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category
Professional Services
first certified
2022
current certification year
2023
Parent brand
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Wherever you see the Climate Neutral Certified label, it means the company is accountable for its greenhouse gas emissions. To earn the label, a company must annually measure cradle-to-customer emissions, implement specific action plans to reduce emissions, and invest in high quality, verified carbon credits.
The certification requirements are detailed in the rigorous, peer-reviewed Climate Neutral Certified Standard. Each company’s application is reviewed for compliance by Change Climate’s certification team.
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NW Commonwealth's emissions inventory uses a mix of spend- and activity-based data. NW Commonwealth attests to the accuracy of their data inputs and the Change Climate team reviews the submission for compliance with our Standard.
29,497 tCO₂e
Roughly equal to driving 6,578 gas-powered cars for one year
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NW Commonwealth has adopted near-term action plans to reduce GHG emissions within the next 12-24 months.
Active
Source of emissions
Electricity
Action
We plan to reduce location-based Scope 2 emissions.
Status
In progress
Complete By
Q1 2024
Scope
Scope 2
Source of emissions
Packaging
Action
We plan to removing synthetic plastics from our packaging by at least 50% to reduce Scope 3 emissions.
Status
In progress
Complete By
Q1 2024
Scope
Scope 3
Source of emissions
Organic Waste and Landfill Diversion
Action
We will develop a standardized waste disposal plan across all facilities (the optimization of this plan will look different by region due to ...read more
Status
In progress
Complete By
Q4 2024
Scope
Scope 3
Source of emissions
Business travel
Action
Transition to a central travel-booking platform and offer "Trains" as a new alternate option in an effort to reduce flight and driving miles ...read more
Status
Newly set
Complete By
Q4 2025
Scope
Scope 3
Source of emissions
Employee commuting
Action
Add at least 2 additional EV charger ports to an operationally controlled facility to encourage EV adoption and reduce consumption of gasoli ...read more
Status
Newly set
Complete By
Q4 2025
Scope
Scope 3
Completed
Source of emissions
Emissions associated with mobile fuel combustion
Action
We plan on installing 2 EV chargers to promote the use of EV vehicles for commuting by making charging easy and accessible at an operational ...read more
Status
Completed
Complete By
Q4 2024
Scope
Scope 3
NW Commonwealth has set a long-term commitment aligned with climate science
Active
Target
We commit to reducing 2021 Scope 1, 2, and 3 emissions 42% by 2030.
03
NW Commonwealth addressed last year’s emissions by buying and retiring an equal amount of high quality, verified carbon and clean energy credits.
Emissions accounted for
32,124 tCO₂e
Roughly equal to keeping 35,978,880 pounds of carbon in the ground
Total investment
$171,517
Project types
Type
Wind
Description
Projects that support wind energy generation in order to reduce dependence on fossil fuels.
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