Offsets
Carbon offsetting refers to the purchase of greenhouse gas emission credits to compensate a carbon footprint - the GHG emissions associated with a given activity, product, production process, company, or individual. These credits are generated from projects that reduce greenhouse gas emissions. In order to ensure that any carbon credits acquired are not used subsequently to comply with government regulation or to offset other activities, the certificates are cancelled and, where necessary, removed from government registries. Carbon offsets are therefore a way for individuals, companies and other organisations to compensate their own emissions by investing in emission reductions elsewhere.
