How Coffset Works: Our Approach
Measure your emissions. Reduce what you can. Offset what remains.
Built on transparency and aligned with credible climate frameworks.
This short video explains how Coffset approaches carbon responsibility, from measurement to offsetting, and the principles that guide each step.
1. Measure Your Emissions
Everything starts with understanding your impact.
Coffset helps you calculate your carbon footprint through a simple, accessible calculator that translates everyday activities into tonnes of CO₂e. You answer a short set of questions about your lifestyle, energy use, and travel. The goal is not perfection, but a clear and credible estimate that makes your impact tangible.
This step turns climate impact from an abstract concept into a concrete number you can act on.
2. Understand Your Impact
A number alone is not enough.
Once your footprint is calculated, Coffset helps you interpret where emissions come from and why they matter. Results are broken down into major categories such as transport, energy, and consumption, so you can clearly see which parts of your lifestyle contribute most to your footprint.
Understanding your impact is a prerequisite for making responsible decisions.
3. Reduce First
Offset what you cannot yet reduce.
Coffset is built on a reduction-first approach.
Not all emissions can be eliminated immediately. However, offsetting should never replace efforts to reduce emissions at the source. Coffset encourages users to prioritize real-world reductions wherever possible and to use offsetting as a complementary tool for emissions that currently cannot be avoided.
This approach reflects how credible climate action works in practice.
4. Offset Your Remaining Emissions
After reducing what you can, you may choose to offset the emissions that remain.
Coffset allows you to offset a defined amount of CO₂e with transparent, per-tonne pricing. Offsetting can be done as a one-time action or on a recurring basis, depending on your needs.
Offsets are treated as a responsibility mechanism—not a claim of perfection.
5. Where Your Contribution Goes
When you offset through Coffset, your contribution supports carefully selected climate projects.
Projects are chosen based on clear quality criteria, with a focus on measurable impact, verification, and accountability. Coffset prioritizes transparency so users can see where their money goes and what kind of impact it supports.
This is not about vague promises, but about funding real climate action.
Your Offset Certificate
When you offset emissions through Coffset, you receive a certificate that documents the action taken.
The certificate serves as proof that a specific amount of carbon credits has been retired on your behalf, helping prevent double counting. It includes key information such as the amount of CO₂e offset, the type of project supported, and the relevant certification details for traceability.
Transparency and Trust
Coffset is built on transparency and alignment with credible climate frameworks.
Our approach follows established best practices in the voluntary carbon market. The projects supported through Coffset are certified under leading standards such as Verra and Gold Standard, and our overall approach is informed by the Oxford Principles for Net Zero Aligned Carbon Offsetting. These frameworks exist to ensure quality, integrity, and real climate impact.
Rather than relying on broad claims, Coffset makes its assumptions, methods, and criteria publicly available. Users who wish to go deeper can review how emissions are calculated, how offsets are selected, and how common questions are addressed.
Take Responsibility for Your Impact
Taking responsibility for your carbon footprint starts with understanding it.
Whether you are just beginning to measure your emissions or ready to offset what you cannot yet reduce, Coffset provides a clear and credible way to act.
How Coffset Works – FAQs
Is offsetting a replacement for reducing emissions?
No. Coffset follows a reduction-first approach. Offsetting is intended only for emissions that cannot yet be avoided.
How is my carbon footprint calculated?
Your footprint is estimated using established carbon accounting methodologies and expressed in tonnes of CO₂e. Assumptions and data sources are published transparently.
What kind of projects does Coffset support?
Coffset supports verified climate projects certified under leading standards such as Verra and Gold Standard, selected for measurable and audited impact.
Does offsetting make me carbon neutral?
No. Offsetting does not erase emissions. It is a way to take responsibility for unavoidable impact while continuing to reduce over time.
Where can I learn more about carbon reduction?
You can explore practical guidance and explanations in the Carbon Learning Center.