Carbon Reductions, Insetting & Offsetting

What is carbon insetting and how does it fit into the wider challenge for a company to reduce and/or offset its scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions? These concepts aren’t aways easy to grasp. So here’s a visual to illustrate how a coffee company might make use of these different approaches to sustainability.

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This chart shows the total amount of man-made emissions created by the world's biggest polluters.
The amount of atmospheric CO2 has charted a steady climb higher. The Mauna Loa Observatory on the north flank of volcano of the same name
Explore how ‘standards’ establish thresholds and benchmarks that help to measure CO2 reductions, avoidances or removals achieved by carbon projects, produced in collaboration with Verra.
Nationally Determined Contributions: the national targets to reduce greenhouse gas emissions submitted by each country voluntarily under the Paris Agreement.
In the context of economics, an externality is a consequence of a business or industrial activity that affects third parties but which is not reflected

25 June 2026

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The Life Cycle of a Carbon Credit

Explore how ‘standards’ establish thresholds and benchmarks that help to measure CO2 reductions, avoidances or removals achieved by carbon projects, produced in collaboration with Verra.

11 June 2026

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NDCs

Nationally Determined Contributions: the national targets to reduce greenhouse gas emissions submitted by each country voluntarily under the Paris Agreement.

11 June 2026

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Externalities

In the context of economics, an externality is a consequence of a business or industrial activity that affects third parties but which is not reflected in market prices.

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