Less provides businesses and individuals interested in lessening their environmental footprint with two convenient and trustworthy options for purchasing offsets.

Through Lessen My Flight, Canada’s first EcoLogo-certified, independently audited flight offset program, customers can calculate and purchase offsets to help mitigate the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions associated with air travel. Alternatively, customers who have conducted their own carbon calculation may purchase the highest quality carbon offsets available in Canada from Less by the tonne.

EcoLogo is North America’s oldest environmental standard and certification program. Launched in 1988 by Environment Canada, its mission is to help purchasers identify, trust, buy, and sell environmentally preferable (“green”) goods and services. Certification under EcoLogo demonstrates environmental leadership in the category of carbon offsets.

The Less Approach

At Less, we recognize that offsetting is an imperfect solution to the complex issue of climate change. As a result, along with environmental groups like WWF, we stress that offsetting should be a last resort only. In keeping with this, Less advises a three-step approach to reducing a home or organization’s impact:

LivClean is a Canadian organization with a global reach devoted to offering quality carbon offset products and solutions to both individuals and businesses. Our highly experienced team is passionate about making a difference in the environment and helping others reduce their carbon emissions.

Our services include carbon footprint assessment, the procurement and sale of carbon offsets, carbon neutral water heaters, Eco-Loqique MBNA MasterCard and sustainable business solutions, including sustainable positioning strategies, marketing and communications.

LivClean is proudly 100% Canadian and independent from any local utility or government. With both North American and International projects, we have the ability to attract the needed investment and business resources to maximize our environmental impact. Helping others achieve sustainable living for the benefit of the entire planet is our ultimate goal.  Our dedication to quality means all our carbon offset products meet strict criteria. Our commitment to service means all of our products are backed by our hassle-free refund policy.

We can help you reduce your CO2 emissions, giving you the advice you need to reduce your carbon footprint or calculate and buy carbon offsets through highest quality projects in renewables and energy efficiency.

Making an impact on climate change possible
We find, develop, manage and monitor projects around the world that reduce the overall amount of carbon that goes into the atmosphere.

Because of our close involvement with the projects which create the emission reductions we sell, our experience on the ground means that integrity and transparency is built into our approach. Our calculations are even based on a scientific report from Oxford University. As a project originator, we have a team of world experts in-house who monitor all projects from concept through to verification. There are a number of audited steps every project has to go through before the emission reductions can be sold.

All of our projects are rigorously verified to the highest possible standards, so you can be sure that the offsets you purchase are delivering real, verified emission reductions right now. Speed and scale are essential if we are to bring climate change under control.

The ClimateCare Promise

ClimateCare’s goal is to have the biggest impact in tackling climate change, globally. Creating a low carbon world requires bold, innovative projects that make real reductions. We’ll make sure that your carbon offsets help to fund them.

We promise that we will make the greenhouse gas reductions you pay for. These reductions will:

• Be made through projects that meet internationally recognised standards and are independently verified.
• Be made through a portfolio, ensuring that the performance of individual projects does not affect delivery of your reductions.
• Be made as soon as possible. In our 2007 financial year, 78% of emission reductions sold through our General Portfolio had already been made.

Carbonzero is proud to be recognized as a social enterprise by the Centre for Social Innovation, an honour shared with numerous businesses, arts, media, and environmental organizations, and individuals.

We help businesses, governments, organizations and individuals Manage and neutralize their greenhouse gas emissions.  Calculate your emissions or contact us and we’ll help you reduce your global warming impact.

1) To raise the awareness of individuals, corporations, and institutions about how their day-today activities impact upon our global climate.
2) To foster the behavioural changes required to reduce their GHG emissions.
3) To call for actions to offset those GHG emissions that cannot be effectively reduced.

It achieves these objectives in two ways:

1) By developing and funding a GHG emissions offset project portfolio, establishing an economic mechanism to achieve environmental and social objectives.
2) And by certifying activities, events, and organizations as carbon neutral.

Planetair is managed by the Unisféra International Center, a non-profit Montreal research and consulting centre whose mission is to contribute to the advancement of sustainable development in Canada and around the world. Unisféra generates and disseminates knowledge on a broad range of sustainable development issues and offers research, consulting and training services to public and private organizations. Unisféra’s team is comprised of jurists, economists, scientists and engineers, as well as experts in management, communications, public policy, and international relations.