Carbon compensation - ECOCERT

1 Contact ECOCERT Environnement : Liana MORERA Tel. : +33 (0)1 53 44 74 45 Email : What is Carbon compensation ? After having measured and then reduced your Green House Gazes (GHG) emissions, your company can partly or completely neutralize its climate footprint through projects that reduce or avoid GHG emissions. compensation projects are in particular reforestation projects (thanks to the natural action of trees Carbon storing), replacement of fossil fuels by alternative energy projects, waste Why compensating? Compensating your GHG emissions is an ethical action for the environment (water, ), but also a strategic source of opportunities for your organization: Anticipating and integrating the expectations of your clients concerning sustainable consumption Enriching your range of products and your sale argumentation Valuating your brand and its commitment (marketing, non-financial report.)

2 Forecasting and adapting your company to new climate regulations. Giving meaning to your actions, generate team Choosing ECOCERT as your climate partner A granted legitimacy As a certification body committed for mankind and the environment, ECOCERT is the historical leader of organic certification for food and cosmetics. An exemplary certification body Specialized in sustainable development and climate change, the ECOCERT Group is willing to be exemplary: 1st Carbon neutral certification body: We undertake our Carbon accountancy each year as well as reduction plan, and compensate 100% of our GHG emissions. Committed ECOCERT foundation: We support innovating projects improving the environment, social conditions and cultural patrimony.

3 Energy positive headquarters for the Group: Wooden structure, isolation made out of straw, low energy consumption, solar Carbon compensation The future ECOCERT Headquarters (scheduled for February 2013) located in the Gers (France). Contact ECOCERT Environnement : Liana MORERA Tel. : +33 (0)1 53 44 74 45 Email : ECOCERT offers adapted services and accompany you all along your compensation initiative throughout projects that already exist or not: Putting you in contact with projects In its accompanying, ECOCERT indicates you the projects adapted to your company (activity, resources): country choice, type of compensation (reforestation, renewable ). Creation of tailor-made project ECOCERT offers a wide range of services associated with the development of a compensation project: Conception, formulation of the project (specification, PDD, identification of partners.)

4 Support during the complete life-cycle of the project (registration, verification by a third party, management of the potential Carbon ) In order to accompany you during the choice of your project, ECOCERT experience guaranty you an expertise on the mostly known and used compensation standards that are available on the Carbon market. Our verification standards According to your expectations, we use the following verification standards: Reforestation and Solidarity Standard Developed by ECOCERT , this standard frames and qualifies reforestation and sustainable agroforestry projects that do not have access to common Carbon finance mechanisms. It guarantees a quality Carbon compensation taking into account biodiversity, environment, social and economic development of local communities.

5 Verified Carbon Standard - VCS ECOCERT proposes you the VCS which is the main standard of the voluntary Carbon compensation market. Private standards In accordance with private initiatives that do not belong to the Carbon market (no credit selling), ECOCERT validates and verify the conformity of projects with contractual clauses and the requirements developed by these programs. Our Carbon compensation services