Can WLT help my organisation become a “carbon neutral” company?
Unfortunately not. In response to increasing use of the term “carbon neutral” by businesses and other organisations, the Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC) recently released a code of guidance on “carbon neutrality”. According to this document: “Carbon neutral means that through a transparent process of calculating emissions, reducing those emissions and offsetting residual emissions net carbon emissions equal zero” This three-step process is entirely consistent with the approach WLT has long been advocating. However, at the present time, this Government guidance only recognises carbon offsets from projects that have been fully certified and their offsets logged with an approved registry. While Carbon Balanced projects are designed to meet the demanding principles of the internationally recognised CCBA standard, they have not been submitted for validation. As a result, the WLT asks organisation to refrain from making claims of carbon neutrality in association with Carbon B
