The Top Offset Companies

AgCert/Driving Green (Ireland) AgCert is a major supplier of CERs into the international carbon market, based largely on anaerobic digestion projects in Brazil, Mexico, Argentina and Chile. Through it's DrivingGreen program, the company sells retail offsets online. The focus of the DrivingGreen program is to educate consumers about the U.S. transportation sector's share of greenhouse gas(GHG) emissions and what consumers can do to reduce their GHG footprints (e.g. drive hybrids, do more biking, use carpools).

atmosfair (Germany) atmostfair sells emission offsets for air travel that can be purchased as certificates through a travel agent or its website. Listed offset projects include electricity generated from waste at the University of Rio (Brazil), solar heaters for school kitchens and temples in India and solar electricity and heating in South Africa.

Carbon Neutral Company (UK) Formerly known as Future Forests, the CarbonNeutral Company specializes in small-scale renewable energy projects, landfill gas collection and energy efficiency. It has contracted for more than 800,000 tons of offsets; its portfolio consists of approximately 20 percent forestry-based reductions. It certifies businesses, events and individuals as carbon neutral using its own CarbonNeutral Protocol.

Climate Care (UK) Climate Care focuses on retail offset projects involving small-scale renewable energy and energy efficiency projects in developing countries with little access to capital. The company has sold more than 350,00 tons of offsets; 20 percent of the reductions are based in reforestation projects.

Climate Trust (US) The Climate Trust was established almost 10 years ago as the entity new power plant developers could use to meet their greenhouse gas mitigation requirements under Oregon's CO2 standard. The Climate Trust's main function is to procure emissions reductions with funding provided by power plant developers ant it has formalized transactions for almost two million tons of offsets. Through these activities, the Climate Trust has developed a portfolio it makes available to the retail offset market.

co2 Balance (UK) co2balance allows individuals and businesses to offset their carbon footprint through energy efficiency and forestry projects. It has supported three energy efficiency projects in Africa and three forestry projects in the UK and currently is developing two forestry projects in France. It owns land on which the trees are planted and conveys ownership to charitable organizations when the planting is complete.

Native Energy (US) NativeEnergy focuses on the development of new renewable energy projects that benefit Native Americans, family farmers and municipalities. The company has sold several hundred thousand tons of offsets, aggregating carbon offset and REC funding to fund the early stage development of small renewable energy projects that would not proceed without the carbon offset funding.

Sustainable Travel International(US) Sustainable Travel International is the exclusive North American distributor of retail and wholesale offsets for MyClimate (based in Zurich, Switzerland). Sustainable Travel International states that offset funding is used specifically for the development of renewable and energy efficiency projects in developing countries. It claims to have contracted for nearly 6 million tons