchase voluntary carbon offsets to reduce their contribution to climate change, argues a report.1 Carbon Retirement, a UK-based carbon offsetting company, estimates just 0.1% of the 2.8 billion tonnes of total greenhouse gas emissions (as CO_2 equivalent) reported by FTSE100 companies last year was covered by carbon offsets, where companies pay for emissions reductions elsewhere.