We know that carbon offsets cannot take the place of meaningful emissions reductions. Yet, as a relatively small player in our industry without major levers of decarbonization at our disposal — such as owned manufacturing or delivery fleets — offsets provide a way to address our impact in the short term. They also enable us to support nature-based solutions and conservation projects that we feel are urgently needed for planetary health, biodiversity, and community benefits.

We’re committed to using our advocacy efforts and relationship with industry partners and suppliers to push for decarbonization, rather than using offsetting as a standalone strategy to reach climate goals. We were actively involved in legislation in California to support more robust climate disclosures and risk assessment (SB 253 and SB 261), as well as in the passage for the Inflation Reduction Act.

While we aim to support the transition to a low carbon economy, in the meantime, our purchase of carbon offsets is a strategy that helps us to support land tenure and livelihoods, while promoting a green economy that protects natural landscapes and provides local jobs.

These checklists show the methodology we use to source carbon offsets, led by our objectives to protect wild places and indigenous territories.

Carbon Offsets

• VERIFIABILITY: Move toward third-party or global standard
• METHODOLOGY: Invest in projects with established, public methodologies
• TRANSPARENCY: Invest in projects accounted for via public registry to avoid double-counting
• COMMUNITY LED: Projects should be led by and directly benefit indigenous or local communities
• NATURE BASED: Prioritize nature-based projects that protect wild places
  
  We work with Climate Impact Partners and Wildlife Works to protect wild places and community-led conservation efforts.
  
  Below please find a list of our carbon offset purchases, retirement, and what claims we applied them to.

Project Name: Degraded Grasslands Afforestation
Seller and Registry: ‘GUANARÉ’ FOREST PLANTATIONS ON DEGRADED GRASSLANDS UNDER EXTENSIVE GRAZING
Seller: Climate Impact Partners
Offset Registry or Program: VCS
Project Identification Number: VCS 959
Project Location: Uruguay
Project Type: Removal
Specific protocol used to measure emissions reductions/removal: AR-ACM0001
Independent, third-party verification of company data and the claims listed: Yes - Optera and verified by Climate Impact Partners as per the CarbonNeutral Protocol.
Claims: Carbon Neutral Certified Company - Neutralize Scope 1, 2 and partial scope 3 emissions

Project Name: ACRE AMAZON REDD+ PORTFOLIO
Seller and Registry: THE RUSSAS PROJECT, THE VALPARAISO PROJECT
Seller: Climate Impact Partners
Offset Registry or Program: VCS
Project Identification Number: VCS 1113, 1112
Project Location: Brazil
Project Type: Avoidance/Emission Reduction
Specific protocol used to measure emissions reductions/removal: VM0007
Independent, third-party verification of company data and the claims listed: Yes - Optera and verified by Climate Impact Partners per the CarbonNeutral Protocol.
Claims: Carbon Neutral Certified Company - Neutralize Scope 1, 2 and partial scope 3 emissions

Project Name: Kulera REDD+ Malawi
Seller and Registry: KULERA LANDSCAPE REDD+ PROGRAM FOR CO-MANAGED PROTECTED AREAS, MALAWI
Seller: Climate Impact Partners
Offset Registry or Program: VCS
Project Identification Number: VCS 1168
Project Location: Malawi
Project Type: Avoidance/Emission Reduction
Specific protocol used to measure emissions reductions/removal: VM0006
Independent, third-party verification of company data and the claims listed: Yes - Optera and verified by Climate Impact Partners per the CarbonNeutral Protocol.
Claims: Carbon Neutral Certified Company - Neutralize Scope 1, 2 and partial scope 3 emissions

Project Name: Darkwoods BOREAL FOREST, CANADA
Seller and Registry: Darkwoods Forest Carbon Project
Seller: Climate Impact Partners
Offset Registry or Program: VCS
Project Identification Number: VCS 607
Project Location: Canada
Project Type: Avoidance/Emission Reduction
Specific protocol used to measure emissions reductions/removal: VM0012
Independent, third-party verification of company data and the claims listed: Yes - Optera and verified by Climate Impact Partners per the CarbonNeutral Protocol.
Claims: Carbon Neutral Certified Company - Neutralize Scope 1, 2 and partial scope 3 emissions

Project Name: RIMBA RAYA REDD+, INDONESIA
Seller and Registry: RIMBA RAYA BIODIVERSITY RESERVE PROJECT
Seller: Climate Impact Partners
Offset Registry or Program: VCS
Project Identification Number: VCS 674
Project Location: Indonesia
Project Type: Avoidance/Emission Reduction
Specific protocol used to measure emissions reductions/removal: VM0004
Independent, third-party verification of company data and the claims listed: Yes - Optera and verified by Climate Impact Partners per the CarbonNeutral Protocol.
Claims: Carbon Neutral Certified Company - Neutralize Scope 1, 2 and partial scope 3 emissions

Project Name: ACRE AMAZON REDD+ PORTFOLIO
Seller and Registry: THE RUSSAS PROJECT, THE VALPARAISO PROJECT
Seller: Climate Impact Partners
Offset Registry or Program: VCS
Project Identification Number: VCS 1113, 1112
Project Location: Brazil
Project Type: Avoidance/Emission Reduction
Specific protocol used to measure emissions reductions/removal: VM0007
Independent, third-party verification of company data and the claims listed: Yes - Optera and verified by Climate Impact Partners per the CarbonNeutral Protocol.
Claims: Carbon Neutral Certified Company - Neutralize Scope 1, 2 and partial scope 3 emissions

Project Name: Mai Ndombe REDD+ Project
Seller and Registry: Seller: Everland, Registry: Verra
Seller: Wildlife Works
Offset Registry or Program: VCS
Project Identification Number: 934
Project Location: DRC
Project Type: Avoidance/Emission Reduction
Specific protocol used to measure emissions reductions/removal: VM0009
Independent, third-party verification of company data and the claims listed: Yes - Optera and verified by Climate Impact Partners per the CarbonNeutral Protocol.
Claims: Carbon Neutral Certified Company - Neutralize Scope 1, 2 and partial scope 3 emissions

Project Name: Keo Seima Wildlife Sanctuary
Seller and Registry: Seller: Everland, Registry: Verra
Seller: Wildlife Conservation Society / Royal Government of Cambodia Offset Registry or Program: VCS
Project Identification Number: 1650
Project Location: Cambodia
Project Type: Avoidance/Emission Reduction
Specific protocol used to measure emissions reductions/removal: VM0015
Independent, third-party verification of company data and the claims listed: Yes - Optera and verified by CIP as per the CarbonNeutral Protocol.
Claims: Carbon Neutral Certified Company - Neutralize Scope 1, 2 and partial scope 3 emissions

Project Name: Rimba Raya Biodiversity Reserve Project
Seller and Registry: Arbor Day Foundation
Seller: Arbor Day Foundation
Offset Registry or Program: Verra
Project Identification Number: VCS 674
Project Location: Central Kalimantan, Indonesia
Project Type: Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD+)
Specific protocol used to measure emissions reductions/removal: VM0004
Independent, third-party verification of company data and the claims listed: Yes. Please see validation and verification documents here: https://registry.verra.org/app/projectDetail/VCS/674
Claims: Carbon Neutral Certified Company - Neutralize Scope 1, 2 and partial scope 3 emissions