United States

The Carbon Trust provides solutions to the pressing issue of climate change and assists the United States in moving towards a low carbon economy.

Our specialists provide guidance, support and tools, to reduce carbon emissions, develop low carbon businesses and accelerate low carbon technologies.

Specifically in the United States, we offer:

help to the commercial sector using Carbon Trust experience from the last 10 years in advising businesses on how to identify, manage and reduce their carbon emissions and determine their energy efficiency opportunities
high level “heat-mapping/hot spotting” for high energy and carbon areas, and commercial loan support for collaboration on energy efficiency, utilizing our knowledge, expertise and data
State government support by demonstrating the Carbon Trust’s programmatic approach to cutting carbon and energy use - the focus of our efforts has been on assisting States to consider implementing energy efficiency programmes to engage their commercial sector
low carbon energy technology, such as offshore wind. The Carbon Trust’s expertise gained through its Offshore Wind Accelerator program in the UK wind sector is helping accelerate the US’s ability to deploy offshore wind at scale
certification for organizations which can show real carbon reduction and commitment to on-going reductions. For more information see: www.carbontruststandard.com
certification of product and service carbon footprints against PAS 2050, the global standard for product carbon footprinting, the Carbon Trust's Footprint Expert^TM and the Code of Good Practice. For more information see: www.carbontrustcertification.com
the Carbon Reduction Label to communicate a commitment to reduce carbon footprints of appropriately certified products/services. For more information see: www.carbon-label.com

The Carbon Trust is non-partisan and does not advocate a particular policy instrument, but rather supports efforts at the private and public level to reduce carbon emissions in the United States.