Carbonfund.org
| Founded | 2003 |
|---|---|
| Type | 501(c)(3) |
| Focus | Environmentalism |
| Location | |
Area served | Global |
| Slogan | Reduce What You Can, Offset What You Can’t (TM) |
| Website |
The Carbonfund.org Foundation (known as Carbonfund.org) is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization based in Silver Spring, MD that provides carbon offsetting and greenhouse gas reduction options to individuals, businesses, and organizations.[1] Carbonfund.org purchases and retires certified carbon offsets on behalf of its donors. Donors are given a choice of project type to which they may donate, including renewable energy, reforestation, and energy efficiency projects. Carbonfund.org is a member of the Chicago Climate Exchange [2] and is a Founding Member of the American Carbon Registry.
Certification
Carbonfund.org exclusively supports projects that are certified by third parties, including Environmental Resources Trust, the Climate, Community & Biodiversity Alliance, Voluntary Carbon Standard and the Chicago Climate Exchange.[3]
Portfolio
Carbonfund.org supports three types of carbon projects: renewable energy, energy efficiency, and reforestation.[4]
Reforestation
Certification: Climate, Community & Biodiversity Alliance CCBS "Gold Level" [7]
- Tensas River Valley Reforestation Project [8]
Verification: CCBS Gold, VCS
Renewable energy
- New Bedford Landfill Methane Project[9]
Verification: Environmental Resources Trust
Verification: Green-e Energy RECs
- Inland Biodigester Project [12]
Verification: Environmental Resources Trust
- Chino Basin Dairy Farm Biodigester
Verification: Environmental Resources Trust
Energy efficiency
- IdleAire Truckstop Electrification Project [13]
Verification: Environmental Resources Trust
- Carbon Credit Retirement
Carbonfund.org purchases carbon financial instruments from the Chicago Climate Exchange and retires them.
Impact
Carbonfund.org offers offsets at $10.00 per metric ton.[3] As of December 2008, Carbonfund.org is offsetting over 4 billion pounds of carbon dioxide emissions.[14]
Major partnerships
- Volkswagen [15][16]
- Dell [17]
- Allstate [18]
- Orbitz [19]
- CES [20]
- Amtrak[21]
- United States Environmental Protection Agency [22]
- Discovery Communications[23]
Carbonfund.org lists more than 1000 business and organizational partners on its website.
References
- ↑ Carbonfund.org
- ↑ Current Members of CCX
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Price study of offsetting emissions of carbon, EcoBusinessLinks
- ↑ Our Carbon Offset Projects, Carbonfund.org
- ↑ Paso Pacifico
- ↑ Carbon Offset Project: Return to Forest Project, Carbon Catalog
- ↑ Reforestation Project - Rivas, Nicaragua, Greensurf.org
- ↑ Carbon Offset Project: Tensas River Valley Reforestation, Carbon Catalog
- ↑ Carbon Offset Project: Greater New Bedford LFG
- ↑ Carbon Offset Project: Horse Hollow Wind Energy Center
- ↑ Horse Hollow Wind Energy Center, Wikipedia.org
- ↑ Carbon Offset Project: Inland Biomass Digester, Carbon Catalog
- ↑ Carbon Offset Project: IdleAire Project, Carbon Catalog
- ↑ , Carbon Neutral Digest
- ↑ VOLKSWAGEN TO OFFSET OWNER’S CARBON FOOTPRINT THROUGH PARTNERSHIP WITH CARBONFUND.ORG, VW.com
- ↑ VW Carbon Neutral, VW.com
- ↑ Dell, The Conservation Fund and Carbonfund.org Launch Global Carbon-Neutral Initiative, Dell.com
- ↑ Green Power Network: Renewable Energy Certificates: Carbonfund.org
- ↑ ORBITZ GOES GREEN, FROM THE INSIDE-OUT, Orbitz.com
- ↑ 2008 INTERNATIONAL CES GOES GREEN
- ↑ Amtrak Partners with Carbonfund.org to Offer Passengers Carbon Offsets for Rail Travel
- ↑ Carbonfund.org is Launch Partner for First-Ever EPA Climate Leaders Approved Offset Project|date="2009-08-2009"
- ↑ Carbonfree Partner: Discovery
External links
- Carbonfund.org
- Carbonfund.org blog
- Five experts debate if carbon offsetting is the quick, efficient way to decarbonize the global economy, or the loophole that will derail such efforts. Interview with Eric Carlson co-founder and president in Seed (magazine) 2009.
- American Carbon Registry Standards profile on database of Market Governance Mechanisms