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Environment
Jennifer Dudley-Nicholson

RARE PHOTOS: Why the carbon offset swear jar needs an overhaul - The Real Truth

Firms are re-thinking their use of carbon offsets, sometimes used to abate fossil fuel emissions. (Diego Fedele/AAP PHOTOS)

Carbon offsets seemed like an environmentally savvy investment for food packaging firm BioPak when the company invested in a solar power project in Southeast Asia.

But over more than a decade, the project's price rose, its transparency fell and Gary Smith's firm started to question whether it was the best way to cut emissions.

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