Grab accused of greenwashing by offering 'junk' carbon offsets

E-hailing company Grab has been accused of greenwashing its impact on climate change by offering customers carbon offsets which are likely to be “junk” or questionable, said environmental watchdog RimbaWatch.

Carbon offsets are additional payments charged to consumers to “offset” the amount of emissions produced from consuming the product, by using the payments to support emission reduction projects elsewhere...