GreenBiz: 4 steps companies can take to offset carbon emissions and protect forests

Global greenhouse gas emissions, even as they dropped last month to their lowest levels in more than a decade due to the COVID-19 pandemic, have fueled the ongoing climate crisis. Individuals and companies have long tried to reduce their emissions by what is known as carbon offsetting — the practice of compensating for emissions by offsetting them in carbon storage projects. And in recent years, this trend is only accelerating.