"offset responsibility" is a correct phrase that can be used in written English.
It refers to the act of shifting or balancing responsibility onto someone or something else. Example: The company tried to offset responsibility for the environmental damage onto the government, but the public saw through their tactics.
The first-law and the second-law analysis of thermodynamics have shown that constructing a green terminal building complex may not offset its CO2 emissions responsibility unless a very intensive re-forestation activity is implemented and the site is properly re-selected.
Because of constant touring (and hence, air travel), many members of the dance music community are leaving a massive carbon footprint that I believe is our responsibility to offset as best we can, in this case, raising money and awareness.
The more energy Israel spends on opposing criticism, manufacturing its own reports to offset condemnations, and taking less responsibility (standing behind their acts while not admitting their mistakes), the less legitimacy it will have in the world.
Mr. Obama's explanations can offset, but not erase, an incumbent's responsibility for results.
Millions of dollars from the sale of federal lands has been set aside to meet federal requirements — typically the responsibility of local governments — to offset environmental damage from the city's sprawling growth.
So the claim that fiscal responsibility requires immediate spending cuts to offset the cost of disaster relief is just wrong, in both theory and practice.
Our study shows that many Indigenous people engage in carbon offset schemes as part of their broader cultural responsibility for landscapes, and that they seek to grow the relationship between social and ecological benefits.
To ensure that children have equal opportunities, policymakers have the responsibility to develop measures that can offset the negative effects of separation on children (Mooney et al. 2009).
We also are aware, though, that we have a responsibility to do what we can to offset the low expectations in this critical area of American history.
Part of the increase in funding (US$1.66 million) is a result of the decentralization of project operational responsibility to country offices, which, under the net budget, is offset by an equivalent increase in support cost income.
