Verified climate action
2023, 2022
Vianova Inc. is taking proactive efforts to address global CO2 emissions that result from business operations.
Through Offset Climate Certified®, the CO2 emissions resulting from their business activities have been third-party measured, and voluntarily mitigated through verified Greenhouse Gas (GHG) reduction projects.
Since joining Offset Climate Certified®, Vianova Inc. has supported the verified reduction of 59 mT of CO2.
To put this in perspective it would take 976 tree seedlings TEN YEARS to draw down this much CO2 (US EPA).
Vianova Inc.’s measured and meaningful climate action helps accelerate verified CO2 reductions at scale.
Measured
Year measured: 2023
Total measured CO2 emissions: 22.5 metric tonnes
Offset
Year offset: 2023
Offset amount: 34 metric tonnes CO2 (150% of measured emissions)
Offset retirements: Crow Lake Wind 15 | SPLT 5 | Escuela de Minas 14
Reduction focus
Avoid non-essential air travel / Optimize client designs with minimal energy requirements / Purchase from vendors demonstrating transparent environmental stewardship / Encourage and support lower carbon transportation / Opt into renewable energy
Engagement focus
Customers: share certification details and encourage they explore for themselves
Vendors/Partners: educating about commitment to being Offset Climate Certified® and why it’s a priority
Where Vianova Inc. supported independently verified CO2 reductions to mitigate their 2023 business emissions
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SOUTH DAKOTA
The Crow Lake Wind Project project produces 162 MW of renewable power–enough to supply as many as 129,000 homes.
Why it’s important: South Dakota is one of the United States’ top 10 energy consuming states per capita, historically relying on fossil fuel intensive energy production.
Standard: VerraUN SDGs: 7, 8, 11, 13
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COLORADO
SPLT is an accredited land trust leveraging carbon finance to acquire and preserve shortgrass prairie ecosystems in Colorado.
Why it’s important: avoids land conversion to agriculture / commercial development and provides refuge for native wildlife including the swift fox, ferruginous hawk, burrowing owl, and mountain plover.
Standard: Climate Action Reserve UN SDGs: 13, 15
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COLOMBIA
Escuela de Minas is a run-of-river hydroelectric plant lowering the carbon intensity of increasing electricity production in southern Marinilla, Colombia.
Why it’s important: avoids the addition of fossil fuel intensive energy production, and increases the share of renewables as energy demand rises due to economic growth in the region.
Standard: Verra UN SDGs: 4, 7, 8, 13
