CO2 compensation: companies such as Shell make good use of it. But how does this actually work, and does it help the climate? We discuss this in the first episode of the Climate Issue.
Oil company Shell was reprimanded two years ago in a revolutionary lawsuit. The court ordered the company to reduce its CO2 emissions by almost half. Shell adheres to those rules, but in the meantime can also continue with polluting practices. And all because of one word from the judge.
Sounds like a dream right? Many other large companies think so too. And in the growing world of CO2 compensation, not everything goes smoothly. In this episode of the Climate Issue, Nienke Zoetbrood, Hannah van der Wurff and Trouw editor Frank Straver explain to you what that world looks like.
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Read here what Trouw editor Frank Straver writes about how large companies ‘make up for’ their CO2 emissions.
And: soon companies will have to measure their climate impact and report it to the European Commission.