Carbon Management FAQs
A carbon management consultant helps businesses measure, understand and reduce their greenhouse gas emissions. This can involve calculating carbon footprints, identifying major emissions sources, setting reduction targets and developing a long-term carbon management strategy.
Carbon management focuses on measuring and reducing greenhouse gas emissions generated by an organisation. Carbon offsetting involves supporting external projects that reduce or remove emissions. Carbon offsetting can complement a carbon management strategy, but should not replace direct emissions reductions.
Net Zero focuses on reducing greenhouse gas emissions across an organisation's value chain to a level consistent with a recognised Net Zero pathway, before neutralising residual emissions through appropriate carbon removals.
Carbon neutrality generally refers to balancing a defined emissions footprint through reductions and carbon credits, depending on the standard and claim being used.
The first step is to measure your organisation's carbon footprint. This provides a baseline for identifying emissions hotspots and developing realistic carbon reduction targets. A Net Zero consultant can then help you build a strategy tailored to your organisation's needs.
