Help Build Clean Energy Solutions with Brighter Planet

Brighter Planet is dedicated to helping you take charge in the fight against global warming and build a clean-energy future. With a majority of Americans wanting to do something for the environment, our products are an effective way for individuals and businesses to reduce their impact on the climate

We work with experts in the environmental movement and partners like Bank of America and NativeEnergy to create practical solutions to climate change. By using our products, our members support a diverse array of renewable energy projects that satisfy our rigorous carbon offset policy and have gained the approval of our Project Selection Committee.

Decrease our national dependence on carbon-emitting “dirty” energy sources

Our renewable energy projects, in communities across the U.S., decrease our national dependence on carbon-emitting “dirty” energy sources like coal burning power plants. Some are wind power in public school districts or open lands and others are cow power on family farms. Funded with the help of people like you, they all meet Brighter Planet’s stringent standards and build a clean-energy future.

3 steps to a brighter planet

1. Learn: What's your carbon footprint? Getting a sense of your impact is one of the best ways to start understanding climate change. Use this tool to see how you stack up.
2. Act: With a majority of Americans wanting to do something for the environment, our products are an effective way for individuals and businesses to reduce their climate impact.
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3. Impact: Our renewable energy projects, in communities across the U.S., decrease our national dependence on carbon-emitting “dirty” energy sources like coal burning power plants. Some are wind power in public school districts or open lands and others are cow power on family farms. Funded with the help of people like you, they all meet Brighter Planet’s stringent standards and build a clean-energy future.

Brighter Planet offsets fund top-notch renewable energy projects.

• They meet our rigorous carbon offset policy

  Not all offsets are created equal. Ours come from top-ranked NativeEnergy, the exclusive supplier of offsets for Brighter Planet's card programs. We select only premium, source-side renewable energy projects. These projects are additional—that is, they would not have been built without the funding from offset sales—and always provide social value to their host communities. All this is necessary to meet our rigorous Carbon offset policy.

• Our project selection committee has the final say

  It's not enough to just make claims to quality—you have to verify it. That's why all of our carbon offset projects are submitted to our Project selection committee for approval—only those that stand up to their expert scrutiny get added to our portfolio.

• We're prepared

  We always estimate carbon reductions conservatively—this creates a buffer of protection for unforeseen problems. Because our offsets come from a portfolio of projects, we can make up for shortfalls from one project with surplus from another. This is our Portfolio Promise.