How does the issuing of offsetting certificates for business customers work at GLS?
We offer business customers the opportunity to offset the emissions generated during shipping. The certificates are issued in cooperation with ClimatePartner.
This is how the process works:
1. Calculation of emissions
- Basis: Number of shipments
- Multiplication with average COâ‚‚ emissions per shipping country
- Result: Total amount of emissions to be offset
2. Purchase of emission allowances (VERs)
- ClimatePartner buys Verified Emission Reductions (VERs)
- These come from verified climate protection projects
- They prove that emissions have been reduced, avoided or removed
3. Issue of certificates
- ClimatePartner issues official offset certificates
- These confirm the compensated COâ‚‚ quantity for the customer
Advantage for business customers:
- Transparent proof of emissions compensation
- Support for certified climate protection projects
- Possibility to actively communicate sustainable shipping
In this way, COâ‚‚ compensation is implemented in a transparent and professional manner.