tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4434108347727659251.post2075894885209783023..comments2022-06-29T08:53:03.580+02:00Comments on Compas Pascal: Buying CO2 credits doesn't make IT CO2 neutralUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4434108347727659251.post-37363314057291912902009-10-08T07:29:17.596+02:002009-10-08T07:29:17.596+02:00Andrew, how does a company get its credits in the ...Andrew, how does a company get its credits in the first place, then?Lars Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06217303713945608384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4434108347727659251.post-36563714526680013812009-10-08T00:34:57.608+02:002009-10-08T00:34:57.608+02:00In the US, the major exchange on which carbon cred...In the US, the major exchange on which carbon credits may be bought doesn't have carbon credits from other companies reducing their output. Carbon credits must be bought from companies actually sequestering carbon dioxide (for instance, in pine forests). There are further regulations put in place by the exchange as to how long the pine trees must remain standing and alive, to prevent theRamblerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17326829044823650631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4434108347727659251.post-59317303210270103952009-07-29T17:16:34.267+02:002009-07-29T17:16:34.267+02:00This is all about bringing good old fashionned mar...This is all about bringing good old fashionned market forces to Carbon emissions: buying CC may still be cheaper nowadays than fixing your emissions, but that's mostly temporary. Costs will go up as demand grows, if production does not follow (here production = carbon emission cuts).<br /><br />CC are cheap currently because of the crisis, production is still low (relatively). When things Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05912696305224378407noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4434108347727659251.post-55455670105251622372009-07-27T14:53:06.246+02:002009-07-27T14:53:06.246+02:00I think you are right.
We have come across a few ...I think you are right.<br /><br />We have come across a few European companies which are buying Carbon Credits (CC) like crazy from a few of our clients but are not taking or are not ready to take any concrete steps to lower CO2 emission at their end.<br /><br />Just buying CC will not do. Every company that buys CC should also take steps to lower CO2 emission as much as possible in the shortest Yogi Yanghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17700024840897265976noreply@blogger.com