Questions, answered plainly

Including the ones that are awkward for us. If something is missing, email hello@carbonguide.io and a person will reply.

Buying

Proof and retirement

Quality and ratings

Honest limits

What the ratings mean

Our confidence in the evidence behind a tonne, on the scale everyone already understands.

AAA
Very high confidence
Strongest evidence that a tonne claimed is a tonne delivered.
AA
High confidence
Durable, well-evidenced projects with low reversal risk.
A
Good confidence
Solid additionality and measurement, with some residual uncertainty.
BBB
Moderate confidence
Credible projects where some assumptions carry real uncertainty.
BB
Some confidence
Material uncertainty in baseline or permanence.
CCC+
Low confidence
Cheapest tonnes, weakest evidence. We rarely recommend these alone.

That is everything

Pick a basket, enter your tonnes, get your certificate. About three minutes.

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