System and method for use in connection with pollutant emissions

A method for incentivizing management or reduction of emission of one or more pollutants in connection with operation of a pollutant-emitting device, said method comprises the following steps performed automatically when the pollutant-emitting device is in operation:

• detecting operation of the device,
• checking whether the detected device under operation is the pollutant-emitting device associated with a subscriber's account that has been previously registered by a subscriber for subscribing to a pollutant offset program for offsetting in a certified or certifiable manner at least part of the quantity of pollutant(s) emitted by the device,
• when the result of the checking step is positive, generating an offset or non-offset status electronic signal, said signal including:
• identification information identifying the detected device under operation,
• pollutant offset information regarding a selected operation mode for operating the device either under a pollutant offset mode or a pollutant non-offset mode of the pollutant offset program, the selected operation mode for operating the device under a pollutant offset mode being representative of a pollution-offset procedure that has been implemented in the pollutant offset program,
• time information representing time at which the device has been detected as operated,
• transmitting said generated offset or non-offset status electronic signal to at least one information system via a wireless communication network,
• activating the at least one information system from information contained in the transmitted generated offset or non-offset status electronic signal so that said system transmits offset incentivization information in real time during operation of the device, said transmitted offset incentivization information indicating whether a pollution-offset procedure has been implemented or not in the pollutant offset program for offsetting in a certified or certifiable manner at least part of the quantity of pollutant(s) currently emitted by the device under operation.