Review of carbon emissions offsetting guidelines using instructional criteria
Helppi, O., Salo, E., Vatanen, S., Pajula, T., & Grönman, K. (2023). Review of carbon emissions offsetting guidelines using instructional criteria. International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment, 28(7), 924-932. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11367-023-02166-w
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International Journal of Life Cycle AssessmentPäivämäärä
2023Oppiaine
Sustainable BusinessResurssiviisausyhteisöKestävä liiketoiminta ja talous (painoala)Yritysten ympäristöjohtaminenSustainable BusinessSchool of Resource WisdomSustainable Business and Economy (focus area)Corporate Environmental ManagementTekijänoikeudet
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Purpose: Carbon offsetting is one of the tools that companies can use to achieve their climate targets. The ability of a company to offset its emissions successfully depends on the availability and quality of guidance on the subject. This study explores how well existing offsetting guidelines equip corporations to achieve successful emissions offsetting.
Methods: Instructional criteria were developed and used to evaluate seven guidelines. The contents of each guideline were assessed based on how they instruct a company to achieve emissions offsetting that fulfills five criteria for appropriate offsetting: target affiliation, Paris compatibility, effectiveness, prioritizing removals, and transparency.
Results and discussion: The review revealed that necessary instructions enabling appropriate emissions offsetting were absent in the guidelines. Moreover, the degree of climate ambition and the role of offsetting varied between guidelines. Deficiencies in emissions offsetting guidance may increase the uncertainty of companies’ succeeding in offsetting their emissions.
Conclusions: Developing guidance on emissions offsetting could benefit society and corporations by increasing the certainty of achieving successful emissions offsetting. Standardizing corporate emissions offsetting could be considered as one solution for unifying the practice. The practical life-cycle implications of current ambiguity in guidelines are a direction for future research.
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Open Access funding provided by Technical Research Centre of Finland (VTT). The research was conducted as part of the Carbon Neutrality Empowered by Handprint Project, co-funded by Business Finland, Borealis Polymers Oy, Fortum Power and Heat Oy, Oy Hartwall Ab, HyXo Oy, Höyrytys Oy, Konecranes Oy, Martela Oyj, Neste Oyj, Urbaser Oy, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd, and the Lappeenranta-Lahti University of Technology LUT. ...Lisenssi
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