Clear is a UK-based
carbon offsetting company, founded in 2007 by Dr Bruce Elliott, Neil Chapman and Ben Hedley.
UK Government's Quality Assurance Scheme
Clear were the first carbon offset company in the world to qualify for the UK Government's Quality Assurance Scheme for Carbon Offsetting. They differentiate themselves by only offsetting using
Certified Emission Reductions (CERs) which have been issued every time the
United Nations prevents one tonne of
Carbon dioxide equivalent being emitted through carbon projects registered with the
Clean Development Mechanism (CDM)
Research
Clear has a research arm which has produced a variety of reports on subjects such as the
carbon footprint
A carbon footprint is the total greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions caused by an individual, event, organization, service, place or product, expressed as carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e). Greenhouse gases, including the carbon-containing gases carbo ...
of the UK's
speed hump
Speed bumps (also called traffic thresholds, speed breakers or sleeping policemen) are the common name for a class of traffic calming devices that use vertical deflection to slow motor-vehicle traffic in order to improve safety conditions. Varia ...
population, and the
carbon footprint
A carbon footprint is the total greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions caused by an individual, event, organization, service, place or product, expressed as carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e). Greenhouse gases, including the carbon-containing gases carbo ...
of a
Segway PT and a
Formula One car.
Press
There has been some press coverage of Clear, primarily for their unusual products such as
Skydiving product and
Commuting product and releasing their carbon footprinting
intellectual property online in the form of a free carbon audit tool
See also
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Mitigation of global warming
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Business action on climate change
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Emissions trading
References
External links
Clear, the carbon offset company home pageClear's industry blogClear's carbon research blogCarbon Catalog comparing offsettersCompanies sign up to carbon offset quality mark
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British companies established in 2007