Certified Emissions Reduction Offsets

Mary Ann Lazarus

Consultant

Cameron MacAllister Group

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May 17, 2019

Hi: Is anyone individually or at a firm level offsetting their travel through Certified Emissions Reduction (CER) or Verified Emissions Reduction (VER) credits? I'm trying to research a valid approach to doing this and running into a few different options - some even with apps. I'd appreciate any wisdom from this great group.

Thanks.

MAL

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Rand Ekman

Principal | Chief Sustainability Officer

HKS, Inc.

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Mon, 05/20/2019 - 15:44

Our Travel footprint .. nope. However, we HKS has used Arbor Day Foundation for targeted carbon offset. The contact is Jeremy Manion at jmanion@arborday.org or +1 402-473-9561. He is extremely helpful. Rand

Alejandra Menchaca

Vice President

Thornton Tomasetti

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Mon, 05/20/2019 - 16:28

Mary Ann, We offset Thornton Tomasetti's emissions using carbonfund.org. Happy to connect you to the person in our firm leading the effort. Ale Get Outlook for Android

Blake Jackson

Director of Sustainability

NORR

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Tue, 05/21/2019 - 13:22

Hi, We also used carbonfund.org when I was Sustainability Leader at TKA over my tenure there and can vouch for them as an excellent provider. They have a simple calculator, which shows you what and how to benchmark various footprint aspects, and they have a list of regional decarbonization programs to select from where your funds can be directed to. They also provide excellent customer service. Thanks, -Blake Jackson, Stantec Get Outlook for iOS