Buddied tree planting: In addition to the carbon offset credits, we plant 2 trees per tonne of CO₂e offset. Our tree planting partners include Ripple Africa and Eden: People+Planet (formerly Eden Reforestation Projects), both of which plant trees to improve livelihoods where they're needed most.

Alongside our tree planting, we also commit to diverting 50p per tonne of CO₂e from every sale to support our free data, tools, and resources. Find out more: Circular Ecology's Scaling Carbon Reductions Initiative (SCRI).

About this Portfolio

This carbon offset portfolio features a mix of Gold Standard renewable energy-based projects from various locations across the globe. Various social, environmental, and economic impacts are also received as a direct result of the carbon offsetting project.

Renewable energy offsetting projects decrease our reliance on traditional fossil fuels and provide an emission-free resource for energy, which has no risk of running out. If we are to reach global goals to keep temperature rise below 2°C or 1.5°C, the energy balance must shift from non-renewable and heavily polluting fossil fuels such as coal, oil, and natural gas, towards renewable energy sources such as wind, solar, wave, and geothermal energy. This will decrease the amount of greenhouse gas our energy supply emits, and lower the atmospheric concentration of CO₂, thus contributing to mitigating the effects of climate change.

Some example renewable energy projects that can be included in this portfolio are given below, alongside some of the benefits derived from these projects.

Benefits of the 100MW Wind Power Project – Andhra Pradesh

• Local stakeholder engagement and community outreach
• Provision of clean drinking water infrastructure to the community at the project site
  • Improved health and sanitation, and decreased risk of water-borne illnesses
• Community medical facilities are supported, improving the health of locals
  • Medicines have been distributed to locals where necessary
  • Education on menstrual health
• Construction of toilet and washing facilities, and the provision of furniture, for local schools
• Local employment during the construction stage of the project

Benefits of the 100.5MW Wind Power Project – Madhya Pradesh

• Provision of school equipment for over 5000 children at 25 schools in the project area
  • Stationery, computers, clothes, and furniture
• Construction of toilets in public areas
• Increased access to clean water
  • Water purifiers have been installed due to the project, which improves community health and decreases the likelihood of illnesses from unsafe water sources
• Improved medical facilities
  • Community workshops for those affected by HIV AIDS
  • Hygiene, reproductive health, and other awareness programmes
  • Distribution of free medicines
• Over 700 temporary and 75 permanent jobs, of which many positions were filled by locals

Benefits of the 2 x 50MW Solar Photovoltaic Project – Maharashtra

• Reduction in fossil fuel use and emission of greenhouse gases by the grid due to increased supply and use of renewable energy
  • ~165,000tCO₂e average annual greenhouse gas reduction for 7 years
    • Total emission reduction due to the project is ~1,150,000tCO₂e
• Job creation for locals in skilled technical positions throughout the construction and installation process of the panels

Alignment with UN Sustainable Development Goals

The renewable energy projects in India provide numerous social, economic, and environmental benefits and are aligned with the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs).