How does corporate carbon offsetting work ?

In order to stabilize the average temperature of the globe, we need to move towards carbon neutrality on a global scale. Some emissions are intimately linked to the existence of an activity : they cannot be reduced. Carbon offsetting thus makes it possible to provide a partial response to residual emissions.

Carbon offsetting projects make it possible to store, reduce or avoid GHG emissions. Voluntary carbon offsetting allows project owners to access funding that they wouldn't otherwise have been able to receive.

Each ton of CO2e avoided gives rise to the issue of a carbon credit, which will be purchased by a final customer, wishing to offset part of its emissions.

As a company, you have the opportunity to reduce your carbon footprint with Selectra using services such as:

• Our carbon accounting service, available by email [email protected], which calculates and draws up a carbon balance sheet for companies, and helps them reduce their carbon emissions ;
• The Green Card, which raises awareness among your employees and partners of the fight against global warming.

Certified carbon offset projetcs

As a portofolio manager of sustainable projects, Selectra Climate Consulting knows the international carbon market and helps you select the porject of your choice.

A company's carbon offset shouldn't replace the reduction of GHG emissions'reduction

The impact of each project is quantified and the projects are assessed by certifying bodies, but to act appropriately, it's necessary to ensure the long term effectiveness of the various projects funded. Wheter it's avoidance, sequestration or reduction, our projects meet a number of criteria to be certified.

• Climate Consulting's projects meet the following criteria :
• Added value: without the aditionnal funding from the offsett market, the project wouldn't have been possible.
• Conservatives assumptions : in the evaluation of projects, the avoided emissions (tonnes of CO2e) must be quantified to assess the number of carbon credits to be issued. The assumptions are then conservatives in order to not overestimate the efficieny of a project.
• Risk management : they are risks that compromise the ability of absorption and avoidance of CO2e emissions. These risks are analysed and anticipated so that the project can still achieve a long-term reduction.

An additional action for your employees: the Green Pack

Selectra has launched the Green Pack: an eco-friendly gift for companies to raise awareness among your employees. Selectra has created the Carbon Offset Gift Card with the aim of raising awareness of global warming by calculating the average carbon footprint of the card's beneficiaries and funding an environmental project to the extent of their emissions. Once a company purchases the Green Pack, they will receive an email which details all the information related to the purchase.

Four formulas are available for purchase. However, it is entirely possible to modify the amount of CO2 to be offset for any company wishing to offer a personalized gift.

Choose your gift card!

 

How does corporate carbon offsetting work?

Carbon offsetting is the process of offsetting unavoidable carbon emissions by financing an environmental project.

Compliance or voluntary carbon offsetting?

In the UK, carbon offsetting in companies is either mandatory or voluntary:

1. The compliance carbon market, also called regulated carbon market, is used by companies and governments that by law have to account for their greenhouse gas emissions.
2. The voluntary carbon market has been created for individuals and companies that are not bound by the legally binding limits of the UK Emissions Trading System (UK ETS). The carbon offset gift card is therefore aimed at voluntary companies that want to finance an environmental initiative, such as the Gandhi project.