Offset your CO2

offsetting procedure

CleanPlanet-CO₂ activities are structured into four phases:

1. EMISSION COUNT: the calculation method devised by an ad-hoc Technical Committee gathering experts from leading scientific institutes including Turin Polytechnic University and The SUN- University of Naples- are used to quantify estimated greenhouse gases arising from the activities of people, companies, institutions and events. Counting can also be outsourced to qualified companies not belonging to the Group and selected directly by Asja.

2. EMISSION OFFSET: following counting of emissions, an equivalent number of CO2 credits for CO2 avoided is cancelleD.

3. FILING INTO THE REGISTRY: to ensure full transparency, the relevant offsetting process is filed into the CleanPlanet-CO₂ Registry. Such document keeps records of the quantity of CO₂ avoided and of the offset requestor’s name.

4. SPREADING AWARENESS: once offsetting is accomplished, it is published on the CleanPlanet-CO₂website and on both Asja and CleanPlanet-CO₂ promotional material.

The CleanPlanet-CO₂ system offers the following types of CO₂ avoided credits, whose nominal value is 1 Ton CO₂ equivalent:

CleanPlanet-CO₂ VERs (Verified Emission Reductions) from emission reducing plants built by Asja in Italy and certified by DNV (Det Norske Veritas).

VERs from other standards: avoided emission credits from greenhouse gas reduction plants located in developing countries and generated under the Kyoto Protocol.

CERs (Cerified Emission Reductions): avoided emission credits from greenhouse gas reduction plants located in developing countries and generated under the Kyoto Protocol, already recognized as CDM -Clean Development Mechanism-projects and already registered by the UNFCCC (United Nation Framework Convention on Climate Change).