The Ethics of Carbon Neutrality: A Critical Examination of Voluntary Carbon Offset Providers

Dhanda, Kanwalroop Kathy; Hartman, Laura P.

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“…However, most of that work is still conceptual or focuses on a single label or single sector. For instance, Raynolds et al (2007) compare governance of five labels in the coffee sector; Silva-Castaneda (2011) examines one scheme for palm oil, which Partzsch (2011) compares with another; Dhanda and Hartman (2011) focus on carbon offset schemes; etc. Blackman and Rivera (2011) is an exception, reviewing studies of the effectiveness of a wider range of eco-labels from the producer's perspective, finding little empirical evidence either way.…”

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“…Kollmuss et al (2008), cited in Dhanda and Hartman (2011), include third-party verification as a requirement for carbon offset standards to be credible. Various studies have demonstrated that voluntary programs deliver better results if they involve external monitoring: Potoski and Prakash (2005) and Darnall and Kim (2012) in the context of ISO 14001 certification, Graffin and Ward (2010) in the context of Baseball Hall of Fame, or Behnam and MacLean (2011) for international accountability standards.…”

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Governance of Eco-Labels: Expert Opinion and Media Coverage

Castka

Corbett

2014

J Bus Ethics

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Eco-labels'' are an increasingly important form of private regulation for sustainability in areas such as carbon emissions, water consumption, ethical sourcing, or organic produce. The growing interest and popularity of eco-labels has also been coupled with growing concerns about their credibility, in part because the standard-setting and conformity assessment practices that eco-labels adopt exhibit striking differences. In this paper, we assess which assurance practices contribute to eco-labels being perceived as better governed, in the eyes of experts as well as the media. Unlike previous studies, which are mostly conceptual, qualitative, or focused on one or few eco-labels, we study a large set of eco-labels, combining data from three different sources. Our findings suggest that experts and media are primarily concerned about ''re-assurance'' practices, looking for one or preferably multiple layers of ''re-assurance'' that independent parties are overseeing the eco-label and the firms certified under it.

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Section: Assurance Practicesmentioning

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Governance of Eco-Labels: Expert Opinion and Media Coverage

Castka

Corbett

2014

J Bus Ethics

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“…Voluntary schemes, such as the CDM Gold Standard, have attempted to value the conditions of life around CDM projects and have been profitable for a limited number of CDM market actors (Dhanda and Hartman, 2011). For example, the consultancy firms which verify the additional social and environmental standards benefit from increased business, project developers receive a premium price for their offsets, and the polluting companies that purchase them gain additional marketing benefits beyond simple compliance (Paterson, 2010, page 361).…”

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‘Fixing’ the climate crisis: capital, states, and carbon offsetting in India

2015

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Abstract. The paper analyzes dynamics of accumulation and displacement in the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM). It combines the theoretical work of David Harveyand James O'Connor with a case study of the Gujarat Fluorochemicals Limited HFC-23 destruction project in Gujarat, India. The framework is used to connect the factors driving opportunities for capital accumulation in the CDM market with the causes of social and ecological dislocation at the local project level. We argue that the CDM is a spatial fix to the ecological crisis of climate change which secures conditions of production for fossil fuel industries and promotes new sites of accumulation for other companies. The politicaleconomic 'fix' is dependent on 'fixing' a global sociospatial divide between developed and developing countries down to 'fixed' projects at the local level. This spatial fix facilitates a displacement of the costs of responding to the climate crisis from North to South.

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“…In terms of waste hierarchy, however, this practice may be near the bottom, as the amount of waste remains stable. Others have critiqued offsetting for its presumed lack of scientific legitimacy stemming from the inherent uncertainty of calculating the carbon footprint of particular activities (such as set building) or the moral complications of discharging environmental duties by pricing carbon [28][29][30].…”

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Greening the Screen: An Environmental Challenge

Özdemirci

2016

Humanities

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Environmental themes and representations on screen are examined as a part of environmental social studies and can be considered a way of creating awareness of environmental issues. However, how often do we consider the environmental impact of a film or television shoot as an industrial process? In this article, I examine the sustainability practices in the motion picture industry and challenges to that by focusing on the British film and television industry as a case study. Using the interviews with industry representatives and some case studies, I discuss the possibilities of creating a change in behavior in the film industry, not only in terms of embedding green measures but also reconstituting industrial mechanisms on behalf of environmental sustainability.

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The Ethics of Carbon Neutrality: A Critical Examination of Voluntary Carbon Offset Providers

Abstract: Carbon emissions, global warming, offsets, carbon neutrality, ethics, sustainability,

Cited by 88 publications

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Governance of Eco-Labels: Expert Opinion and Media Coverage

Governance of Eco-Labels: Expert Opinion and Media Coverage

‘Fixing’ the climate crisis: capital, states, and carbon offsetting in India

Greening the Screen: An Environmental Challenge

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