Title: CURBON
Author: Curbon
Published: <strong>November 8, 2022</strong>
Last modified: May 5, 2023

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This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress**.
It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when
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# CURBON

 By [Curbon](https://profiles.wordpress.org/curbon/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/curbon.1.0.0.zip)

 * [Details](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/curbon/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/curbon/#reviews)
 * [Development](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/curbon/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/curbon/)

## Description

#### Effortless carbon neutral e-commerce

CURBON’s plugin enables you to provide a carbon offsetting solution to your customers
at no added cost to your company. The plugin calculates the climate cost of each
transaction and utilises verified high-quality carbon credits to eliminate the environmental
impact in real time, helping cultivate a climate-conscious consumer culture.

#### How it works

With this plugin, CURBON is making climate action accessible and cost-effective.
CURBON’s plugin sits in your customer’s cart at checkout, where you or the customer
can choose to offset their purchases. When a purchase is made carbon neutral, CURBON
calculates the emissions of the cart and purchases carbon credits from high-quality
carbon offsetting projects. The additional cost to offset ranges between 1.8% and
6% of your customer’s cart, depending on the products stocked in your store.

#### Benefits

Zero cost to company, or full company adoption
 CURBON’s plugin has two carbon-neutral
e-commerce options for your store. The first is a zero-cost-to-company solution 
where your customers opt-in to offset. The second is a full carbon neutral solution
where every product in your store is made carbon neutral upon checkout.

Improve brand awareness
 Choosing CURBON means choosing to do things differently.
Share your company’s carbon offsetting stats through your communications channels
and let your customers know you’re doing your part in working toward a cleaner tomorrow.
Taking climate action with CURBON creates opportunities for customer engagement 
and increases loyalty.

Real, meaningful climate action
 CURBON’s projects do more than just protect the
planet. Each step of CURBON’s carbon offsetting method is verified by leading international
oversight bodies. This means both your company and your customers can trust that
every transaction made is working toward a carbon-neutral future.

#### Key Features

Integrate with a click
 Integrating CURBON into your online store requires just 
a few steps. Add the plugin from the app store and follow the prompts. Once the 
plugin is installed, customised and activated, you’re all set.

Customise to your platform
 Our customisable templates allow you to modify the look
and messaging of CURBON’s plugin in your store, to seamlessly pair with your site’s
design. If you tell us a little about your store offering, our team will evaluate
your emissions to give your customers the most accurate carbon offsetting solution.

Provide carbon neutral checkouts
 This is climate action made easy. Once CURBON’s
plugin is up and running, you or your customer will have the option to make their
purchase carbon neutral with just the click of a button.

## Screenshots

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 * CURBON Box with Calculated Offset Amount.
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 * Expanded View of CURBON Box.
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 * Thank You Message when Offset is Added.
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 * CURBON Box on Checkout Page.
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 * CURBON Box in Minicart View.
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 * CURBON Box in Minicart View When Merchant Offsetting is On.
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 * CURBON Box on the Cart Page When Merchant Offsetting is On.
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 * CURBON Box on the Checkout Page When Merchant Offsetting is On.
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 * Onboarding Screen When Merchant Activate the Plugin.
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 * Second Onboarding Screen When Merchant enrolls to the System.
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 * Second Onboarding Screen When Merchant Makes the Final Payment.

## FAQ

### What is carbon offsetting?

Carbon offsetting involves calculating the amount of carbon emissions generated 
by a particular activity (such as manufacturing a pair of shoes) and then purchasing
carbon credits that pay for avoiding or removing the same amount of carbon elsewhere
in the environment. Because emissions move through the atmosphere, removing an equivalent
amount of emissions elsewhere in the environment has the same net impact as if your
emissions didn`t occur. Buying carbon credits that reduce or eliminate greenhouse
gases also creates a market that stimulates the creation of additional carbon-removal
projects.

### What is a carbon credit?

A carbon credit is an instrument representing the reduction, avoidance, or sequestration
of 1 metric ton of carbon emissions. Also referred to as carbon offsets, these instruments
are used to compensate for an equal amount of carbon emissions elsewhere. Carbon
offset projects are verified by third parties to ensure that they reduce, avoid,
or sequester the amount of carbon that they claim.

### What does it mean for a product to be carbon neutral?

A product becomes carbon neutral when the emissions of the product`s manufacturing
and distribution are calculated and compensated for via carbon offsetting projects.
Offsetting carbon emissions, in addition to avoidance and reduction, is an important
step in climate action.

### How does the plugin calculate product emissions?

By harnessing the data and insight developed by leading research institutions, CURBON
is able to calculate the emissions generated by the products and services of over
1000 product categories. CURBON calculates carbon emissions and corresponding offsets
on a per-store basis, using inputs tailored to the type of activity the merchant
undertakes. For complex use cases, CURBON’s carbon emissions team can work with 
you to determine the best approach.

### How much does it cost for merchants and for customers?

CURBON’s e-commerce offsetting service is free to use for merchants. The cost to
your customers is between 1.8% and 6% of their cart total, depending on the products
being purchased.

### What currencies does Climate Friendly Cart Support?

We currently support charging in ZAR

## Reviews

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### 󠀁[Easy to use, and an excellent addition to the customers experience](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/easy-to-use-and-an-excellent-addition-to-the-customers-experience/)󠁿

 [sustainableretailsa](https://profiles.wordpress.org/sustainableretailsa/) March
15, 2023

Great plugin which has been an excellent addition to the customer experience.

 [ Read all 1 review ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/curbon/reviews/)

## Contributors & Developers

“CURBON” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this 
plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ Curbon ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/curbon/)

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### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/curbon/), check out
the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/curbon/), or subscribe to
the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/curbon/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/curbon/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Changelog

#### 1.0.0

 * Initial release.

## Meta

 *  Version **1.0.0**
 *  Last updated **3 years ago**
 *  Active installations **Fewer than 10**
 *  Tested up to **6.1.10**
 *  PHP version ** 7.4 or higher **
 *  Language
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/curbon/)
 * Tags
 * [Carbon Offsetting](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/carbon-offsetting/)
   [Sustainable shopping](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/sustainable-shopping/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/curbon/advanced/)

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## Contributors

 *   [ Curbon ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/curbon/)

## Support

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