Frequently asked questions
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Planet Positive is an internationally recognized mark of environmental achievement. A business, product or service is Planet Positive if it has measured and verified a net positive impact on the planet, its ecosystems, and its people.
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The length of the process often depends on the size of your business. That said the online process is a fast and effective way of measuring your carbon footprint. It removes the need for consultants and can be used internationally.
Typically, for a business with 100-200 employees the data input process will only take a couple of hours. For a business with 10 employees, the process should normally take between 30 minutes and an hour.
Please note that in order for you to input your data as quickly as possible all necessary energy bills will need to be collected prior to starting the online process.
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Businesses now recognise the benefit of getting to grips with sustainability. Planet Positive can help your business realise the following benefits:
- Financial savings
- Carbon reductions
- Winning business
- Answer tenders
- Staff engagement
- 3rd party certification
- Ongoing support
- Brand positioning
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Certification lasts for one year this is from the moment you receive your business carbon footprint report. Planet Positive will contact you prior to this date a year later to find out if you would like to recertify your business.
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Measurement covers your operational carbon of businesses activities in accordance with the Planet Positive Protocol (WBCSD & WRI: GHG Protocol scopes 1 & 2; ISO 14064). In year 1, Planet Positive certification requires measurement of the following:
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- Onsite fuel combustion (e.g. boilers, furnaces, turbines)
- Owned transport (e.g. trucks, ships, airplanes and cars)
Note: this does not include employee business travel or commuting
Scope 2:
- Consumption of purchased electricity and gas
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Scope 3 is classed as other emissions that are a consequence of the organisation’s activities but occur from sources not owned or controlled by the organisation e.g. employee commuter travel, waste disposal, production of purchased material.
As Planet Positive helps you reduce we don’t use it, this is because your business is not in control of it i.e. you don’t receive the bills to pay it.
However, we will help you measure your scope 3 emissions from the second year of certification.
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Greenwash is an ongoing problem and one which we at Planet Positive feel strongly about. Therefore, we can take away the mark whenever we feel your business is not doing enough to reduce emissions.
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Once you have correctly completed the online process and paid the correct fee, your business will receive the following;
- A Business Carbon Footprint Report
- Planet Positive Certificate
- Sustainability Policy
- Monthly posters with tips, facts and topical events
- Marketing Toolkit
- Planet Positive logo
- Planet Positive brand guidelines i.e. info on how to use the Planet Positive logo
- Planet Positive Power Point slides
- Press release
- Business Network profile page
For more information please click on this link to take you through to the Resources section
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You will receive any official feedback once you have paid the assessment fee. Following this payment all the resources mentioned above will be sent to you within 2 weeks.
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Your carbon footprint measurement is just the start. We provide you with materials to go way beyond certification:
- Tailored Reduction Plan
- Employee Engagement Materials
- Defra Segmentation Survey
- Staff Engagement Sessions
- Behaviour Change Programs
- Green Driving World Championship
- Green Office Challenge
Please look at the Resources page for more details about what Planet Positive can offer.
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Once you have registered through the link on the website your fee will be calculated according to the size of your business (subject to terms and conditions).
For more details on costs specific to UK based business please click here.
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ISO certifications indicate that a businesses is managing and thinking about their environmental impact. Planet Positive accreditation compliments ISO 14001 and ISO 9001 by enabling compliant companies to measure the outcomes of environmental management systems.
As your business is already compliant with ISO 14001 and 9001, it is likely that you will have all the data measurement systems required for Planet Positive Certification in place, which means your data collection process will be swift and easy. If however, you need to introduce a new data collection system to better collate the data you need for Planet Positive Certification you will need to think about making this ISO compliant.
The Planet Positive Certification shows that your company is committed to not only measuring your environmental performance but reporting and improving it. It shows your desire to go beyond what is required and to make a positive difference.
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How it works
The Process
Gaining Planet Positive certification is a simple four-step process. First, measure. Second, reduce. Third, invest. And Fourth, communicate to customers...
Measuring the energy that your business consumes enables us to compute...
Reducing levels of energy consumption will not only reduce carbon emissions, it will also reduce...
10 per cent of the fees your company pays us will be invested in the Planet Positive...
Communicating the fact that your company has been certified can be a powerful business...
