Marine Agency Corp

Sustainability Story

We are a 100 year old independent insurance agency. We're looking ahead to the future, and are taking steps now to ensure a sustainable business model for ourselves and our customers. It's crucial that we all do what we can to ensure the health o

View Sustainability Page

What is Climate Neutrality

A state in which human activities result in no net effect on the climate system. Requires balancing of residual greenhouse gas emissions with reductions or removals. All Climate Neutral Certified brands must meet climate neutrality standards for measuring, offsetting, and reducing greenhouse gas emissions from making and delivering products and services.

This certification covers business activities and operations for the following brands :

No items found.

Marine Agency Corp achieved Climate Neutral Certification as part of 's certification process. 's measurement, offsetting and reduction plans fully account for Marine Agency Corp's 2021 emissions

Learn More

01 Measure

Marine Agency Corp measured Scope 1, 2 and 3 cradle-to-customer emissions following categories and approaches established in the Climate Neutral standards.

GHG Scope 1

GHG Protocol Scope 1

Emissions from energy used in buildings, fleets, and equipment.

1 tCO2e

14 tCO2e

GHG Scope 3

GHG Protocol Scope 3

Emissions from raw materials, manufacturing, shipping, air travel, and other activities in the supply chain.

120 tCO2e

Total Emissions

Total Carbon Emissions

The sum of Scope 1, 2, and 3 emissions.

136 tCO2e

02 Offset

Marine Agency Corp invested in projects outside of their value chain to compensate for all of their measured carbon emissions. This step supports their climate neutrality designation, and enables Marine Agency Corp to take responsibility for historical emissions that can’t be reduced.

Total Investment in Carbon Credits

$1,836.00

Marine Agency Corp's credits came from:

Emissions Offset

Offset equivalency

For reference, reducing a footprint by 1000 tonnes is roughly equal to removing 230 passenger vehicles from the road for a year.

136 tCO2e

Lifetime Emissions Offsets

tCO2e

03 Reduce

Marine Agency Corp has set targets and identified actions to reduce their emissions from operations and their supply chain. These actions will enable Marine Agency Corp to emit fewer emissions in the future.

Mid Term Targets

Marine Agency Corp has committed to reducing emissions by .

This target is aligned with global trajectories to limit climate warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius.

Mid Term Targets

This target is aligned with global trajectories to limit climate warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius.

Reduction Actions

Marine Agency Corp is implementing a Reduction Action Plan to reduce emissions from within its own operations and supply chain.

Current Year Reduction Actions

What We’re Reducing

We plan to reduce the energy emissions related to our website.

How We'll Reduce It

We plan to change to a green web host that uses only renewal energy.

What We’re Reducing

We plan to reduce emissions related to overnight delivery.

How We'll Reduce It

We plan to use email wherever possible for client communications. If hard copy originals are required, we will use standard duration postal mail instead of "overnight" or "express" shipping.

What We’re Reducing

How We'll Reduce It

What We’re Reducing

How We'll Reduce It

We plan to reduce the energy emissions related to our website.
We plan to reduce emissions related to overnight delivery.

In Progress Reductions

100%

What We’re Reducing

Reduce average per capita number of commuting miles driven 20%.

How We'll Reduce It

We will encourage carpool and mass transit.

100%

What We’re Reducing

We plan to reduce emissions from purchased electricity at our office.

How We'll Reduce It

We will select an alternative electricity supplier that generates electricity from 100% renewable sources.

What We’re Reducing

How We'll Reduce It

What We’re Reducing

How We'll Reduce It

We plan to reduce the energy emissions related to our website.
We plan to reduce emissions related to overnight delivery.

Completed Reductions