Macquarie Rejects 90% of Carbon Projects on Quality Concerns
- Projects missing quality, permanence, economics elements
- Demand for carbon offsets could grow 40-fold by 2050: BNEF
This article is for subscribers only.
Macquarie Group Ltd. is rejecting almost all proposed carbon offset projects because they fall below the firm’s standards, a bank official said at the Asia Climate Summit in Singapore.
The Australian bank has reviewed 110 projects since February, and “probably like 90% of them are out,” Suraj Vanniarachchy, a vice president at the lender, said Thursday. That’s due to “missing elements” related to the quality, permanence, and economics of the projects, he said.