March 28, 2013
Letter from our CEO: response to the recent audit by the BC Office of the Auditor General
March 28, 2013
Dear Valued Partners and Friends,
I am writing today to voice my concern...
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February 05, 2013
Letter to the Editor: Response to, "Great Bear carbon offsets need scrutiny"
(This letter was submitted to The Vanouver Sun on February 5, 2013.)
MLA Bob Simpson&rsq...
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December 17, 2012
An Announcement from our CEO, James Tansey
Dear Friends,
We’re delighted to share that late Friday we formally announced our me...
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November 28, 2012
Upcoming BCTIA CTO Group: Big Data
On December 6th, Joerg Germann, our CTO will be chairing a British Columbia Technology Industry ...
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June 04, 2012
BlackOutSpeakOut
Canada's major environmental organizations, together with leading charities, unions, bloggers, an...
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May 17, 2012
Into the Groove... Pants
If you’ve noticed that the Offsetters team has been looking rather blissful and bendy latel...
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April 24, 2012
Climate leadership in BC: a look at the legislation
British Columbia is a leader in climate policy, and we’re proud to be headquartered in a pr...
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April 17, 2012
Earth Day 2012
This year, 6 million Canadians will join 1 billion people in over 170 countries in staging events...
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April 16, 2012
Renewable Natural Gas for Business
FortisBC is now offering renewable natural gas for businesses that want to support a BC-made, car...
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March 29, 2012
Eclipse Awards wins an award of their own - BC's Best Employer from Small Business BC
We’d like to congratulate our friends at Eclipse Awards who were recently recognized as BC&...
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February 18, 2012
Wade Davis Will Not Remain Silent on Saving the Sacred Headwaters
Canadian anthropologist, best selling author and National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence, Wade ...
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February 18, 2012
North America's First Carbon Neutral Airline: The Harbour Air Story
A group of forward-thinking Harbour Air employees presented an idea to management in 2007 &ndash...
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January 03, 2012
Best's Review Recognizes Optimum General for Successful Innovation
Optimum General has been recognized for its Green Home Extension in the Innovators Showcase, publ...
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December 20, 2011
Flawed figures, Squandered Leadership
By James Tansey
The climate conference in Durban could have had a very different outcome, but in...
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December 13, 2011
Celebrate a Low Carbon Christmas With These Holiday Reductions Tips
It's the most wonderful time of the year! What’s not to love? Ugly Christmas sweater partie...
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December 13, 2011
Durban: delegates worked overtime to reach agreement
By Neil Thomson
It’s hard enough to get a room full of people from the same culture to ag...
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December 09, 2011
Down to the wire: Green Climate Fund, binding agreements and Terry Lake’s take on things
Dispatches from Durban - Day 11
By Neil Thomson
We’ve entered the final day of negotiati...
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December 08, 2011
Running on fumes: consultation by Ministers, regional action, and emissions trading as Durban winds down
Dispatches from Durban – Day 10
By Neil Thomson
People seem to be running on fumes at thi...
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December 07, 2011
Canada out of Kyoto, China offers possibilities, & nations look for common ground
Dispatches From Durban - Day 8
It’s been an action packed day in Durban with South African...
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December 06, 2011
EU pushing large emitters for statement of intent in Durban
DISPATCHES FROM DURBAN, DAY 9
By Neil Thomson
The Canadian youth delegation protested Ministe...
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December 05, 2011
Weekend at COP17: World Climate Summit, World Forest Day & Nasa
Dispatches From Durban - Day 7
This morning I asked Rajendra Pachauri, chair of the IPCC, what h...
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December 02, 2011
Preparing for the high-level ministers at COP17
Dispatches From Durban - Day 6
Further rounds of negotiations took place on Friday as delegates ...
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December 01, 2011
Today in Durban: Kyoto focus on second commitment period
Dispatches From Durban - Day 4
Delegates continued their meetings in plenary sessions of the COP...
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November 30, 2011
Durban Opening Sessions underway
Dispatches From Durban - Day 3
On Tuesday, November 29th, delegates from the working groups, AWG...
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November 29, 2011
Durban welcomes world climate leaders
Dispatches From Durban - Day 2
The United Nations Climate Change Conference in Durban, South Afr...
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November 28, 2011
Dispatches from Durban
As the world watches, the seventeenth session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 17) begins t...
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November 17, 2011
Upcoming Offsetters Webinar: Carbon Management for Municipalities
DATE: Wednesday, December 7, 2011TIME: 10:00 am - 10:45 am PSTCOST: FreeRegistration: https://www...
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November 09, 2011
British Columbia as a climate change innovation laboratory
Our CEO, Dr. James Tansey, was recently invited to write a piece for Climate Change - The New Eco...
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November 08, 2011
Rethink Wins Gold Award at the ADCCs for Offsetters Iceberg Ice Cube Tray
We're delighted to congratulate our friends at Rethink who have recently won a number of awards ...
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October 18, 2011
Upcoming Offsetters Webinar: An Introduction to Carbon Management
Join us for our upcoming webinar, An Introduction to Carbon Management.Date: Thursday, October 27...
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October 12, 2011
Offsetters CEO, James Tansey, on Bill Good Show
Tune in today at 11am PST to hear our CEO, James Tansey, speak about BC's carbon market on the B...
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September 23, 2011
September 2011 newsletter
Our September 2011 newsletter is now out. Read more.
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September 21, 2011
Innovation, Capital and Carbon Workshop review
The summer has come and gone but I wanted to take this opportunity to call your attention to the ...
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July 22, 2011
A Letter to the Editor: leading by example
A letter to the editor from Offsetters CEO, Dr. James Tansey, in response to the Op/Ed piece, "A ...
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June 30, 2011
Canfor Project in the Pacific Carbon Trust Portfolio
We've added a new biomass fuel switch project to our Pacific Carbon Trust Portfolio of offset pro...
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June 23, 2011
June 2011 newsletter
Our June 2011 newsletter is now out. Read more.
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May 26, 2011
Groupe Aeroplan 2011 portfolio and their Corporate Social Responsibility report
We're excited to have created a custom portfolio of carbon offset projects for our partner Groupe...
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May 25, 2011
May 2011 newsletter
Our May 2011 newsletter is now out. Read more.
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May 13, 2011
Changes to the Alberta Offset System
The regulation for the Alberta Offset System (ABOS) is changing in 2012. There are 2 main change...
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April 13, 2011
Tips for Earth Day and every day
April 22nd may be Earth Day but Offsetters has you covered with why and how you can reduce your c...
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April 05, 2011
Offsetters to speak at Carbon Management Conference
Offsetters' Vice President of Portfolio Management & Trading, Simon Hutton will be presentin...
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March 31, 2011
March 2011 newsletter
Our March 2011 newsletter is now out. Read more.
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February 28, 2011
February 2011 newsletter
Our February 2011 edition of our newsletter is now out. Read more.
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February 10, 2011
Christopher Hakes to speak Carbon Talks, Monday, February 14, 2011
Christopher Hakes, Manager, Client Engagement at Offsetters will be co-presenting a Carbon Talks...
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December 17, 2010
Vancouver 2010 Sustainability Report 2009-10 released
Our goal with the sponsorship of the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games was to ed...
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December 02, 2010
Dispatches from Durban - Day 4 recap
More rounds of negotiations took place on Friday as delegates met in contact groups and for infor...
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November 27, 2010
Kick Off to the Greenest Grey Cup yet
As a partner in the CFL Green Drive® to make the 98th Grey Cup® the greenest yet, we're w...
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November 12, 2010
Congratulations to Rethink at Lotus Awards, including recognition for an Offsetters ad
A hearty congratulations go out to the team at Rethink Communications for earning the most awards...
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October 20, 2010
Congratulations to Morgan McDonald
Morgan McDonald, our Vice President of Research and Development, was recently appointed to the ...
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October 14, 2010
Offsetters is proud to sponsor the 2010 Responsible Travel and Tourism Forum
Held in Toronto, the annual Responsible Travel and Tourism Forum (RTTF) is organized by Baxter Tr...
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October 14, 2010
Offsetters' own Morgan McDonald is speaking at a BC Sustainable Energy Association (BCSEA) fundraiser
Date/time: Thurday, October 14th, 6pmWhere: Alexander Street, VancouverPlease email morgan@offset...
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October 01, 2010
Offsetters is sponsoring Gaining Ground 2010 in Vancouver)
The 2010 Gaining Ground Conference is targeted to practitioners and advocates across a range of f...
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September 01, 2010
Offsetters' recent technical difficulties with online orders
Midway through August we temporarily experienced some technical difficulties with the processing...
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July 06, 2010
James Tansey, President of Offsetters, a finalist for Entrepreneur of the Year
Vancouver, July 6, 2010 -- Offsetters' President, James Tansey was announced as a Pacific finali...
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June 01, 2010
HST changes July 1, 2010
Beginning July 1, 2010 we will apply the Harmonized Sales Tax (HST) in place of the GST as annou...
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March 17, 2010
Offsetters is proud to sponsor GLOBE 2010
Offsetters is proud to be sponsoring GLOBE 2010, one of the world's largest and longest-running ...
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February 15, 2010
Offsetters Receives Vancouver 2010 Sustainability Star
Offsetters is proud to be a recipient of a Vancouver 2010 Sustainability Star for our role in cr...
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February 10, 2010
Resort Municipality of Whistler Executes its Vancouver 2010 Carbon Partner Program Commitment
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 10, 2010 Resort Municipality of Whistler Executes its Vancou...
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January 21, 2010
The Inn at Laurel Point goes carbon neutral!
Victoria hotel becomes BC’s only carbon-neutral property. The Inn at Laurel Point leads B...
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August 12, 2009
Planet in Focus Environmental Filmmaking Gets Greener
Having helped to calculate the GHGs of this important film festival and then donating the offset...
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July 16, 2009
Offsetters' Comments on the Offset Vendor Survey
The David Suzuki Foundation (DSF) and the Pembina Institute published the results of their Offse...
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April 25, 2009
Offsetters' Chris Hakes guest blogs on Changeeverything.ca
Chris is our expert on standards and regulations in the voluntary carbon market, and he gives a ...
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April 21, 2009
M&R Environmental has gone carbon neutral!
We're proud to announce our newest partner - M&R Environmental!
They've been leaders in the ...
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April 07, 2009
Offsetters in "The VW Mountain Challenge"
Working in conjunction with Volkswagen, Offsetters is pleased to participate in a new challenge:...
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March 24, 2009
Our team members guest blog on ChangeEverything.ca
Morgan, Paul and Chris will be guest blogging on ChangeEverything.ca, a community where people w...
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March 01, 2009
BMO Vancouver Marathon 2009 takes on Climate Change with Offsetters
We’re proud to announce that we’ll be working with the BMO Vancouver Marathon to low...
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February 05, 2009
Offsetters becomes the first Canadian company registered with the TZ1
Offsetters became the first Canadian company to be registered with an active Voluntary Carbon St...
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