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Colorado Carbon Fund

Introduction

The Colorado Carbon Fund (CCF) helps individuals, business owners and event planners measure, reduce, and offset their carbon emissions. The CCF is the first and only statewide voluntary offset program in the U.S., focusing its support on greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction projects in Colorado that produce permanent, verifiable carbon offsets.

First, we ask individuals, businesses, and event planners to use our online calculators to measure the greenhouse gas emissions from their energy use, driving and air travel.

Next, we give individuals, businesses, and event planners some simple ideas about how they can monitor and reduce their GHG emissions.

Finally, for the emissions that can’t be controlled, we provide tax deductible offsets through our voluntary offset program.

Through our outreach programs, we inform the public about energy efficiency, help fund community-based renewable energy projects, and support educational initiatives that help Coloradans of all ages to lower energy consumption.

When you contribute to the CCF, your tax-deductible donation helps fund GHG reduction projects in local Colorado communities.  All of our offset projects are and will always be verified to the highest standard.

Do your part today to reduce your carbon footprint and you will be promoting environmental health, supporting the Colorado economy, and encouraging energy independence.

You have the will. We have the way.

Benefits for Colorado

• Homegrown– Supports only carbon offset projects in Colorado
• Improves our quality of life– Helps protect Colorado’s environment and economy
• Enhances communities– Generates reinvestment funds for environmentally beneficial projects in diverse communities across our state
• Encourages innovation – Supports development of new low-carbon technologies
• Makes philanthropy easy– A tax-deductible donation is a click or call away.

CCF + Program Partners

To develop the CCF program, we welcome partnerships with:

• Communities interested in supporting local clean energy and climate mitigation projects
• Individuals and organizations interested in purchasing carbon offsets
• Developers and financiers of carbon offset projects
• Brokers and aggregators of carbon offsets

The CCF program is currently accepting carbon offset project ideas. If you have a project, you are invited to submit a project proposal form.