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Why become carbon neutral?
Successful companies realise that action on climate is critical to their success. These companies reap the rewards of increased revenue, reduced costs, engaging stakeholders and reduced risks.
How can businesses become climate leaders?
The benefits
By becoming carbon neutral business is closing the gap between government commitments and the 1.5 degree target, enabling you to:
Increase revenue
By differentiating yourself in the market
By providing climate leadership you encourage employees to create new products and services
Reduce cost
By changing behaviour on high emission activities like energy use and business travel
Engage stakeholders
By motivating and retaining staff
By demonstrating to investors that you are measuring, disclosing and managing climate risks
Mitigate risks
Reduce the risk of possible future regulation that taxes carbon consumption
Why CarbonNeutral® certification delivers business value
Clear and easy
The CarbonNeutral Protocol has been created by business to clearly define what carbon neutrality is for business. Find out how the Protocol defines carbon neutrality
Used by businesses throughout the world
Hundreds of businesses of all sizes, in all sectors and across the world are working with us to go carbon neutral and join the growing roster of companies benefitting from credible climate action. See examples
Delivering quality and credibility since 2002
We were the first to provide a clear set of guidelines for businesses to achieve carbon neutrality. We update the Protocol annually with input from an advisory board. Find out who we are
Assurance
We back up your carbon neutrality with the publicly-available CarbonNeutral Protocol
Carbon neutrality aligns with other climate action
Internal reduction targets
Using Science-Based Targets and marginal abatement cost curves are effective ways to set an internal reduction goal
Carbon neutrality puts a price of carbon into the business to incentivise internal reductions
Emissions reporting
Becoming carbon neutral requires you to measure your carbon emissions which can also be used for CDP reporting and is recommended by the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures ( TCFD )
Financing low-carbon technologies
Companies which become carbon neutral are financing the most cost-effective solutions being developed to remove emissions from the atmosphere, including many of the solutions identified by Drawdown and Natural Climate Solutions
Business coalitions and campaigns
Becoming carbon neutral enables companies to showcase their commitment as part of broader business coalitions that are lobbying for increased targets and climate ambition, such as RE100 , Step Up Declaration , We Are Still In and Climate Neutral Now
To discuss how CarbonNeutral® certification
can deliver value to your business call:
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