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What are carbon offsets?
A carbon offset is a service that tries to reduce the net carbon emissions of individuals or organizations indirectly, through proxies who reduce their emissions and/or increase their absorption of greenhouse gases. A wide variety of offset actions are available; tree planting is the most common. Renewable energy and energy conservation offsets are also popular.
Selecting an Offset Provider
The Carbon Concierge has developed a comprehensive set of evaluation criteria to assist individuals and businesses in making informed decisions when choosing offset providers. Click here to review the offset provider evaluation criteria.
Recommended Offset Providers:
The Carbon Concierge is continually reviewing offset providers. At this time, the three providers we recommend are included in the table below, along with a numerical score for performance on each criterion to allow for comparison. By following the links for each provider, you will see a description of how those providers perform against the criteria we have outlined above.
- Climate Trust. Read the commentary of how Climate Trust performs against the above criteria [coming soon], or purchase offsets from Climate Trust.
- Native Energy. Read the commentary of how Native Energy performs against the above criteria [coming soon], or purchase offsets from Native Energy.
- Carbonfund. Read the commentary of how Carbonfund performs against the above criteria [coming soon], or purchase offsets from Carbonfund.
