Latest Carbon News
Thursday, July 22nd 2010
Energy Efficient cook stoves in Greater Accra, Ghana.
co2balance is currently establishing an energy efficient stove project in Greater Accra, Ghana. This project seeks to improve the indoor air quality, reduce the labour burden of women, and bring new, clean technologies to the region. The improved coo... click here to read more »
Tuesday, July 13th 2010
Carbon emissions threaten fish
Baby fish may become easy meat for predators as the world’s oceans become more acidic due to CO2 fallout from human activity, an international team of researchers has discovered. In a series of experiments reported in the latest issue of the P... click here to read more »
Monday, July 12th 2010
co2balance teams up with LVS to offset mobile phones.
It is estimated that there are up to 90 million redundant phones in the UK – more than one phone for each person. This number continues to grow as we upgrade to new models when our contracts expire. Today, mobile phones have an average lifespan... click here to read more »
How our Offsetting program works
co2balance is unique. No other offset provider is able to offer a range of in-house Verified Emissions Reductions (VERs). Our additionality test is also the strictest anywhere in the world. Put simply, if at least half of the project's capital requirement is not provided by carbon finance, we will not invest in it. To provide additional confidence, all co2balance projects are being accredited under the Gold Standard and Vountary Carbon Standard.