Including the closely related terms carbon offsetting, and offsetting.
… and those taken out. Carbon offsetting: The financing of carbon reduction or sequestration projects elsewhere, outside of an organisation’s direct operations, in order to ‘balance’ or compensate for emissions. Carbon sink: Anything natural that absorbs and stores carbon from the atmosphere for long periods of time – for example, forests, grasslands, soil and the ocean. A biological or ‘indirect…
…, HDC commissioned the Carbon Trust to calculate the Council’s baseline carbon footprint. Using this baseline, in April 2020, HDC commissioned Anthesis to analyse different methodologies for setting a carbon neutrality target and identifying actions that could be used to reach the targets. Based on the consultants report the Council approved two targets: ‒ Scope 1 and 2 (emissions under…