Carbon Neutral Certification UK

We are a Carbon Neutral Certified

We partnered with Carbon Neutral Britain to measure and offset our carbon emissions in the UK, taking an important step to reducing our environmental impact.

Our Carbon Neutral Journey

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Achieving Carbon Neutral status in the UK was an important step in our sustainability journey. By measuring our carbon footprint we gained a clearer understanding of where our emissions come from and where we can make the biggest improvements. From reducing our impact to supporting verified environmental projects that offset the emissions we currently produce, this is an important step towards a more sustainable future.

Calculating carbon emissions

We calculated our emissions

We began our journey by calculating our carbon emissions. We worked closely with Carbon Neutral Britain™ to collect all the necessary data, our emissions were then calculated following the ISO 14064 and GHG Emissions Protocol Accounting Standard.

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Carbon offsetting

Projects we support

We offset the carbon emissions we do emit by supporting the following initiatives. These are certified to the highest standards and regulated through the Verra Verified Carbon Standard (VCS), the Gold Standard, Voluntary Emission Reductions (VER) and the United Nations Certified Emission Reductions (CER) programmes.

These are the three largest and most regulated carbon offsetting standards used globally by businesses, ensuring the measurements and tonnes of carbon emissions offset are accurate and verified. Learn more about the projects we support below.

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Additionally, through the Woodland Fund we support UK based initiatives to promote biodiversity and sustainable practices:

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Carbon reduction plan

Net Zero strategy

Our goal is to work towards Net Zero by reducing our carbon emissions year on year. With Carbon Neutral Britain, we have developed a plan focused on targeting our largest sources of emissions, for us this means reducing emissions from business travel. Each year we have a clear reduction target to help us stay on track and continue making progress.

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Carbon Neutral Certificate

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Emission Offsetting Certificate

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How does carbon offsetting stop climate change?

The United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) list carbon offsetting as one of the most impactful ways to tackle climate change.

Increased Carbon Dioxide (CO₂) emissions in the atmosphere are one of the biggest causes of global warming and so by offsetting your carbon footprint - with projects to remove CO₂ from the atmosphere, you can balance out your emissions to become Carbon Neutral.

We can make a difference with small changes to our lifestyle – changing our energy provider and usage, changing what we eat, looking at our plastics use and recycling, changing how and when we travel, as well as many others. However, we cannot stop our carbon footprint completely, and in many cases, large purchases such as electric cars and solar devices are not affordable for everyone.

By becoming carbon neutral, you can offset all the emissions you cannot stop completely - cheaply and effectively - making a positive impact on the climate crisis.

How can you make sure the project is doing what it is supposed to do?

The Verified Carbon Standard (VCS), Gold Standard Voluntary Emission Reductions (VER) and Certified Emission Reductions (CER) programmes have strict measures in place to ensure each project is doing what it is set out to achieve.

This is monitored by third part audits by the Carbon Standards themselves, as well as the host-country national authorities who oversee national implementation.

How is the offsetting regulated?

Despite what many people think, Carbon Offsetting is a very heavily regulated industry with billions of pounds being spent each year by businesses and countries on regulated Carbon Markets.

All of our carbon offsetting projects are certified to the highest standards through the Verified Carbon Standard (VCS), Gold Standard Voluntary Emission Reductions (VER) and Certified Emission Reductions (CER) programmes.

As the three largest, and most regulated offsetting standards in the world - we do not select any project that is not regulated this way as it ensures all of the money spent goes directly to the offsetting initiatives supported. This also ensures the measurements, and tonnes of CO₂ are accurate, and verified. We strongly recommend avoiding any offsetting projects that do not follow these standards.

To qualify for these standards, all projects go through a rigorous and public registration and issuance process, third party audit and are overseen by the CDM Executive Board (appointed by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change), ratified by the Kyoto Protocol. Regulated and verified, the international carbon credits that we use are exactly the same credits as those used by multinational organisations, and even countries in their emission reduction schemes around the world.