Ten fascinating facts about CarbonNeutral® product certification

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1. CarbonNeutral® is the registered trademark of The CarbonNeutral Company, used by hundreds of leading international brands, including Sky, Avis, UPS and SAS, since 1997.

2. CarbonNeutral® product certification provides manufacturers with a straightforward and cost-effective way for products to signal a net zero carbon footprint to customers. 

3. Leading companies such as Conqueror, Corus, Café Bom Dia and Ryobi have certified their products as CarbonNeutral®.

4. CarbonNeutral® product certification helped Isklar to secure coveted listings in high end department stores such as Harrods and Wholefoods, as well as leading grocers such as Tesco, Waitrose and Sainsbury’s.

5. CarbonNeutral® product certification consists of three essential steps; calculating a product’s carbon footprint, reducing the product’s footprint via internal reductions and carbon offsetting and communicating how this certification has been achieved.

6. CarbonNeutral® product certification is underpinned by The CarbonNeutral Protocol, the market leading proprietary global standard, which guarantees the integrity and credibility of our certification process and enables clients’ products to be certified CarbonNeutral®.

7. The carbon footprint of a product can be measured from cradle-to –gate (raw materials, manufacturing and distribution to first customer) or cradle-to-grave (as before, plus emissions from retail premises, product use and disposal).

8. CarbonNeutral® product certification can be applied to standard consumer goods such as milk, paper or computers, or single use or custom built products such as buildings or urban developments.

9. Companies can choose from a wide portfolio of carbon offset projects to make their product CarbonNeutral®; including renewable energy, methane capture, energy efficiency and forestry projects developed to the leading global standards (Gold Standard, VCS, CAR, CDM), located across five continents.

10. Once emissions are reduced to net zero, The CarbonNeutral Company awards the CarbonNeutral® certification mark which is licensed for use across all packaging, advertising and marketing collateral.