Climate Targets & Claims

Navigating the complexity to help companies make confident climate action claims.

Credible, confident claims of climate action are critical to harnessing the power of the private sector to deliver emission reductions and reach global net zero.

The options for climate claims are currently complex, with a wide range of requirements.

CarbonNeutral® Certification

Climate Impact Partners' CarbonNeutral® certification provides a clear, credible, and transparent framework for carbon neutral claims.

Climate Impact Partners® Certification

Our certification, based on new consumer research, allows you to claim your company, product or service is “Financing Climate Projects”

ISO Carbon Neutrality

ISO’s Carbon Neutrality Standard ensures that carbon neutrality efforts are scientifically valid and communicated transparently.

VCMI Carbon Integrity

VCMI’s Carbon Integrity claim provides guidance for companies to make credible claims about their voluntary use of carbon credits.

ISO Net Zero Guidelines

The Net Zero Guidelines help those working towards net zero to understand net zero definitions, principles, and claims.

SBTi Net Zero Standard

The Corporate Net Zero Standard is used by companies to set net zero targets consistent with limiting global temperature rise to 1.5°C.

^{Disclaimer: The information on this webpage, the contents of the CarbonNeutral Protocol and Climate Impact Partners Protocol, and any other guidance or opinion that we share about certification, aims at providing technical information on the requirements of our certification programs. In no event shall this information be considered as a legal opinion, and in no event shall we be liable for any claims, commitments, or statements that you or any third party makes in connection with our certifications. We make no guarantee that by using our certifications, you will be in compliance with any laws, rules or regulations, including the ECGT Directive and those relating to mandatory or voluntary GHG emission reductions programs, climate commitments, carbon neutrality or any other environmental, social and governance commitment of any kind.}