Climate Change is the greatest challenge of our time. We need every company in the world to measure, reduce and balance their emissions with high-quality carbon removals. The Climate Action Standard provides high-quality independent verification that an organisation has legitimately measured, balanced and will reduce its carbon footprint. This enables businesses to enact real climate action and make a confident net zero, carbon neutral or carbon positive claim.
Principles
The Climate Action Standard is designed to prioritise real impact. We make sure your funds go as far as possible towards reducing emissions and removing carbon. With less being spent on software, consulting and administration. The Climate Action Standard requires companies to disclose their 'climate action efficacy'. Which is the percentage of their funds with the standard that is actually going to fight climate change.
Why take your business to carbon zero?
Competitive Advantage
Customers are increasingly demanding low carbon products with real sustainability credentials. Ensuring your brand is ahead on sustainability is a great way to attract customers and gain a competitive edge.
Staff retention
Many studies have now shown that the majority of the workforce prefers to work for companies that are taking climate change and sustainability seriously. Particularly for early career recruitment.
Procurement
Most large companies are reporting on their supply chain emissions. To continue to supply to these large companies you will need to report on your emissions data at a minimum, and in many cases be on path to carbon zero. Amazon has required every one of their suppliers to measure and reduce their emissions.
Get ahead of legislation
Government is introducing increasing climate policy. For example every publicly listed (NZX) company now has to report on and reduce their emissions.
Lending requirements
Many banks now are requiring companies to map, reduce and balance their emissions to meet lending criteria.
It’s the right thing to do
Climate change is the greatest challenge of our time and we need every business to be cutting emissions and investing in nature.
Our Programmes
Our emissions reduction certification certifies that you have measured your emissions, have a reduction plan in place and are reducing your emissions at a minimum of 3% per year. You will need to disclose your exact emissions reductions. Reducing emissions is the critical first step for every organisation to take in fighting climate change.
Our net zero programme certifies that you have measured your emissions and balanced them with recent, high-quality carbon removals with co-benefits. As part of our net-zero programme, you must also commit to reducing your emissions intensity by 3% per year (gross emissions reduction), and put an emissions reduction plan in place.
Our climate-positive programme certifies your emissions and balances them with recent, high quality carbon removals with co-benefits. This means you are sequestering more carbon than you emit. This can be for any percentage, 120%, 150% even 1,000%! As part of this programme you must also commit to reduce your emissions intensity by 3% per year (gross emissions reduction), and put an emissions reduction plan in place.
Our scope 1+2 Net zero programme certifies that you have measured all your emissions and balanced your scope 1+2 emissions with recent, high-quality carbon removals with co-benefits. As part of this programme, you must also commit to reducing your emissions intensity by 3% per year (gross emissions reduction), and put an emissions reduction plan in place.