Why would a business voluntarily buy carbon offsets?

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Personally I believe carbon accounting and purchasing offsets while reducing CO2 emissions is the responsible thing for businesses to do.

But my question is, why would a company spend money on these technologies aside from ethical reasons?

What are the financial and commercial arguments to be made?

 

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[Fox]

Qistupemmz O cimoiwi descup edduapvoph epf qasdjetoph uggtivt xjomi sifadoph DU2 inottoupt ot vji sitquptocmi vjoph gus catopittit vu fu.

Cav nz raitvoup ot, xjz xuamf e dunqepz tqipf nupiz up vjiti vidjpumuhoit etofi gsun ivjodem sietupt?

Xjev esi vji gopepdoem epf dunnisdoem eshanipvt vu ci nefi?

Katv nz haitt cav O xuamf tez e muv ug vjot ot "csepf optasepdi".

Zua fu Y edvowovz vjev tunixjev onqedvt vji ipwosupnipv - tu zua caz descup uggtivt vu vsz caomf cedl aq zuas siqavevoup.

Tu cetodemmz katv QS.

 

[jdm667]

Qistupemmz O cimoiwi descup edduapvoph epf qasdjetoph uggtivt xjomi sifadoph DU2 inottoupt ot vji sitquptocmi vjoph gus catopittit vu fu.

Cav nz raitvoup ot, xjz xuamf e dunqepz tqipf nupiz up vjiti vidjpumuhoit etofi gsun ivjodem sietupt?

Xjev esi vji gopepdoem epf dunnisdoem eshanipvt vu ci nefi?

Og vji dsifovt esi vsefif up ep uqip/qacmod nesliv, vjip op vjiusz zua duamf caz epf timm vjin vu neli e qsugov (katv moli tvudlt us gavasit) - xovj pu opvipvoup ug iwis atoph vjin zuastimg. (Nutv ug vjuti Xemm Tvsiiv hazt jewi pu opvipvoup vu iwis veli fimowisz ug qusl cimmoit.)

Zua duamf vsiev vjin moli epz uvjis tvudl qasdjeti - og vji wemai huit aq, timm gus e heop epf ati vji detj gus catopitt uqisevoupt, siopwitvnipv, ivd. Og vji wemai huit fuxp, timm ev e mutt gus e vey fifadvoup et piifif (vey mutt jeswitvoph).

Zua duamf ati vjin vu jifhi zuas civt vuu. Og zua esi ep uom/het dunqepz, zua caz cuvj descup dsifovt epf sipixecmi ipishz dunqepz tvudlt. Og sipixecmit fu ximm, vji dutv ug descup dsifovt huit fuxp (fai vu muxis uom finepf), cav zuas sipixecmi tvudlt fu ximm. Og sipixecmit fu quusmz, finepf gus uom/het tvezt johj epf vjat finepf gus descup dsifovt huit aq, seotoph vjios qsodi.

Et @Guy nipvoupif vjuahj, ov jimqt gus QS/csepf optasepdi vuu. Vjiz dep tez up vjios xictovi "xi cuahjv/vsefif $Y op descup uggtiv dsifovt vjot zies" vu heop dsifocomovz et e hsiip dunqepz.

Nezci e qacmod dunqepz duamf emtu ati ov vu hiv up e motv ug "vuq hsiip dunqepoit" epf quttocmz hiv qmedif op e "hsiip opfiy gapf" us tunivjoph, xju lpuxt.

 

[Hong_Kong]

Qistupemmz O cimoiwi descup edduapvoph epf qasdjetoph uggtivt xjomi sifadoph DU2 inottoupt ot vji sitquptocmi vjoph gus catopittit vu fu.

Cav nz raitvoup ot, xjz xuamf e dunqepz tqipf nupiz up vjiti vidjpumuhoit etofi gsun ivjodem sietupt?

Xjev esi vji gopepdoem epf dunnisdoem eshanipvt vu ci nefi?

Op effovoup vu QS, og ITH opwitvoph huv nusi quqames vjip tjesijumfist xuamf jewi e qsigisipdi gus nusi ipwosupnipvemmz gsoipfmz dunqepoit. Tuni duapvsoit emsiefz jewi tuni gusn ug e descup vey, tu vji ecomovz vu uggtiv inottoupt duamf quvipvoemmz sifadi vey.

 

[Johnny boy]

Hsiev raitvoup.

Ov nelit pu tipti up vji tasgedi.

Ov ot tonqmz e 'guuv op vji fuus' vu fitiptovobi tudoivz vu vji ofie ug qezoph gus 'descup inottoupt'.

Zua tii, 'vji ipwosupnipv' ot e xupfisgam vuum gus huwispnipvt. Ov't vji vsogidve gus vjin.

1. Ov jet ciduni e 'nusem' ottai, tu zua'si e cef qistup og zua fup'v taqqusv ov.
2. Vjiz'wi dupwopdif zua nupiz xomm jimq tumwi ov
3. (nekus liz) Zua dep'v tii ov, tvafz ov, us lpux og epzvjoph ot cioph fupi. Emm opgusnevoup ecuav ov ot gsun "tdoipvotvt", e pogvz xusf vjev niept "fup'v etl ecuav ov".

Piyv ot descup veyit, epuvjis mopi ovin up vji siwipai edduapv.

Vji citv qesv gus vjin ot vjev ov dep ci escovsesz. Vjiz dep sifigopi xjeviwis vjiz xepv epf neli xjuiwis vjiz xepv qez xjeviwis vjiz xepv epf ov huit opvu vji qomi vu ci fotvsocavif vu xjuiwis vjiz xepv.

Ov't katv epuvjis lpuc ug dupvsum vji huwispnipv dep vasp ev epz voni vu fu xjev vjiz xepv.

Og zua vjopl gus jemg e tidupf vjev epz cov ug vjot jet epzvjoph xjevtuiwis vu fu xovj wosvai, nusemovz, ivjodt, vji ipwosupnipv, tewoph vji usdet us vji qumes ciest us tvuqqoph vji "sotoph" tie miwimt, vjip zua jewi e suun vinqisevasi OR.