Carbon Trust

The Carbon Trust is a global climate transition organisation founded by the UK government in 2001 to drive decarbonisation among businesses, governments and financial institutions. It describes its work as helping partners and the systems in which they operate accelerate the transition to a prosperous, resilient, low-carbon future. The organisation says it has no shareholders and reinvests any financial surplus to grow its impact. Its work combines sector-specific technical knowledge with cross-sector and systems-wide approaches. The Carbon Trust works with businesses, governments, public-sector bodies, financial institutions and philanthropies, and identifies experience across areas including ICT, agriculture, food and drink, mining and metals, pharmaceuticals and chemicals, energy, and offshore renewables. Its stated focus includes climate transition, emissions measurement and reduction, and solutions addressing challenges such as adaptation, resilience and energy security. The organisation has helped develop standards and approaches for measuring and communicating emissions reductions. Its historical milestones include a product carbon-footprint label verification launched in 2007, the Carbon Trust Standard for Carbon and the Offshore Wind Accelerator established in 2008, and work advising the GHG Protocol on Scope 3 emissions guidance in 2012. The Carbon Trust reports that its experts are based across five continents and that its partnerships span sectors and regions. The supplied sources do not specify its headquarters, legal ownership details, or a full current product and service catalogue.

The Carbon Trust was founded by the UK government in 2001 with the stated purpose of driving decarbonisation for businesses, governments and financial institutions. The organisation says it has no shareholders and reinvests any financial surplus to further its impact. It describes its subsequent role as helping establish standards and measures for carbon emissions reductions that are now used by thousands of companies and organisations, as well as supporting the development of technologies and programmes that contribute to the global response to climate change. In 2007, the Carbon Trust launched what it describes as the world’s first carbon-footprint label verification with a public standard. The organisation says this enabled companies to communicate action based on assured results. In 2008, it established the Offshore Wind Accelerator, its flagship research and development programme, and launched the Carbon Trust Standard for Carbon. The Carbon Trust reports that the Accelerator now involves nine leading offshore wind developers and that, during its first ten years, it delivered more than 150 projects. It says those projects contributed to a significant reduction in offshore wind energy costs, and that the programme is being replicated around the world. In 2012, the Carbon Trust advised the GHG Protocol in establishing guidance for companies measuring Scope 3 emissions, which it describes as a widely used international standard. In 2013, it established an African office in Pretoria as part of a programme with South Africa’s NBI and UK aid to help businesses across South Africa; the supplied history excerpt ends before giving further details of that programme. The Carbon Trust’s current description presents it as a global climate transition partner working across sectors and regions. It collaborates with businesses, governments, public-sector bodies, financial institutions and philanthropies, and says its multidisciplinary experts are based across five continents. Its areas of work span climate and energy challenges, sector-specific technical solutions and cross-sector action. The supplied sources do not provide a complete chronological account after 2013 or specify a headquarters.

• 2013

  Established an African office in Pretoria

• 2012

  Advised the GHG Protocol on Scope 3 guidance

• 2008

  Established the Offshore Wind Accelerator

• 2008

  Launched the Carbon Trust Standard for Carbon

• 2007

  Launched carbon-footprint label verification

• 2001

  Founded by the UK government

A global climate transition partner providing sector expertise and cross-sector solutions to help organisations address climate and energy challenges and accelerate decarbonisation.

• Carbon Trust Standard for Carbon

  A standard launched in 2008 to provide a robust, objective and consistent methodology for assessing corporate carbon performance.

• Offshore Wind Accelerator

  A flagship research and development programme established in 2008; the Carbon Trust says it involves nine leading offshore wind developers.

• Product footprint verification

  The Carbon Trust’s product-footprint verification offering, associated with its 2007 launch of carbon-footprint label verification using a public standard.

• Reinvest financial surplusOther

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3. 3Who we are | The Carbon Trustcarbontrust.com
4. 4Our global experts | The Carbon Trustcarbontrust.com
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