Tag: offsetting

• Joint statement – 80+ civil society organisations reject the use of carbon offsets

  More than 80 leading civil society organisations, including ECOS, have issued a joint statement rejecting the use of carbon offsets to meet corporate climate targets. We call on accounting bodies like the Science-Based Targets Initiative (SBTi) and the Greenhouse Gas Protocol to continue excluding offsets and stick to scientifically-sound methodologies for tracking corporate climate efforts.

• Climate neutrality standard could add to greenwashing toolkit despite EU ban on misleading claims, new report shows

  Press release | Companies that make no changes to their usual practices but claim their products or operations are climate neutral by buying carbon offsetting credits are greenwashing – plain and simple. The European Union recently took the same stance with new rules on green claims and empowering consumers. A report from environmental NGO ECOS [1] reveals that a new international standard rubberstamps practices that are in contradiction to these laws and are not aligned with the goals of the Paris Agreement [2].

• The do’s and don’ts of green claims – takeaways from ECOS Annual Conference 2023

  The ECOS Annual Conference 2023 focused on how we should communicate environmental information to ensure reliability and transparency. It offered exciting insights on combating greenwashing while breaking down the do's and don'ts of green claims.

• The do’s and don’ts of green claims – join ECOS Annual Conference!

  Green claims, including those promising ‘climate neutral’, or ‘nature positive’ products and companies have become mainstream. Are they credible? Should we believe them?