Your Guide to Carbon Credits

• Introduction
• VCM Overview
• Credit Quality
• Project Types
• Buying Credits
• Client Stories
• Get Started

🌍 Carbon markets can feel overwhelming—fragmented data, limited transparency, and conflicting advice make it hard to know where to start. In this webinar, our experts give a clear, practical introduction to the VCM.

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At CarbonBetter, we know the path to net-zero looks different for every organization. Whether you're just starting to explore carbon offsets or already advancing your carbon strategy, this guide can help you.

This guide pulls together everything we've published about carbon credits and offset strategy. Below, you'll find our most helpful blog posts and client stories—curated to help you understand how carbon credits work and whether they’re the right fit to support your organization’s sustainability and emissions reduction goals.

Introduction to Carbon Offsets

Start with the basics—what carbon offsets are, when they’re appropriate, and how they fit into a company’s decarbonization plan.

• Carbon Offsets vs. RECs
• Insetting vs. Offsetting
• Carbon Emissions Intensity
• Ask Us Anything: Voluntary Carbon Markets

Voluntary Carbon Market (VCM) Overview

A deep dive into the structure and trends of the VCM. Designed to help business leaders make sense of this rapidly evolving space.

• Voluntary Carbon Market Trends
• The Carbon Market Gap

Evaluating Carbon Credit Quality

These blog posts unpack the key criteria that separate high-quality carbon credits from the rest, so you can invest with confidence.

• High-Quality Carbon Credits
• Carbon Credit Permanence
• Additionality Explained
• Carbon Offset Vintages
• Carbon Credits Geography
• CCB Standards
• Maximizing Carbon Credit Value
• Carbon Offset Registries

Project Types & Technologies

Explore the wide range of offset project types—from forests and soil to blue carbon and engineered removal. Understand the mechanics, risks, and benefits of each.

• Nature-Based Solutions
• Forestry Projects
• Blue Carbon
• Carbon Removal Overview
• CDR Intro
• UN CO₂ Removal Projects
• Eritrea Boreholes Project

Buying, Retiring, and Managing Credits

Once you’ve decided to invest in carbon offsets, this section covers the mechanics of sourcing, retiring, and managing credits through trusted partners.

• How to Buy Carbon Credits
• Certified Carbon Offsets
• Carbon Offset Project Info
• Project Services Overview
• CBCO vs. Bespoke Offsets
• Carbon Offsets (Main Service Page)

Client Stories

See how other businesses have integrated carbon offsets into their sustainability strategies—from carbon-negative whiskey to verified storytelling campaigns.

• Carbon-Neutral Whiskey
• Carbon-Negative Bourbon
• Carbon-Negative Beer

Ready to Take the Next Step?

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Whether you want to measure your emissions, build a decarbonization strategy, or offset what you can’t reduce—CarbonBetter is here to help. Explore our carbon offset solutions below or reach out today to get started. We’ll meet you where you are, and help you move forward—step by step.

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Closing the Carbon Market Gap

According to Bank of America, carbon offset supply may need to grow as much as 50x by 2050 to achieve net-zero emissions. Watch the replay as three experts discuss efforts to close this gap and the challenges in developing projects and issuing credits at scale.