Project-Specific Carbon

Organizations can demonstrate their support for specific carbon reduction projects with 3Degrees' Project-Specific Carbon Offsets

3Degrees' Project-Specific Carbon Offsets allow organizations to create a direct link between their carbon balancing commitments and the efforts of a particular project to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Project-Specific Carbon Offsets are well-suited for organizations that want to connect their business operations, community or values to their carbon balancing commitment. For example:

  • A paper company in the western United States can secure offsets from a California sustainable forest conservation project
  • A state agricultural industry association can purchase carbon offsets produced at a local livestock biogas project.
  • A lung cancer nonprofit can mitigate the environmental impact of their operations with offsets generated from a cookstove distribution project that lowers carbon emissions and also helps reduce respiratory problems in the developing world.

When organizations purchase 3Degrees' Project-Specific Carbon Offsets, they also frequently secure rights to video and photography from these projects. With these materials, organizations can communicate to their customers, employees and other stakeholders specifically how their carbon balancing commitment is making an impact on the environment and on society.

Project protocols used to verify 3Degrees' Project Specific Carbon Offsets include:

Among its Project-Specific Carbon Offset product offerings 3Degrees features Green-e Climate Certified Landfill Gas Carbon Offsets sourced from projects like the Denton Landfill and Green-e Climate Certified Renewable Energy Offsets sourced from projects like the Tantanka Wind Farm.

Green building professionals can use both of these Green-e Climate certified carbon offsets to offset emissions from purchased steam or from natural gas, propane, or fuel oil combusted onsite, earning them points under LEED Existing Buildings v3.0 guidelines.