As the public becomes increasingly aware of global warming more individuals and corporations are evolving to a more environmentally sensitive emission focus. The chance to reduce your carbon footprint and become “Carbon Neutral” with the purchase of carbon credits is a sound business practice and is strongly encouraged and enforced by the governments around the world.
In order to be Carbon Neutral one would have to reduce its carbon footprint or the amount of CO2 created by daily activities, manufacturing processes, etc. Individuals and corporations can counteract their GHG emissions by set standards and offset them through the procurement of carbon credits, creating balance in their carbon ledger.
 Through energy audits Carbon Hill can assist your company in becoming GREEN and pass along substantial savings for less energy use. As individuals, the carbon footprint in the US on average is 22 tons of GHG per person, compared to 5 tons per person globally. This shows that the biggest carbon footprint is still being produced by the industrialized nations, which in turn has made them to take on more responsibility to themselves and as global citizens to lead the way to reduce and offset carbon.
There are several benefits for a business to decrease their carbon footprint and become carbon neutral when skyrocketing energy costs greatly decrease profits. Government regulation of carbon dioxide emissions and pollutants under The Clean Air Act will eventually mandate these actions. Several governments are already (or considering) putting limits on GHG, and taxing companies heavily that produce them.
There are also obvious public relation and marketing benefits to becoming GREEN. Carbon Hill alternative energy projects give you the opportunity to purchase carbon offsets and become carbon neutral. The purchase of carbon credits and the use of carbon neutral products and services will provide a company a way to develop a competitive advantage by becoming environmentally GREEN. Carbon offsets or carbon credits has taken on new significance all over the world. As an example the US Supreme Courts ruling that the US Environmental Protection Agency can now regulate carbon dioxide as a pollutant under the Clean Air Act which will bring on many lawsuits. The US Congress is also considering limits on GHG, taxing companies that produce them, or establishing cap and cut systems. Approximately twenty four states and over 350 cities have passed or have legislation in progress to reduce greenhouse gasses and CO2 emissions by 2010.
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