What is Offset?
Offset is a carbon footprint tracker and offset platform aimed at individuals and businesses who want to reduce their environmental impact. The tool consists of a browser extension for Google Chrome and Firefox as well as mobile apps for iOS and Android.
The Offset extension monitors your internet browsing behavior and activities to calculate your digital carbon footprint based on factors like web page sizes, video streaming, email usage, and more. It then provides personalized insights into your biggest areas of impact and simple actions you can take to reduce your footprint, such as enabling data savings mode, sending lighter emails, or switching to green web hosts.
Users can opt to offset any remaining carbon emissions from their digital activities by supporting certified carbon reduction projects around the world. These projects help fund renewable energy, forest conservation, and other sustainability initiatives to actively remove carbon from the atmosphere.
On the business side, Offset offers companies customized dashboards and analytics into the carbon footprint of their office and employee internet usage and activities. Leaders can then use these insights to set and track progress towards conservation goals and implement internet policies that promote sustainability.
With easy-to-use tools for tracking, reducing, and offsetting online environmental footprints, Offset aims to mobilize individual and business action towards fighting climate change.
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