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This library of resources will help you understand your business’s carbon footprint and take steps to reduce it.

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WHAT DO YOU NEED TO CONSIDER BEFORE BECOMING CARBON NEUTRAL?

There are 5 things every business needs to consider. Do you know what they are?

Any business can operate as carbon neutral. The trick is in how you get there.

Becoming carbon neutral is a continuous process that begins with measuring your organizational emissions, establishing a reduction strategy, and offsetting the residual emissions.

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EVERY BUSINESS IS CLAIMING TO BE ECO-FRIENDLY. HOW DO YOU STAND OUT?

If you want a competitive advantage over other eco-businesses, there are 6 things you need to do in order to stand out.

Spoiler alert: it has nothing to do with YOU.

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Measure the carbon footprint of waste

EPA's Waste Reduction Model (WARM)

Created by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the WARM tool helps organizations track carbon (GHG) emissions, reductions, energy savings, and economic impact from different waste management practices like recycling, source reduction, anaerobic digestion, combustion, composting, and landfilling.

**We've made a video to walk you through how to use this tool. Check it out by clicking here.

Practical guide to Net Zero

Clear guidance to let you take action in your business to reduce your environmental footprint.

Small 99 is awesome. They are a UK-based business which provides clear and practical steps to reduce your footprint. Check out their free net zero scorecard and all the other resources they have available.

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Buy Carbon Offsets

Everything we do has a carbon footprint. Some of it is unavoidable. Offset these emissions with Cool Effect.

Cool Effect is a nonprofit dedicated to helping individuals and businesses of all sizes reduce their carbon emissions then offset what remains with the highest quality carbon offsets on the planet. They only represent certified projects and then verify them against their own standards- talk about due diligence. If you want to buy offsets, this is the way to go!

Are you a startup? Compare your carbon footprint against the status quo

Use this quick-and-easy tool to measure and improve the carbon footprint of your business idea.

Climate Impact Forecast is a tool designed for startups to validate their impact, compare their idea against market alternatives, and help them communicate the results. You can run as many calculations as you like! Access to the tool is made possible through a monthly subscription plan. Training is required to use the tool effectively. Contact us for more details!

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Make your next event carbon neutral

A toolkit and a carbon calculator to take responsibility of your event's emissions.

These resources have been compiled by PB (yes, they're trying!). The calculator is very user-friendly, even though it's on Excel. It allows you to account for carbon footprint from food, hospitality, promotional items like swag gifts, travel, and the event space itself. Once done, you receive a breakdown of the total carbon emissions of your event based on these categories. Now, you know where to focus your reduction efforts! And if you want to purchase offsets, you know how much to purchase.

Convert your carbon footprint data into relatable metrics

EPA's greenhouse gas equivalency calculator

What does 3 tonnes of CO2 eq. mean?!

Well, this calculator helps you to contextualize that.

Also created by the US EPA, this calculator allows you to convert emissions data into easy-to-understand metrics like distance travelled in average passenger vehicle or the energy used to power X number of homes.

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Reduce your website's carbon footprint

The internet has an environmental problem and HeyLow can help you do your part.

Did you know that internet usage causes around 4% of the global carbon emissions? It's more than the airline industry! Woah Nelly.

So how does your website perform in terms of its impact per visitor?

Our friends at HeyLow can help to reduce your website's carbon footprint.

Measure your circularity

Have a product that is made with recycled content? Curious to know your circularity score?

If your products are already circular, you may want to know how circular they are (percentage wise), and how circular they can be. This circularity calculator helps you to measure, communicate and improve the circularity of your products- for free!

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