The Mark of Climate Leadership

Demand carbon accountability.
A company that displays The Climate Label has measured greenhouse gas emissions from making and delivering products and services; publicly disclosed the data; and verifiably met The Climate Label Certification Standard criteria for funding climate solutions.
The Climate Label is a first-of-its-kind certification for companies that put a price on their carbon emissions. All certified companies must meet the same high standard for climate accountability.
During the certification process, companies set a Climate Transition Budget based on total annual emissions and a minimum required carbon fee, and demonstrate how they have allotted that budget to climate solutions. The carbon fee and budget ensures that each company puts money toward the low carbon transition at a level that matches the scale of their business.
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For consumers

The Climate Label offers a way to identify companies that make emissions reductions a financial priority, and weed out those with empty pledges and targets.

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For businesses

The Climate Label offers a way to differentiate your products and services, and creates a platform to highlight a range of decarbonization initiatives to your customers.

Corporate climate claims now rooted in carbon pricing

Financial accountability on display. Companies that achieve The Climate Label must use an established carbon fee to determine their minimum budget for funding the climate transition. This approach raises the bar for climate claims by centering the important question: are corporate climate leaders funding their pledges appropriately?

A big-picture approach to climate solutions

More money to more projects. Climate transition budgets may be allocated to eligible categories across operations, supply chains, and beyond-value-chain projects, subject to some guardrails. Market-based instruments such as clean energy credits and carbon removals play an important role in facilitating immediate allocation of funding.

Transparency into GHG reduction outcomes

Disclosure helps build trust. Certification requires year-on-year tracking and disclosure of emissions, along with required target-setting and action planning. This makes it possible to assess a certified company’s emissions reduction progress and priorities across their value chain.

Incentives for climate advocacy and justice

Support for the just transition. Contributions to broader system change and market transformation are recognized under the framework. Companies are encouraged to use budgets to support advocacy, policy, education, and climate justice for communities that bear an unjust burden.

Developed and tested by stakeholders and companies

To develop the 2025 Standard, TCCP incorporated recent lessons and challenges from across the corporate climate movement. We led a multi-year, stakeholder-focused effort in which leaders in climate and sustainability from NGOs and companies, together with consumers, provided over a thousand comments on early drafts of the Standard and label.
The resulting framework builds on the important work of other corporate climate initiatives including the Greenhouse Gas Protocol (GHGP), Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market (ICVCM), Science Based Targets Initiative (SBTi), and climate transition action planning (CTAP) initiatives.
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Embracing Transparency and Accountability

"By measuring our efforts in dollar terms, our team was actively encouraged to invest in projects that will initiate real reductions rather than short-term promises and band-aids, contributing to long-term change."
Lojel
Dipti Paryani
Sustainability Manager
"Since our first full year in business – 2019 – we have partnered with The Change Climate Project. We are proud to have measured, reduced and offset our climate footprint in full, year upon year. We could not have done that without the framework and support of Change Climate.”
Necessaire
Randi Christiansen
CEO and Co-Founder
“Companies should check out The Change Climate Project's updated certification Standard and Label. Its design is balanced well between simplicity and robustness. It allows companies of different sizes to participate. Moreover, it’s designed to ensure companies not just set targets but have a concrete plan and internal mechanism — the Climate Transition Budget — and give confidence to investors and consumers that the company will fund the climate transition. It could serve as a standalone climate target and implementation standard or complement a company’s existing Science-Based Target.”
WinRock International
Brad Schallert
Director, Net Zero Climate Services
“The Climate Label strengthens our overall value proposition, especially with corporate clients who prioritize ESG alignment in their procurement process. It’s one more reason clients feel confident choosing us over conventional gift vendors. Being part of The Climate Label community has kept us accountable, inspired, and connected to a like-minded network of climate-conscious brands. It’s a reminder that our individual actions contribute to something much larger.”
Gifts for Good
Jenise Steverding
Chief Impact Officer
“The new framework that The Change Climate Project has introduced through its 2025 Certification Standard has improved JuneShine's sustainability impact. By measuring and analyzing carbon emissions, we can identify operational changes that align with our certification goals...Being recognized as certified with The Climate Label not only enhances brand reputation but also clearly defines JuneShine's environmentally conscious mission of producing honest alcohol for a healthier planet.”
JuneShine
Luke Sutmiller
Sustainability Manager
"As an early adopter of The Climate Label, we are dedicated to redefining our impact on the environment and leading the charge toward a more sustainable future. By investing in our supply chain, we can develop solutions that benefit our planet and inspire others to join us on this important journey. Together, we can create a lasting, positive impact for generations to come.”
Nomadix
Mia Helminiak
Director of Community Engagement

The Climate Label is replacing Climate Neutral Certified.
This is how we got here.

October 2023

Changed our org name to The Change Climate Project (TCCP) to better represent our broader vision.

November 2023 – January 2024

Consulted hundreds of sustainability thought leaders, NGOs and companies to inform the biggest update to our consumer-focused standard and label since our founding in 2019.

February 2024

Released initial draft of the Provisional Certification Requirements for early stakeholder feedback.

March 2024

Began beta testing with a limited group of participating companies.

April 2024

Started of a 60-day public comment period to gather insights and feedback from our wider community.

May – August 2024

Collected and synthesized feedback on the Standard from beta testing period and public input. Evaluated design and wording alternatives for the certification label.

Fall 2024

Public launch of the updated 2025 Standard and label.

January 2025

Began certifying companies under the 2025 Standard.

Frequently Asked Questions

Why is The Climate Label better than carbon neutrality?

The Climate Label provides a more comprehensive assessment of a company's climate initiatives, including future targets, actionable steps to get there, annual progress reporting of emissions, and confirmation that a company's actual financial commitment to the climate transition meets our minimum, net-zero-aligned investment threshold. The Standard sets a fixed price carbon fee per tonne and then enables companies to evaluate all of their climate projects as part of a single portfolio.

Is The Climate Label best for beginner or advanced climate programs?

All companies start at different places on their climate journey. The Climate Label Certification Standard meets companies where they are and tracks continuous improvement. The framework includes gradual increases to annual carbon prices and the portion of transition budgets that are dedicated to value chain investments.

What can certified companies do with their Climate Transition Budgets?

Companies can fund an array of projects, such as low-carbon product materials, transition to low-carbon suppliers, electrification of fleets and buildings, and high integrity carbon credits. We also recognize limited company spending on internal capacity building and actions that support climate policy advocacy and a just transition to Net Zero.

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