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New carbon offset standards ‘should bring greater scrutiny’

New carbon offset standards ‘should bring greater scrutiny’

Industry body working on new way to reassure customers schemes will protect the environmentNew standards should bring greater scrutiny of carbon offsets and give buyers confidence their money is helping protect the environment, leading figures in the carbon credits market have insisted, after an investigation by the Guardian revealed widespread problems with offsetting.Annette Nazareth, chair of the Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market, which sets nonbinding principles to which sellers of carbon credits can sign up said the body was working on new standards that should reassure consumers.

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