Courtney has been certified with Radicle Climate Smart since 2019 and, in fact trained and collected data with Climate Smart in 2009 – the year of its inception.

Certification requires baselining inventories, identifying opportunities to lower impact, and prioritizing those opportunities based on gains, cost, speed and effort. 

We now have a baseline of our carbon footprint and can measure the impact of changes to which we committed. In our operations, we vow to use less – less electricity, less paper, less fuel for moving people and goods, less of the earth’s resources overall. 

In 2021, Courtney off-set its carbon emissions for 2019 and 2021 and achieved “carbon-neutral” status for 2021.

While Courtney isn’t a big energy user in its own operations, we are part of an industry that is. Wherever possible, we pledge to use our expertise to help clients make greener choices for their shipments, to work closely with clients who have shared interests and values, and to use our influence to bring along our industry associations and fellow association members. 

In addition to supporting measurable reductions in atmospheric carbon, we will provide our clients with information necessary to offset unavoidable emissions. We’re doing what we can to be part of the solution.

Radicle Climate Smart was founded in 2009 by visionary social entrepreneur, Elizabeth Sheehan, and incubated through Ecotrust Canada — an enterprising non-profit dedicated to building the conservation economy.  

It is now an award-winning certified B Corp that has developed a practical and solutions-based program for small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to profitably track and reduce GHG emissions. View this video of Elizabeth Sheehan speaking on the importance of small and medium-sized businesses in the effort to address climate change; 

Radicle Climate Smart emphasizes the business case for GHG reduction: operational efficiencies, cost savings, and competitive advantage. For more information, visit Carbon Accounting Software for Businesses | Radicle (radiclebalance.com)