LowCO2 Certification

LowCO2 Certified Companies have committed to reduce their Impact toward Climate Change.

LowCO2 certification demonstrates that a company has reduced its impact from energy usage, staff travel and waste. The embodied emissions from any other goods and services purchased by a company from within the economy are not included.

LowCO2 certification is metered through completion of a carbon audit to determine the carbon footprint from energy usage, staff travel and waste. This footprint is taken as the company’s baseline carbon footprint.

Once the audit is completed, companies must commit to meet a certain emissions reduction goal (as a percentage of the calculated baseline) over the course of the coming year. A LowCO2 logo is given to the client to use, with the stated reduction commitment contained inside the logo.

Emissions are monitored through out the year and a re-audit required each 12 months. The re-audit determines whether the pledged emission reductions were achieved and whether carbon credits are required to meet the reduction goal.

In this way, certified companies can guarantee that they will meet their stated reduction goal.

LowCO2 certified companies are able to market their certification by applying their logo to web pages, business cards and letterheads, but not products. Companies can additionally elect to make products carbon neutral if they wish, though this is achieved through a different process.

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For more information on the certification process, click here.