Placemate
Certified 2023, 2021
Placemate is taking proactive efforts to address global CO2 emissions that result from business activities. Through Offset Climate Certified®, the CO2 emissions resulting from their business activities have been third-party measured, and voluntarily mitigated through verified Greenhouse Gas (GHG) reduction projects. By supporting these verified projects, Placemate is helping drive down global CO2, strengthen communities and regenerate biodiversity at most risk from destructive impacts from accelerated climate change.
1 | Measured
Year measured: 2023
Total measured CO2 emissions: 17.35 metric tonnes
2 | Offset
Year offset: 2023
Offset amount: 26 metric tonnes CO2 (150% of measured emissions)
Offset retirements: Ascend Performance N2O Destruction 10 | SPLT 6 mT | Escuela de Minas 10
3 | Reducing
Reduction goals for 2024
Avoiding non-essential air travel / Optimizing client designs with minimal energy requirements / Partnering with and purchasing from companies demonstrating transparent environmental and social stewardship / Encouraging and supporting lower carbon employee commuting / Enrolling in renewable energy programs where available
4 | Engaging
Engagement goals for 2024
Customers: sharing certification details and encourage they explore for themselves
Vendors/Partners: educating about commitment to being Offset Climate Certified® and why it’s a priority
Where Placemate supported independently verified CO2 reductions to mitigate their 2023 business emissions
FLORIDA
The Ascend Performance Phlogiston project uses proprietary technology to enhance voluntary control of N2O (nitrous oxide) emissions in Florida.
Why it’s important: N2O is a byproduct of manufacturing things like first responder uniforms and airbags for cars, and has a global warming potential 265X higher than carbon dioxide.
Standard: Climate Action Reserve UN SDGs: 9, 12, 13
COLORADO
SPLT is an accredited land trust leveraging carbon finance to acquire and preserve shortgrass prairie ecosystems in Colorado.
Why it’s important: avoids land conversion to agriculture / commercial development and provides refuge for native wildlife including the swift fox, ferruginous hawk, burrowing owl, and mountain plover.
Standard: Climate Action Reserve UN SDGs: 13, 15
COLOMBIA
Escuela de Minas is a run-of-river hydroelectric plant lowering the carbon intensity of increasing electricity production in southern Marinilla, Colombia.
Why it’s important: avoids the addition of fossil fuel intensive energy production, and increases the share of renewables as energy demand rises due to economic growth in the region.
Standard: Verra UN SDGs: 4, 7, 8, 13
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