Offsetting unavoidable emissions
Support high-quality and certified climate protection projects to bind and avoid CO2. Choose from more than 30 projects.
Why offsetting
CO2 is necessary
Not all emissions can be avoided today. By promoting climate protection projects, unavoidable company emissions can be offset in a certified manner and the handprint can be promoted.
More transparency, less greenwashing
Promotion of global CO2 projects to offset unavoidable emissions
Individual
Choose a suitable project from over 30 global CO2 projects
Certified
Highest project standards ensure project quality
Advisory
Planted's team of experts is on hand to advise you
Trustworthy CO2 projects with real impact
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Transparently view and communicate savings
How CO2 compensation works with Planted
Determine unavoidable emissions through CO2 balance
Selection of a suitable CO2 via Planted
Purchase of a certificate in the amount of the unavoidable emissions
certificate is retired, the amount of CO2 emissions is offset
On site at a United Nations hydropower project
Our projects meet the highest quality standards
Additionality
project would not have been realized without the financing.
Verifiability
The effectiveness of the project can be verified by external bodies.
Permanence
CO2 is permanent and has long-term effects.
Detectability
Reduction can be demonstrated with clear mechanisms and standards.
Uniqueness
project is unique and is not covered by other programs.
Measurability
The amount of CO2 reduction is quantifiable and measurable.
FAQ on compensation
CO2 offsetting can be an important part of a company's sustainability strategy, especially if it is difficult to reduce all of its own emissions immediately. It enables companies to take responsibility in the short term and make a positive contribution to climate protection. However, the long-term sustainability strategy should aim to minimize the company's own emissions, increase resource efficiency and use renewable energies. CO2 offsetting serves as a transitional solution for unavoidable emissions. The integration of offsetting into the sustainability strategy should be transparent and credible in order to gain the trust of stakeholders and achieve a positive environmental impact in the long term.
Carbon offsetting can be considered greenwashing if a company uses it as its main strategy to disguise its environmental impact instead of making serious efforts to reduce emissions. To avoid greenwashing, companies should provide transparency, clearly communicate their emission reduction targets and take verifiable measures to reduce their own carbon footprint. Carbon offsetting should be seen as a complement to, not a substitute for, emission reduction measures.
For CO2 offsetting, we select certified CO2 projects that are subject to the standards recommended by the German government. These include the Gold Standard, MoorFutures and United Nations projects.
Carbon offsetting can be integrated into a company's sustainability strategy if not all emissions can be reduced immediately. However, the term "climate neutrality" should not be used in relation to offsetting in order to avoid greenwashing and to comply with the new Green Claims guidelines. Instead, the reduction of own emissions should have top priority, with offsetting serving as a temporary measure. The integration of offsetting must be transparent in order to gain trust and achieve long-term environmental impact.
Companies can offset CO2 by reducing their own greenhouse gas emissions and offsetting remaining emissions by investing in CO2 projects that remove or reduce CO2 from the atmosphere (e.g. renewable energies). This is important in order to combat climate change, achieve our own sustainability goals and take responsibility for environmentally friendly action.