How do I know that the carbon offsets CNC wineries are investing in are high quality?
The CNC conducted an extensive audit to find regional, high quality, and verifiable carbon offsets. With the help of the Bonneville Environment Foundation (BEF), CNC wineries are investing in a methane digesters in Oregon, Washington and Idaho. Carbon offsets from these projects are registered with the Climate Action Reserve (CAR) offset program. The CAR offset program focuses on ensuring environmental integrity of GHG emissions reduction projects to create and support financial and environmental value in the U.S. carbon market. It does this by establishing high-quality standards for quantifying and verifying GHG emissions reduction projects, overseeing independent third party verification bodies, issuing carbon credits generated from such projects and tracking the credits over time on a transparent, publicly-accessible system.
