Credits where credits are due

摘要

AkzoNobel claims its subsidiary International paint and the Gold Standard Foundation have launched the first maritime carbon credit earnings scheme. Monitored by the Gold Standard Foundation International will offer to share, with ship operators, the carbon credits accrued through the switch to biocide free coatings, such as the paint company's Intersleek coating, from standard biocidal coatings. The system will work by agreeing a base fuel cost structure for a vessel that is then coated with the new biocide free paint and any savings in fuel costs will be generated as carbon credits to be shared with the paint company.