Case: Erkende Verhuizers

The Organisatie voor Erkende Verhuizers (Organisation for Certified Movers) is the umbrella organisation of Erkende Verhuizers in the Netherlands. The organisation supports its members in taking energy reduction measures. Partnering with GreenBalance, the organisation has also introduced carbon neutral moving for consumers.

In a carbon neutral removal, all carbon emissions from energy usage during the removal are compensated. In addition to the fuel usage of the moving van(s), this also includes packaging material.

GreenBalance has made a calculation of the carbon emissions based on an 'average' household move. The consumer pays a fixed, low price for carbon offsetting, regardless of the destination. 

Carbon offsetting is achieved by buying Gold Standard credits from a sustainable energy project outside of Europe. The Gold Standard, whose founding partners include the World Wildlife Fund, has the highest international criteria for carbon offset projects.

Erkende Verhuizers has chosen a Gold Standard wind energy project in Taiwan. This is a bundled project of two wind farms on the west coast of Taiwan. The project provides clean electricity to the equivalent of 110,000 households.

Read more about this wind energy project and the Gold Standard.