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Carbon Neutral
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- Means that all the carbon emissions you generate as a person or a business are offset, either by reducing your carbon emissions, or by counteracting your emissions through carbon absorbing projects such as sustainable reforestation
- To be carbon neutral, a business should be considering their own direct emissions as well as those that their suppliers create in relation to their business, and their customers create by using their products
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Net-Zero
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Net-Zero and Carbon Neutral are often used interchangeably but there are some important differences
- Net-zero includes other anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions such as methane and nitrous oxide (normally a product of agriculture, raising livestock and damming) as well as CO2
- Net-zero also includes a combination of both reducing and offsetting your carbon emissions
- As a business you must reduce your emissions where possible and only offset any remaining emissions through greenhouse gas removals such as sustainable reforestation projects
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Zero-Carbon
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- Zero-Carbon means that no carbon is emitted in the first place. For example, if a household or business used all solar energy, they would not need to offset this energy use as there are no emissions and they would be able to label themselves as Zero-Carbon
- To be carbon neutral, a business should be considering their own direct emissions as well as those that their suppliers create in relation to their business, and their customers create by using their products
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