The streamlined climate program for service based companies in North America
Trusted by positive change makers since 2019.
“As business owners we have the privilege and duty to cause no harm to people and the planet. When we do cause harm and create emissions, it's our duty to find ways to reduce and offset them."
–Kelly O’Hara, Founder–Uplift Accounting, a Certified B Corp
Offset Climate Certified® since 2020
How it works
Our concierge approach makes it convenient for you to leverage climate domain expertise typically not staffed in-house by service based companies. Our MORE Framework streamlines your certification process.
1 - Measure
We guide you in gathering relevant operations activity data for your certification period, and benchmark the CO2 emissions that result from those activities, all in-line with the Greenhouse Gas Protocol carbon accounting standard
2 - Offset
We mitigate (offset) your measured CO2 emissions, through our curated portfolio of verified CO2 reduction projects that meet the highest global standards–in your business name providing full transparency
3 - Reduce
We deliver a comprehensive report detailing your CO2 emissions by business activity, including high level suggestions that can help you prioritize business decisions to lower your climate impact moving forward
04 - Engage
We build and host a personalized certification landing web page, and include your business in our certified companies directory–highlighting your commitment to measure and mitigate your business CO2 emissions
What it covers
The most relevant operational CO2 emissions that result from running your service based company (measured on an annual basis):
Scope 1: from burning fuels in your vehicles and / or equipment
Scope 2: from purchased electricity used at your facilities
Scope 3: everything else that makes your business possible, like employees working from home or driving to work, taking flights and staying in hotels
See more details about the Offset Climate Certified® standard–including the CO2 measurement boundary (which GHG Protocol Scope 3 categories are included and why), and verified carbon offset standards.
What it includes
Detailed reporting, plus materials and resources to engage and inform your own team and customers
Comprehensive report: detailing how your CO2 emissions were benchmarked, including results displayed in graphs and emission factors and resources used for full transparency
Certification landing page: a personalized web page built and hosted by us–highlighting your third-party verified climate action
Verified carbon offsets: transparent evidence of you supporting verified CO2 reduction projects as part of your climate action efforts–offsets are retired on public carbon registries in your business name
Guidance and resources for reducing CO2: easy to understand ways to lower the carbon intensity of your operations, directly and indirectly
Explainer content: convenient ways to share and explain the importance and meaning of your certification, for social, blogs and email newsletters
Trusted by service based companies across North America
Jay Buys, CEO
“We’re proud to be a company that lives out its core values.Offset Alliance made the process easy for us, and took the time to really explain details so that we could feel both comfortable with, and excited about our certification.”
Marcella Wentz, President of Ops
“Offset Alliance made the process a breeze from start to finish, and helped educate our team along the way. As a B Corp, we appreciate their ongoing support in fulfilling our commitment to environmental action and reducing carbon emissions.”
Jen Derks, CEO & Creative Director
“As business owners, we have the opportunity to lead by example and encourage policy and dialogue around our impact. When I learned how we could measure and offset our carbon emissions with Offset Alliance it felt like a no brainer.”
Based on global standards, best practices and the most relevant emissions data
Your CO2 emissions measurement is aligned to the global standard Greenhouse Gas Protocol, and uses the most relevant, publicly available emission factors and data. Your CO2 emissions offset supports projects that are third-party verified against the world’s most rigorous CO2 reduction standards.
