Justin Guest is a partner at Archipelago Eco Investors. He was a keynote speaker at the event. His talk was entitled Carbon Offsetting – Where is your carbon pot best spent?

Once all efforts to improve building fabric and utilise renewable energy sources have been exhausted, carbon offsetting provides the final tool to realise Net Zero Carbon buildings.

Justin is an environmental finance specialist, with 20+ years of experience across various climate finance and renewable markets. As an early participant in global carbon markets, Justin has had a wealth of experience in designing, developing and monetising projects that reduce emissions and capture value through carbon crediting regimes. Justin and his fellow Partner, Lucy, are developing a targeted €100m plastics and climate circularity fund- The Future of Plastics Fund.

“Offsetting is absolutely a legitimate strategy when it is done right”