Comments on: A Carbon Credit is a Credit…Right? Better check the label! http://www.triplepundit.com/2008/04/a-carbon-credit-is-a-credit-right-better-check-the-label/ Business, Better. Since 2005 Sun, 21 Mar 2010 00:23:12 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Ed Hall http://www.triplepundit.com/2008/04/a-carbon-credit-is-a-credit-right-better-check-the-label/comment-page-1/#comment-12894 Ed Hall Mon, 21 Apr 2008 18:18:31 +0000 http://www.triplepundit.com/wordpress/2008/04/a-carbon-credit-is-a-credit-right-better-check-the-label/#comment-12894 This really helps. Thanks. But now that I understand what goes behind all of this, from a process point of view, I wonder how it plays out on the label. For instance, TerraPass has some pretty detailed information about their projects on their website and they make it seem like their offsets meet the highest standards but then other sites like Native Energy or the non-profit LiveNeutral do the same. Yet none of these sites seem to be using the same criteria. It's particularly confusing when I don't want to be the offset expert, I just want to buy the right offsets for my company and for my family. Help! Also, you hear about the Gold Standard, Green E, Chicago Climate Exchange, and the Voluntary Carbon Standard. Which of these is better? Are they interchangeable from a quality standpoint? This really helps. Thanks. But now that I understand what goes behind all of this, from a process point of view, I wonder how it plays out on the label.
For instance, TerraPass has some pretty detailed information about their projects on their website and they make it seem like their offsets meet the highest standards but then other sites like Native Energy or the non-profit LiveNeutral do the same. Yet none of these sites seem to be using the same criteria.
It’s particularly confusing when I don’t want to be the offset expert, I just want to buy the right offsets for my company and for my family. Help!
Also, you hear about the Gold Standard, Green E, Chicago Climate Exchange, and the Voluntary Carbon Standard. Which of these is better? Are they interchangeable from a quality standpoint?

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