PAS 2060: PAS 2060

PAS 2060 is the standard for carbon neutrality. Certification to this standard allows companies to prove their operations are carbon neutral. It outlines four stages to carbon neutrality — measurement, reduction, offsetting and documentation — after which verification is possible.

PAS 2060 – CARBON NEUTRAL

The PAS 2060 Standard is a specification that details how to demonstrate CO2 neutrality that was produced and published by the BSI (British Standards Institution) in 2009.

The standard was introduced with the aim to increase the levels of transparency in claims of carbon neutrality by standardising definitions and recognised methods of achieving this status. It is, at present, the only internationally recognised standard of its kind, so is an important specification to be aware of if you'd like to demonstrably turn your organisation or company carbon neutral.

Is your company ready to make the ultimate commitment to fight climate change and go carbon neutral? Add credibility to your ambitions by getting certified by Control Union. Our Carbon Neutral certification is a label which can be obtained by reducing the emissions of your company or product, and compensating the remaining emissions with carbon offsets.

We offer Carbon Neutral certification in accordance with PAS 2060, which helps you overcome public cynicism towards ‘non-verifiable’ carbon neutrality claims by proving your efforts are real and trustworthy. PAS 2060 is the only internationally recognised guideline on how to achieve carbon neutral business operations or products. PAS 2060 was created out of need for a common, consistent and transparent approach for demonstrating carbon neutrality. Control Union provides verification of the Qualifying Explanatory Statement (QES) which your company needs to prepare. It details the company’s (or product’s) carbon footprint, the measures taken to reduce carbon emissions and the purchase of carbon credits to offset the remaining emissions. Upon completion of the verification, you receive our PAS 2060 Carbon Neutral certification and may use our Carbon Neutral label in your communications.

Steps Qualifying Explanatory Statement

How you benefit

Assert the credibility of your carbon neutrality claims
Comply with current and future regulations
Meet expectations of investors, society and consumers
Reduce costs by reducing emissions
Strengthen your sustainable brand

How do you comply with PAS 2060?

In order to ensure that your claims of carbon neutrality are in line with PAS 2060 standards, you must follow the following stipulations. These specifications define a standard package of measures and requirements that all entities (whether an organisation, community, individual or even government) must meet.

Firstly, all the measures of carbon footprints must include 100% of Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions, in addition to all Scope 3 emissions that contribute greater than one percent of the total emissions.

Secondly, the entity must create a 'Carbon Management Plan', containing a clear public commitment to neutralising their carbon footprint, and outlining major aspects of their carbon reduction strategy (including the time scale, particular targets for these reductions, the scheduled methods of meeting these reductions and the means by which any residual emissions can and will be neutralised through offsetting).

When it comes to offsetting, PAS 2060 requires that the total of these residual emissions are offset by 'high-quality, certified carbon credits' which can be shown to tick the following boxes:

• They are from one of schemes which have been approved by PAS 2060 (e.g. VCS)

• They can be proved to be genuinely additional reductions (not those which would have taken place regardless)

• They have been verified by a third party, independent body in order to ensure that said reductions are permanently in place and to prevent any so-called 'leakage' (where emissions are increased in one area as a direct result of a corresponding reduction) or double counting.

• The credits are 'retired' to a credible registry after a period of one year (maximum).

Increasing transparency in the Carbon Offsetting and Neutrality Market

Ensuring that the Carbon Offsetting market is as transparent as possible is one of DGB's greatest aims - it is important for the consumer, the investor and, most importantly, the planet. We aim to go one step further than other players, ensuring that the highest standards are kept at every step of our mission to reforest the planet and protect nature. Using internationally recognised standards such as PAS 2060 is important and, as the first publicly listed company investing in nature based solutions, we always ensure that anyone who joins us on our mission can be safe in the knowledge of DGB's real, on-the-ground impact.

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