But Greenpeace policy guru Dr Parr stressed on Twitter: "
Carbon offsetting is not a meaningful response to aviation emissions.
Carbon offsetting helps people compensate for emissions produced from their journeys.
The airline's FlyNeutral voluntary
carbon offsetting program goes above and beyond regulatory obligations for carbon emissions under the New Zealand Emissions Trading Scheme, which Air New Zealand meets.
BNP Paribas (BNPP.PA) has said that it has launched a new voluntary
carbon offsetting platform.
J-VER is a scheme implemented by the Ministry of the Environment of Japan, which verifies credits generated through the emissions reduction and removal of greenhouse gases via domestic projects that can be used for
carbon offsetting.
Exhibiting for the sixth time at FM Expo, which is being held at the Dubai World Trade Centre from 5-8 November 2012, Farnek Avireal's sustainability presentation focused on the practicalities and benefits of adopting
carbon offsetting programmes, and looked at the company's Internet-based energy auditing system - Energy Optimizer.
Exhibiting for the sixth time at the four-day event, Farnek Avireal's sustainability presentation focused on the practicalities and benefits of adopting
carbon offsetting programmes, and looked at the company's Internet-based energy auditing system -- Energy Optimizer.
"To implement
carbon offsetting measures as effectively and efficiently as possible, myclimate has also developed an international network of project partners and resellers, who represent myclimate in their respective countries.
The whole idea of
carbon offsetting is to fund plans that are going to provide additional environmental protection.
For Stephan Wehr, director of Greenhouse Gas Management Services at the Delphi Group in Ottawa, it seems logical to merge positive social impact with
carbon offsetting. He believes that a fair trade carbon credit could appeal to individuals and small-volume purchasers who are already attracted to the label on other products.
Plans to expand
carbon offsetting at the forthcoming UN climate talks could stem the growth of a low carbon economy in the UK according to environmental groups following the publication of a new report.