CarbonNeutral

CarbonNeutral® is the registered trademark of The CarbonNeutral Company and is a global standard to certify that businesses have measured and reduced their CO2 emissions to net zero for their company, products, operations or services.

Permission to display the CarbonNeutral mark is only given to clients whose carbon reduction programme is implemented in accordance with The CarbonNeutral Protocol.

The Protocol enables The CarbonNeutral Company to act as a third party verifier to ensure that the claims of carbon neutrality are credible and grant use of carbon neutral certification. The Protocol assures quality of offset projects, carbon footprint assessments and communication and is regularly reviewed by an Independent Advisory Group. The company’s ‘audit trail’ includes an annual independent verification of CarbonNeutral programmes – from contracts with carbon offset partners through to contracts with clients and everything in between.

Learn more: CarbonNeutral website

Conformity assessment | How is compliance with this ecolabel's standard ensured?

Conformity with CarbonNeutral's standard is verified by an independent organization (third party).

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Applicants are certified against the ecolabels’s criteria before using the label

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The CarbonNeutral Company

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For-profit

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Member of: ICROA CERES All Party Parliamentary Climate Change Group (APPCCG) International Emissions Trading Association (IETA) Carbon Markets and Investors Association (CMIA)

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