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Why ‘Carbon Offsets’ Don’t Do All That They Promise
Procter & Gamble Co. plans to spend $100 million on carbon offsets to neutralize a small proportion of its greenhouse gas emissions
Another consumer products giant, Unilever Plc, is foregoing offsets, at least for now. Perhaps surprisingly, it’s Unilever’s course that’s more in line with the urgings of scientists and…
- Akshat Rathi and Ryan Williams
- Bloomberg
That’s because while offsets sound appealing and have drawn investments from companies including Disney, Lyft, Delta Airlines and Apple, there’s a…
1. What are carbon offsets?
A carbon offset is a promissory note to remove a…