Climate Impact certification and solutions
Make science-backed climate claims with confidence. We’ll back you. Our certifications provide science-based evidence that your organisation is taking credible climate action, aligned with global best practices.
( The Toitū approach )
What our climate impact programme offers you.
At Toitū, we simplify the complex world of climate action, guiding your business toward meaningful, science-based outcomes. Here’s what you can expect:
1.
Science-Backed Strategy
We align your climate actions with leading global standards like ISO 14064 to ensure your targets are credible and backed by science.
2.
Engagement Across the Value Chain
We help you measure and manage your full carbon footprint, including Scope 3 (value chain) emissions, ensuring no impact is overlooked.
3.
Full Transparency and Disclosure
Share your climate progress confidently. We provide the tools to report accurate, reliable GHG-related information, building trust with stakeholders.
4.
Continuous Improvement
As your guide, we ensure your strategies evolve, aligning with international best practices, so your climate leadership is always ahead of the curve.
5.
Independence and Assurance
Our JASANZ-accredited third-party verification ensures your certification is objective, credible, and globally recognised.
Toitū climate & carbon marks
Our climate impact solutions help businesses integrate sustainable practices into their operations, ensuring that these practices are not only implemented but can be maintained over time.
Toitū Carbon Reduce
Reduce your carbon impact over time using targets and strategies that align with climate science and lead practice.
Toitū Net Carbon Zero
Reduce your carbon impact while offsetting your emissions through carbon credits to achieve a net carbon zero emissions balance.
Toitū Climate Positive
Go above and beyond to make a positive impact on society, on top of taking meaningful science-led action to decarbonise.
The benefits
Businesses see great value in the annual audit and certification process - they can trust they've done the work right, have decision-useful information to guide improvements, and make legitimate claims in the market.
1.
Credible Claims
Make evidence-backed climate claims that are independently verified and based on globally recognised standards.
2.
Climate Literacy
Build climate literacy within your organisation to allow capable, confident assessment of risks and opportunities.
3.
Data Driven Insights
Drive business strategy with decision-useful information and metrics that embed climate action into your operations.
4.
Align to best practice
Align your organisation with relevant local and global regulations, frameworks and legislations.
5.
Access the Community
Connect and collaborate with hundreds of companies who share your commitment to climate action.
6.
Operational Efficiency
Identify opportunities to translate climate performance into cost savings and innovation for your business.
7.
Adaptation & Mitigation
Develop strategies and practices that allow you to pivot, setting your business up for long-term success.
8.
Offset Credibly
Balance your carbon footprint by offsetting your impact through legitimate compensation programmes.
( The Process )
Climate impact
certifications:
tools, guidance, and audits
When you undertake the Toitū Elevate certification programme, we provide you with three interconnected services designed to support your journey.
Annual cycle
There is an annual cycle of continual improvement, but we give you the full tool kit and an account manager to guide you, plus arrange an independent audit to check your work.
Learn more about the process below.
Certification process
During your certification process you will assess your current climate impacts and develop plans to reduce your emissions. Using our tools to help measure and report your impact you will identify your footprint and establish a base line for annual comparison. Our independent auditors will review your calculations before it is passed over to for certification in alignment with leading international standards.
Reporting tools
We offer access to our purpose-built carbon emissions assessment and reporting tool, eManage, to simplify getting audit-ready. Designed for our certification programme, it is centered around measuring a greenhouse gas inventory and offers thousands of emission factors to help measure your footprint accurately.
The Climate Impact Certification Standard
Welcome to Toitū Elevate, New Zealand’s premier climate impact certification programme, designed to guide businesses on their journey toward a zero-carbon future. The annual certification cycle ensures continuous improvement and sets you up for long-term success. Discover and explore the Toitū Elevate standard to learn about the requirements and what we offer.
Assess
Your climate-related impacts, risks and opportunities
Transition
Develop plans, targets and pathways, including reductions, adaptation, engagement and advocacy
Report
Your annual inventory and climate performance report, ready for verification and validation
Certify
Ongoing certification cycle for Toitū Carbon Reduce, Toitū Net Carbon Zero and Toitū Climate Positive
Market
Communicate your certification to customers with materials that leverage the Toitū mark
Implement
Reductions and ongoing improvements
Plan
Get started and build momentum
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Let’s talk about how your organisation can begin reducing its impact with Toitū's Climate Impact Certification
Now you've got the big picture, curious to learn about each section of the Elevate Standard and what's required at each stage?
Climate-led,
impact-focused
Every organisation is on its own unique journey toward sustainability. At Toitū, we guide you through tailored climate certification options that balance environmental leadership with measurable impact.
Carbon for Organisations
Strengthen your operations with organisation-wide carbon measurement, reductions, and strategic sustainability planning.
Climate-Related Disclosures
Stay ahead of compliance with tailored solutions for financial market participants requiring climate-related disclosures.
Carbon Neutral Government Programme
A tailored certification with strategic guidance, ensuring compliance and sustainability leadership for Government entities.
Carbon for Products or Services
Enhance the sustainability of your products or services with lifecycle assessments that create measurable impact.
Carbon for Events or Projects
Make every event or project more sustainable, demonstrating your commitment to climate responsibility.
( CREDIBILITY WITH FLEXIBILITY )
Designed for flexibility while maintaining credibility
Speak with
our team
to find out what suits you best.
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