Clear (company)

This article is about the UK carbon offsetting company. For the US security technology company, see Clear Secure.

Clear is a UK-based carbon offsetting company, founded in 2007 by Dr Bruce Elliott,[1] 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.[2] 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 of the UK's speed hump population,[3] and the carbon footprint of a Segway PT[4] and a Formula One car.[5]

Press

There has been some press coverage of Clear, primarily for their unusual products such as Skydiving product[6] and Commuting product[7] and releasing their carbon footprinting intellectual property online in the form of a free carbon audit tool[8]

See also

References

  1. ^ "The Evening Standard's Influentials". Archived from the original on 2007-12-29. Retrieved 2009-07-20.
  2. ^ DECC - DEFRA Approved Offset Register Archived 2009-09-21 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ "Speed Humps Rival Fiji For CO2 Footprint - PistonHeads". www.pistonheads.co.uk.
  4. ^ "Segway Carbon Footprint Update – 24.9 g/km". 3 June 2009.
  5. ^ "What's the carbon footprint of a Formula One (F1) car?". 26 November 2008.
  6. ^ Clear Offset, Offsets Sky Diving Archived 2012-02-19 at the Wayback Machine
  7. ^ "Commuters can offset their carbon footprint".
  8. ^ "Free Carbon Auditing Tool for Small and Medium Sized Businesses «  Carbon Offsets Daily". www.carbonoffsetsdaily.com.