Climate label

Carbon-neutral and climate labels (The Climate Label, ClimatePartner certified, Carbon Trust)

Carbon labels on coffee usually certify the roaster's or brand's emissions accounting and offsetting, not the farm. The market is shifting away from 'carbon neutral' wording toward labels that require measured reductions, driven by EU rules that take effect in September 2026. The founding year shown is that of the nonprofit behind The Climate Label, launched in June 2019 as Climate Neutral.

Register: OpenAnyone can check who holds it
Founded: 2019
Run by: The Change Climate Project; ClimatePartner; Carbon Trust (separate bodies)
Covers: Roasters and brands

What it requires

In this atlas's own words

These are company or product climate claims rather than farm standards. The Climate Label (formerly Climate Neutral Certified) requires a brand to measure its full cradle-to-customer footprint for the previous year (all of Scope 1 and 2 and eight of the fifteen Scope 3 categories under the GHG Protocol), set and implement reductions, and fund climate projects with carbon credits meeting vintage and quality rules. ClimatePartner certified replaced the firm's earlier 'carbon neutral' label with requirements for measurement, reduction targets and verified climate finance, each label linking to a public Climate ID page. The Carbon Trust offers product carbon-footprint labels and carbon-neutral verification.

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Checking a claim

The register

Open to the public

changeclimate.org

The Change Climate Project publishes a searchable list of certified companies and ClimatePartner publishes per-label Climate ID pages; no data licence found.

Logo use

From 27 September 2026 the EU Empowering Consumers Directive restricts generic claims such as 'climate neutral' based on offsetting; ClimatePartner says its label will meet those requirements and The Change Climate Project audits use of its marks.