FAQ
Balance My Carbon
You are buying certificates and removing the same tonnes of CO2 from the project page you were browsing. The certificate will specify that project and we will allocate and retire certificates to that project on your behalf. If you are purchasing from the Regeneration Projects home page then your purchase will be split between CommuniTree, Khasi Hills and Trees for Global Benefits.
All our verified projects are currently under the world’s original carbon standard Plan Vivo Climate. For quality reasons we only work with projects where the design and verification is controlled by Plan Vivo. This is the only standard to mandate equitable benefit sharing (majority payments of project developer revenue must go to the community participants). Plan Vivo assesses each project for compliance with the standard each year as part of the publication of the projects annual report. In addition, independent auditors, who specialise in nature based projects, conduct regular verification against the standard.
If you make purchases directly online there is nothing to stop you contacting us for further help now or in the future. Many businesses find us and make immediate purchases to ‘offset their business carbon footprint’ and then go on to find out more about the nature of regenerative nature projects through C Level. Businesses then meet with us and we often develop a more extensive partnership acroos our 3 service pillars (consultancy, portfolio building and communications).
‘Offsetting’ means balancing unavoidable emissions by supporting projects that remove carbon from the atmosphere or prevent emissions elsewhere. We have always worked in terms of carbon removals done holistically to achieve climate, nature and community positive results. In other words balancing carbon emissions, but not claiming carbon neutrality, rather achieving contribution not compensation.
It is used alongside reducing emissions, helping individuals and organisations contribute to climate and nature regeneration while lower carbon transition efforts continue.
High-integrity carbon projects deliver wider environmental and social benefits, including:
- Forest and habitat restoration
- Biodiversity protection
- Improved soil and water systems
- Sustainable livelihoods for local communities
- Climate resilience and ecosystem recovery
These outcomes are independently monitored and verified.
The cost varies depending on flight distance and emissions produced.
Typically:
- Short-haul flights cost a few pounds per passenger
- Long-haul flights cost tens of pounds per passenger
Costs reflect investment in verified, community-led climate projects designed to deliver long-term environmental impact.
There are many reasons to do this. Over 25 years of C Level we have heard repeatedly heard the mantra that reducing emissions at source is all that matters. While we agree that it is the most important action, it always happens when a business has first understand its climate impact by calculating its emissions. Emissions that have been calculated need to be removed, brought back down into ecosystems while work gets underway to make fundamental changes. So we prefer the mantra to go alongside ‘reduce’, ‘burnt it balance it’. Commit to reduce your emissions. Set your science based targets and then do all you can to regenerate nature working with local communities. Help these communities recover their land. Give them more agency to be the guardians of nature they can be.