Brighter Planet’s annual audit of offset sales and retirements is part of our commitment to transparency. It proves that we’ve met all the requirements of our carbon offset policy and are doing everything we say we do to ensure offset quality.
The audit has three parts:
1. A statement of approved projects vetted by our Project Selection Committee or third-party certifiers and approved for inclusion in our portfolio for the audit period.
2. An independent accountant’s report. This confirms that we purchased all the offsets we sold during the audit period.
3. A third-party statement of offset retirement. This confirms that we only purchased offsets from projects in our portfolio and that we retired all the offsets we purchased.
The results of our 2010 audit are posted here for your review.
2010 Statement of approved projects (PDF)
2010 Independent accountant’s report (PDF)
2010 Statement of offset retirement
Previous audit results.
2009 Statement of approved projects (PDF)
2009 Independent accountant’s report (PDF)
2009 Statement of offset retirement (PDF)
2008 Statement of approved projects (PDF)
2008 Independent accountant’s report (PDF)
2008 Statement of offset retirement (PDF)