Achieving net zero with carbon offsets: best practices and what to avoid
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The panel
- Asher Brawer, Product manager, carbon zero, ION Commodities
- Lars Kroijer, Founder and managing director, Allied Offsets
- Louis Redshaw, Chief executive officer and founder, Redshaw Advisors
- Moderator: Stella Farrington, Head of content, Energy Risk
The race to net zero is on, with tens of thousands of firms now signed up to carbon reduction targets. The use of carbon offsets from voluntary and compliance markets will play a key role in helping firms reach their net-zero and decarbonisation goals. However, huge challenges exist around how to calculate firms’ own emissions, how to price, trade and track compliance certificates, and how to source, price and track high-quality offset credits from voluntary markets.
This webinar covers:
- Best practices for calculating and tracking your firm’s carbon emissions
- Managing your certificates portfolio – dealing with operational and market-based complexity
- The challenges of trading compliance market certificates
- Deciding what types of voluntary market projects are right for your organisation
- Confidence in the quality of voluntary market certificates – best practices in sourcing
- Accurately pricing voluntary market certificates
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