FEATURE
A CONTRACT FOR THE ENVIRONMENT
Carbon-neutral contracts are becoming more popular throughout the private and public sector. Here, Saul Huxley, Organic Development Director at idverde, explains why.
Carbon neutrality, carbon zero and net carbon are all phrases we are hearing more of as industry begins to adapt to carbon-transition strategies that reduce their carbon outputs and impact on the climate.
Indeed, a recent report from The Transition Pathway Initiative (TPI) found that 401 large businesses in the energy, transport, consumer goods and industrials and materials sectors (which together equate to around 16% of the global market), found that the uptake of genuine net- zero targets is signifi cantly increasing year-on-year.
idverde is a specialist in the landscaping and ground maintenance sector, a setting that is traditionally carbon-intensive, and while we are taking the initiative in becoming genuinely carbon neutral, one area we are particularly seeing growth in is that of carbon-neutral contracts across the private and public sector.
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Carbon neutral contracts explained On a basic level, these types of contracts place the emphasis on the supplier to achieve the specifi cations of a contract – whether that’s grounds maintenance, recycling collection or building works – whilst reducing CO2 emissions and compensating for any unavoidable CO2 that is produced. That can mean a supplier has to fi rst invest in, for example, electrical machinery or utilise solar power; and potentially then offsetting any remaining unavoidable CO2 emissions with certifi ed Carbon Credits that are used against verifi ed projects which remove, reduce or prevent carbon emissions.
Carbon-neutral contracts can vary signifi cantly in terms of size, which also has a profound impact on the results. If you employed two people to maintain the green spaces of a six-store retail space without creating carbon impacts,
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