Three new companies have now joined the climate-positive platform, CLIPOP. Goddryck, Kivra and Zero Mission have all become climate-positive according to the platform’s requirements. These include measuring all emissions throughout the entire value chain and then decreasing those emissions in line with UN’s 1.5C goal, while at the same time removing more emissions than the value chain emits.
“We’re delighted to welcome these three new companies to CLIPOP and even happier that so many more are getting in touch,” says Emmy Tollin, sustainability developer at GodEl and spokesperson for CLIPOP.
“If you look at the range of companies that are now Climate Positive according to the stringent CLIPOP requirements, then you can see that anyone can do this, from small consultancy firms to large restaurant chains. It’s possible. So, we encourage anyone who is considering this, to get in touch and we’ll help them in the right direction. Our planet needs more Climate Positive companies.”
One of the company’s, ZeroMission, helps others with carbon measurement and carbon compensation. For them, there was no alternative than to become Climate Positive.
“The science says that all businesses (and all individuals and countries) have to become Climate Positive if we’re to prevent the catastrophic effects that are likely to follow from global warming over 1.5 degrees. We all need to reduce total emissions in line with the Paris Agreement and to offset at least our total emissions, from today,” says Claire Wigg, CEO at ZeroMission.
The second new member to CLIPOP is Kivra, a digital mailbox being used by almost four million Swedes today. The service can also be used to receive receipts, payslips and one-click pay invoices.
“Our superpower as a business is that the business side and sustainability side work in parallel. The more people use our service, the less we use traditional postal services and this is better for the environment. But it isn’t enough, which is why we’ve taken the step to become Climate Positive,” says Anna Bäck, MD at Kivra.
“We hope this move can also help inspire others,” adds Bäck.
GodDryck, the third new member of CLIPOP, sells organic non-alcoholic drinks and has donated all its profits to charity since the company began in 2015. Managing Director Joseph Dickenson mentions similar reasons for becoming Climate Positive as Zero Mission and Kivra and is working on reducing its emissions in several areas.
“We’re now transporting our wines from Europe to Sweden by train instead of trucks and this cuts down 25 tonnes of CO2e per year for us,” says Dickenson. “We also produce larger batches during the warmer months for energy and freight reasons and now we’re launching new lighter packaging for our Ginger beer.”
“We want to be able to contribute and be a part of a new standard for Climate Positive that is just as clear as the ISO14021 standard for climate-neutral. We’d also like to encourage others in our industry to do the same.”
Becoming Climate Positive means turning the Paris Agreement’s 1.5° goal into an operational plan that companies and organisations can copy. CLIPOP has developed a praxis for those companies that want to take action now. The criteria are based on the ISO14021 standard for climate-neutral, but with additional commitments. All companies that wish to become a part of CLIPOP need to remove more carbon emissions than their entire value chain emits while at the same time reducing emissions in line with the 1.5° goal.