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Why Beyers Koffie decided to offset its gas emissions?

In 2011 Beyers Koffie evaluated for the first time its organizational carbon footprint. Which proved that gas emissions are the biggest contributor to their carbon footprint. Although Beyers Koffie invested already heavily in reducing its emissions (e.g. replacement of roaster by a new, energy efficient roaster), some emissions are inevitable. Instead of leaving this CO2 cost to society, Beyers Koffie decided to take its responsibility and offset the gas emissions by supporting Gold Standard projects in developing countries (e.g. improved woodstoves in Uganda). The offsetting is done in partnership with CO2logic, an organization specializing in the calculation, reduction and offsetting of carbon emissions. And the only offset company to be certified by Forum Ethibel.

What is carbon offsetting?


  1. Calculating. An organization or "CO2 emitter" carries out a carbon footprint study, according to recognized standards, in order to identify where the CO2 emissions and climate impact is coming from.

  2. Reducing. Using this initial assessment, the study and advisor can immediately provide ways of reducing future emissions. This reduction in emissions often goes hand in hand with cheaper energy bills given the large part that fossil fuels play in our carbon-dioxide emissions.

  3. Offsetting. Once the emissions have been worked out and mostly reduced, the emitter contributes by financing CO2 reductions from climate projects that equals their emissions from the carbon footprint. By doing so, they offset their past emissions for which reduction measures are too late. The carbon credits from the climate projects allow support to clean(er) technologies in developing countries (e.g. wind energy or efficient cookingstoves in Africa, etc.). 

This video explains carbon offsetting in less than 2 minutes.

Why OFFSETTING in developing countries?






Only setting up the joint implementation mechanism or domestic offsetting projects (DOPs) would enable the risk of counting twice to be avoided, but in Belgium this mechanism has not (yet) been implemented by the public authorities.

Why is it important to offset?

Carbon offsetting is important as it allows:

  • everyone to become aware of their impact on the climate

Is OFFSETTING not simply to make us feel guilt-free?

If someone has to take a flight it is better to offset it than to do nothing. Your contribution is used to reduce tons of carbon in developing countries which match what you emit by flying. These reductions in these developing countries would not happen without your contribution.

This principle is also applicable for any other activity (production, driving, waste,…) that will happen anyway. Since 2007 we have observed that organizations going for CO2 Neutrality by offsetting their own CO2 emissions will reduce their emissions more rapidly than ‘non-offsetting’ organizations because they have internalized their CO2 emissions by putting a price on their own climate impact.

How much does carbon offsets cost?

It all depends on :

  1. The quality of the carbon offset projects (Gold Standard or Certified by the United Nations).

  2. The type of projects. A cookstove project will be more expensive as it is more people intensive and generates less quick big CO2 reductions. Compared to wind mill projects that are less people intensive and generate immediately big CO2 reductions.

What guarantee is there that the selected OFFSET projects will be successful?

Beyers Koffie works with CO2logic offering projects which are running and which are certified by Gold Standard. By working with CO2logic, Beyers Koffie is at 100% sure that the offset really happened. By supporting these sustainable projects it will allow others to be created.

Why does beyers only use OFFSET projects certified by Gold Standard ?

This international standard is recognized around the world and offers the greatest guarantee that the carbon offset is of high quality. For further information: www.cdmgoldstandard.org