A carbon neutral standard is a set of guidelines and requirements that a company or organisation must follow to achieve carbon neutrality.
Climate Active Carbon Neutral Standard for Organisation
Pathzero leverages the Climate Active Carbon Neutral Standard for Organisation (“Standard”), which is a unique government-backed standard to credibly claim carbon neutrality.
The Standard is developed and administered by the Australian Government Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water.
It provides best-practice guidance on how to measure, reduce, offset, validate and report emissions that occur as a result of an organisation's operations.
How Pathzero can help you to reach your carbon neutral goals
As a client of Pathzero, you will have the opportunity to reach your carbon neutral goals and claim carbon neutrality through Pathzero’s assessment against the Climate Active Carbon Neutral Standard.
If your organisation wishes to take a further step, you can choose to become a certified carbon neutral organisation through the Climate Active Carbon Neutral Standard.
Pathzero’s sustainability consultants are Climate Active registered consultants and trained GHG professionals who support you in achieving a credible and accurate carbon neutral status either way.
Pathzero and Climate Active carbon neutral claims – what’s the difference?
The difference between Pathzero’s and Climate Active’s carbon neutral claim is summarised below. Pathzero’s sustainability consultants can support you to understand what trademark is most suitable for your organisation and goals.
Pathzero |
Climate Active |
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Terminology |
Carbon Neutral Organisation |
Certified Carbon Neutral Organisation |
Trademark |
Pathzero trademark |
Climate Active trademark |
Region |
International operations |
Designed for organisations with operations in Australia but can extend to overseas operations Additional fees and trademark requirements apply for overseas operations |
Carbon Neutral Standard for Organisation |
Climate Active Carbon Neutral Standard for Organisation |
Climate Active Carbon Neutral Standard for Organisation |
GHG calculation methodology |
GHG Protocol Corporate Accounting and Reporting Standard |
GHG Protocol Corporate |
Data review requirements |
Verification of the emissions boundary by Pathzero’s sustainability consultants Validation of the activity data by Pathzero’s audit team |
Verification of the emissions boundary by Pathzero’s sustainability consultants Validation of the activity data by Pathzero’s audit team Technical assessment by a registered Climate Active Consultant (where required) Independent third-party audit by external auditor (where required) Climate Active assessment |
Price |
The Pathzero Clarity platform pricing is equivalent to that of the Climate Active service, with the exception that the Climate Active specific fees are not applicable |
The cost of Pathzero Clarity platform remains consistent with that of Pathzero's carbon neutral services. However, clients incur supplementary charges associated with the Climate Active process, such as costs related to registration fees for Climate Active, consulting fees for completing Climate Active documentation, and third-party auditors, where applicable |
How to use the term ‘certified’ and trademark accurately
One can self-assess activities against the Climate Active Carbon Neutral Standard. However, only entities who have met certification requirements and executed a Licence Agreement with Climate Active are able to claim they are certified Climate Active and use the Climate Active trademark.
What entities does Pathzero and Climate Active support in reaching carbon neutral goals?
Currently, Pathzero’s Clarity platform is only set up for carbon neutrality claims for organisations.
Both organisation-specific trademarks from Pathzero and Climate Active can only be used to represent the carbon neutrality of the organisation. They cannot be used on marketing for products and services, or in any other way suggest that the certified claim of carbon neutrality applies to the products or services.
Climate Active has other specific Carbon Neutral Standards that certify buildings, events, precincts, product and services as carbon neutral. These are not covered in Pathzero’s Carbon Neutral Organisation knowledge base articles.
We’re here to help
Pathzero’s sustainability consultants can support you in understanding what standard is most suitable for your company's goal.
Please contact us at support@pathzero.com for more information.