Climate target organisation faces staff revolt over carbon-offsetting plan
by Patrick Greenfield and Fiona Harvey from Environment | The Guardian on (#6M0FK)
Employees at SBTi have called for their CEO to resign over controversial plans which they fear will enable greenwashing
Staff at one of the world's leading climate-certification organisations have called for the CEO and board members to resign after they announced plans to allow companies to meet their climate targets with carbon offsets.
They fear that companies will use the offsets for greenwashing, while avoiding making the necessary cuts in greenhouse gas emissions - without which the world faces climate catastrophe.
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