Carbon Clear
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Carbon Clear is a carbon management consultancy specialising in helping organisations to reduce their carbon impact. Carbon Clear is a founding member of the International Carbon Reduction and Offset Alliance (ICROA).
. Since then the market for carbon management services has grown in line with the need for private and public sector organisations to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions, in response to new climate change legislation and the imperative for voluntary action.
With headquarters in London, UK, the company now operates offices the USA, Spain, France and Turkey. It was recognised by the ENDS Report in 2008 as a Quality Offset Provider.
services to ISO 14064
Standard and PAS 2050 standards. It
develops its own carbon offset projects, and sources Voluntary Carbon Standard
or Gold Standard
offset credits from projects around the world.
Carbon Clear was on the steering committee of the BSI's PAS 2060
standard for carbon neutrality, and offers an 'other party' certification service for organisations wishing to achieve net zero carbon emissions by offsetting the carbon emissions not reduced by a carbon management plan. The company also offers consultancy services for organisations that must comply with the UK Government's CRC Energy Efficiency Legislation.
Company History
In the 2005, sustainable energy expert Jamal Gore and entrepreneur Mark Chadwick set up Carbon Clear to help organisations and individuals to manage the challenges presented by climate changeClimate change
Climate change is a significant and lasting change in the statistical distribution of weather patterns over periods ranging from decades to millions of years. It may be a change in average weather conditions or the distribution of events around that average...
. Since then the market for carbon management services has grown in line with the need for private and public sector organisations to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions, in response to new climate change legislation and the imperative for voluntary action.
With headquarters in London, UK, the company now operates offices the USA, Spain, France and Turkey. It was recognised by the ENDS Report in 2008 as a Quality Offset Provider.
Services
Carbon Clear offers organisational carbon footprintCarbon footprint
A carbon footprint has historically been defined as "the total set of greenhouse gas emissions caused by an organization, event, product or person.". However, calculating a carbon footprint which conforms to this definition is often impracticable due to the large amount of data required, which is...
services to ISO 14064
ISO 14064
The ISO 14064 standards are part of the ISO 14000 series of International Standards for environmental management. The ISO 14064 standards provide governments, businesses, regions and other organisations with an integrated set of tools for programs aimed at measuring, quantifying and reducing...
Standard and PAS 2050 standards. It
develops its own carbon offset projects, and sources Voluntary Carbon Standard
Voluntary Carbon Standard
The Verified Carbon Standard formerly the Voluntary Carbon Standard is a quality standard for voluntary carbon offset industry. Based on the Kyoto Protocol's Clean Development Mechanism, VCS establishes criteria for validating, measuring, and monitoring carbon offset projects....
or Gold Standard
CDM Gold Standard
The Gold Standard is the world's only independent standard for creating high-quality emission reductions projects in the Clean Development Mechanism Joint Implementation and Voluntary Carbon Market. It was designed to ensure that carbon credits are not only real and verifiable but that they make...
offset credits from projects around the world.
Carbon Clear was on the steering committee of the BSI's PAS 2060
BSI PAS 2060
PAS 2060 is a specification detailing how to demonstrate carbon neutrality produced and published by the British Standards Institution.- History :...
standard for carbon neutrality, and offers an 'other party' certification service for organisations wishing to achieve net zero carbon emissions by offsetting the carbon emissions not reduced by a carbon management plan. The company also offers consultancy services for organisations that must comply with the UK Government's CRC Energy Efficiency Legislation.
See also
- ICROA (International Carbon Reduction and Offset Alliance)
- Carbon neutrality
- Climate changeClimate changeClimate change is a significant and lasting change in the statistical distribution of weather patterns over periods ranging from decades to millions of years. It may be a change in average weather conditions or the distribution of events around that average...
- Carbon offsets
- Carbon footprintCarbon footprintA carbon footprint has historically been defined as "the total set of greenhouse gas emissions caused by an organization, event, product or person.". However, calculating a carbon footprint which conforms to this definition is often impracticable due to the large amount of data required, which is...