How it works
To use the Carbon Points system, your business needs to:
- Register with GoZero;
- Take action to reduce or offset your company's greenhouse gas emissions;
- Validate your climate action to generate Carbon Points;
- Set up special deals to reward your customers.
Go here to register, validate, offset and set up rewards.
Businesses scan Carbon Points Members' QR codes at point of sale using our vendor tools, when a deal is purchased. GoZero then provides the Carbon Points rewards to the Members' accounts. This process does not require any systems integration, as our vendor tools work from any internet browsers at point of sale.
Becoming a GoZero Climate Action Business is free. Businesses only need to pay to validate their climate actions or purchase offsets, and to set up points of sale to provide rewards.
Validation is how GoZero combats greenwashing and ensures that every climate action used to generate Carbon Points is real, credible and measurable.
Generating Carbon Points
Carbon Points can only be generated by taking measurable action to reduce or offset greenhouse gas emissions. There are several ways that businesses can generate Carbon Points:
Validating emissions reduction
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Switching to renewable energy: if your business has switched to renewable energy for transportation (electric vehicles) or for power (solar panels) or for other processes, you can validate the carbon emissions reduction that you have achieved. You will need to provide sufficient information for us to evaluate this reduction.
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Emissions reduction plans: where you have used tools to measure your company's carbon footprint and are implementing an emissions reduction plan, you can validate your progress with GoZero, where sufficient data exists.
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Net Zero Certification: if your business has achieved net zero or other greenhouse gas emissions-related certification, we can generate Carbon Points on that basis.
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Circular economy validation: if your business is part of the circular economy and has products that allow customers to reduce their carbon emissions, GoZero can validate your estimated carbon avoidance to generate Carbon Points.
Validating offsets
You can validate offsets that you have purchased from 2021 onwards. You will need to provide information concerning the source and type of offset and any relevant certification documentation.
Action Accelerator
If you haven't yet measured your company's carbon footprint, you can kick-start your action by purchasing GoZero's Action Accelerator, which involves purchasing 10 tonnes of GoZero's verified CO2e offsets. GoZero will begin rewarding your customers with the corresponding Carbon Points when they purchase your deals. Select the Action Accelerator option when validating emissions reductions or purchasing offsets.
GoZero offsets
If you have measured your company's carbon footprint, but haven't taken action to reduce those emissions yet, you can purchase the required number of offsets from GoZero.
Check out our pricing for these different options and go here to validate your emissions reduction or purchase offsets.