A combination of efficiency improvements (resulting in reduced carbon dioxide emissions), and purchases of carbon offsets that balance 100% of a carbon footprint

An activity or process that doesn’t add to the net amount of CO2 in the atmosphere. As the organisation or product will typically have caused some greenhouse gas emissions, it is usually necessary to [..]

situation that produces no more greenhouse gas emissions than it consumes.

Carbon neutral, also called carbon neutrality is a term used to describe the action of organizations, businesses and individuals taking action to remove as much carbon dioxide from the atmosphere as e [..]

also called carbon neutrality, used to describe the action of organizations, businesses and individuals taking action to remove as much carbon dioxide from the atmosphere as each put in to it.

Carbon neutral refers to a process with a zero total carbon release. This can be achieved in a number of ways, such as the offsetting of carbon released in the process or the use of renewable sources [..]

Term referring to having or achieving a net zero carbon footprint.

This occurs when an organisation’s net carbon emissions is equal to zero. The process requires measuring total CO2 emissions, taking active steps to reduce emissions where the company can, and then purchasing CO2-certificates to offset CO2 emissions that cannot be eliminated from a company's operations. The CO2-certificates contribute to finan [..]

Used to denote when there is no net release of CO2. For example, growing biomass takes CO2 out of the atmosphere, while burning it releases the gas again. The process is carbon neutral if the amount taken out and the amount released are identical.

Refers to neutral (meaning zero) total carbon release, brought about by balancing the amount of carbon released with the amount sequestered or offset.

An activity or process that doesn’t add to the net amount of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.

A situation that arises when the amount of carbon dioxide released into the air equals the amount of carbon dioxide removed from the air, for example by planting trees, or the amount saved by using re [..]

Carbon neutral refers to the achievement of net-zero carbon emissions. It is used in the context of business processes that release carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, such as transportation, manufact [..]

When activities that reduce or capture carbon are paired successfully with those that produce it, they are said to be carbon neutral or climate neutral.

Conceptually, a state whereby the CO2 generated by a process is exactly balanced by the amount of CO2 either offset or sequestered by the process. A carbon neutral building is one that either uses no [..]

activities where net carbon inputs and outputs are the same. For example, assuming a constant amount of vegetation on the planet, burning wood will add carbon to the atmosphere in the short term but t [..]

A state of zero net greenhouse gas emissions within a predefined system with clear boundaries. Carbon neutral companies commit to measuring their GHG emissions annually, reducing emissions as much as [..]

A way of describing an activity if it produces zero amounts of carbon dioxide overall (i.e. zero net carbon).