What is the Carbon Neutral Collective?
The Carbon Neutral Collective is a group of small and medium sized businesses committed to reducing their carbon emissions and, together, building the collective impact needed to fight climate change.
Memberships gives small and medium sized businesses tools to measure the carbon emissions that result from their operations, a means to offset those emissions, and resources to make an emissions reduction plan for the future.
Offsetting through the program directly funds work by Tradewater’s project teams to destroy potent greenhouse gases that contribute to global warming.
Why This Work Matters
Tradewater’s projects collect and destroy refrigerants, one of the most potent greenhouse gases. The scale of this issue in our environment is staggering.
Consumers are seeking environmentally driven companies. Carbon Disclosure Project found that companies that make climate action a priority have an 18% higher return on equity.
As a small business ourselves, we understand how hard it can be to find the time and resources to make meaningful sustainability commitments. In The Carbon Neutral Collective, we built the program that we would want for our own business.
3 Steps Toward Carbon Neutrality
An efficient, impactful program made for small businesses, by a small business.
Step 1: Calculate
Use our carbon footprint calculator to estimate the annual emissions that your business generates from activities such as facilities management, employee travel, and procurement.
Step 2: Offset
With your carbon footprint calculated, choose to offset your emissions through a subscription to Tradewater’s carbon offset credits in the amount that suits your business.
Step 3: Reduce
Once your carbon footprint has been offset, Tradewater encourages all members to reduce their overall operational emissions. Annual emissions measurement checkpoints allow members to track progress over time.
Membership Levels for Every Business
Joining the Carbon Neutral Collective grants members access to the following benefits, based on their membership level
Collectively destroy potent greenhouse gases and invest in global communities
Carbon Neutral Business badge for digital and physical promotional use
Business name and climate commitment featured on the program website
Continual resources to reduce emissions of your business and your employees
Tailored language to publicly share your climate commitment
FAQs to understand key terms and gain keen insight on climate action 
Customizable social media templates to engage your audience
Amplification of your business on Tradewater’s blogs and newsletters
Opportunities to be featured across various media and social platforms
Meet Our Members
Meet the small and medium sized businesses that are reaching carbon neutrality with the collective
Spilt Milk
Offsetting 304.2 tons/year
equal to 66.2 passenger vehicles driven for one year or 36.6 homes’ energy use for one year
Office Of Modern Composition
Offsetting 10.54 tons/year
equal to 2.3 passenger vehicles driven for one year or 1.3 homes’ energy use for one year
Santa Cruz Cider
Offsetting 74.4 tons/year
equal to 16.2 passenger vehicles driven for one year or 9 homes’ energy use for one year
Fruition Brewery
Offsetting 90.38 tons/year
equal to 19.7 passenger vehicles driven for one year or 10.9 homes’ energy use for one year
Testimonials from The Collective
Small Businesses Make a Big Impact
destroyed to date
Big impact comes from many combined small actions. To date, collective members have eliminated the equivalent of:
powered for a year
88.2 homesmiles driven
1.8 milliongallons of gas used
82,438
barrels of oil consumed
1,696destroyed to date
global projects content
powered for a year
626,201 homesmiles driven
13 billiongallons of gas used
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