By Zem Joaquin, ecofabulous.com
EcoFabulous teams up once again with dear friend David Shearer, ecoadvisor to Toyota and Google. In yesterday's post, David delivered the skinny on greenhouse gas (GHG) offsets. Today, David makes sure we know that he's got our back when it comes to the follow through. If you've been moved to buy carbon offsets, here are six questions that David advises us to ask any possible suitor. Learn more at www.climateclean.net.
1. Can you provide detailed information on specific projects that result from your offsets?
2. Which objective standards do you use to demonstrate the high quality of your offsets?
3. Have your offsets been verified against an objective standard by a credible third party source?
4. Do you sell offsets that reduce GHG emissions in the future? If so, how far in the future?
5. How permanent are your offsets - 10 years? 20 years? 50 years? Evidence of permanence?
6. If trees are used for offsets, how do you measure the carbon reductions? How do you ensure that they are not burned or cut down?
Zem Joaquin
ecofabulous.com
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