Carbon-Neutral Leadership
Brightspot Climate believes that climate change is one of the greatest challenges of our time. To build a more sustainable world, Brightspot has a variety of initiatives underway to create impact in our communities.
Emissions Inventory and Carbon-Neutral Plan
Since 2016, Brightspot has been quantifying and offsetting the greenhouse gas emissions associated with our operations. Check out our emissions inventory and carbon-neutral plan here!
Brightspot Labs
Brightspot encourages staff to spend regular time learning about developments in the carbon regulatory space and beyond. Check out our staff passion projects on our blog!
Early reactions suggest that few parties got everything they wanted, but the agreement does take another step toward clarifying what comes next for carbon markets and projects.
BC has released an intentions paper on chain of custody under the LCFS, offering insight and inviting consultation into how requirements may be applied and how verification expectations could evolve.
Brightspot has recently been accredited by the Standards Council of Canada as a Verification Body for the Government of Canada’s Clean Fuel Regulations.
Participation
Brightspot employees participate in a variety of initiatives, including those below. If you have an initiative or project in the community where Brightspot can add value, feel free to reach out.
Brightspot staff volunteer on international ISO technical committees to represent the Canadian perspective. Staff have worked on Technical Committee 207-Sub-Committee 7 and the Joint Working Group 6 to improve the standardization of GHG emissions, climate change adaption, and update the ISO-14066 standard on verification team competencies.
The Vancouver Maritime Centre for Climate is an industry-led initiative dedicated to accelerating the transition to a zero-emissions shipping industry in British Columbia. Brightspot has been a member of VMCC since its inception, helping to accelerate the deployment of greenhouse gas-reduction solutions in an underrepresented sector looking to jumpstart climate action.
Brightspot works with other technical experts to develop offset protocols for the Canadian, Alberta, and Saskatchewan governments.
We also provide input into global voluntary carbon market standards, including Puro.earth, where we recently offered recommendations on the Puro.earth Biochar Methodology.
Brightspot is working to build climate change knowledge in the community of Cambridge Bay, Nunavut, with the Kitikmeot Heritage Society. We have presented on diverse climate-change topics and the potential for clean energy technology in Canada’s Arctic.