Businesses in London and Greater London calculate, buy and retire verified international credits, used only to bootstrap the platform.
Illustrative phase
London · Greater London · the UK
Zero Carbon UK is being built for companies in London and Greater London that want a straightforward way to count their yearly emissions, buy credits, and retire — or burn — them in their name, with a certificate to show for it.
For London businesses
The first credits are only there to get the platform started. The lasting idea is a loop: money from making businesses carbon-neutral is put back into new UK green projects, which can then generate UK credits and gradually take the place of the international supply.
This is a planned platform, not a government scheme, and it is not endorsed by the Mayor of London or the Greater London Authority. It is for voluntary use and for pilots.
Inventory dashboard
Example data, to be replaced with verified registry data. These figures are not a statement of actual holdings.
The reinvestment loop
The centre of the model: a loop from your purchase to new UK credits. Illustrative, not a live fund.
When a business buys credits through Zero Carbon UK and we retire them, the plan is that the revenue is reinvested, not taken out as the end of the story. It is intended to go into a UK Green Fund and from there into new UK projects — for example woodland, peatland, solar and building retrofit. Those projects can, in time, generate UK carbon credits, which can be retired for later customers and slowly replace the international credits used at launch.
Existing international credits, including a planned REDD+ holding, are only to bootstrap the business. Registry, project and vintage details will be published on this page once they have been independently confirmed. Until then, please do not rely on unverified claims about those credits.
Illustrative project types only. These photographs show existing UK landscapes and energy sites; they are not projects Zero Carbon UK has funded or contracted.
From estimate to certificate
Tell us what your business uses — vehicles, energy, travel and the rest — and get a yearly total in tonnes of CO2, plus how many credits you would need.
Planning toolWhen sales open, you will be able to buy credits to cover that total, or a part of it you choose. Reduce what you can first; buy credits for what is left.
Not on sale yetCredits are retired in your organisation’s name so they cannot be used again. This is often called burning them.
Once sales openYou receive a record of the tonnes retired. As registry details are confirmed, certificates will point to the public retirement record.
When retirements beginUK Business Carbon Calculator
A working draft, already using official UK Government 2026 conversion factors.
You can try a simplified UK business carbon calculator now. It is a planning tool, not a formal audit, and it does not sell or retire credits yet.
Direction of travel
Illustrative phases only. No launch dates, volumes or named projects are set here. The aim is to start with verified international credits, then grow a UK project pipeline, then reach a point where most credits retired through the platform come from UK projects.
Businesses in London and Greater London calculate, buy and retire verified international credits, used only to bootstrap the platform.
Illustrative phaseRevenue is reinvested through the UK Green Fund into new UK green projects, such as woodland, peatland, solar and retrofit.
Illustrative phaseCredits generated by those UK projects make up most of what is retired, gradually replacing the international supply.
Illustrative phaseLondon first, then the UK
We are starting in London and Greater London because it is a dense business community, and because the city has already set a clear climate aim. The Mayor of London has set a target for London to be net zero carbon by 2030. That target, and the preferred “Accelerated Green” pathway, are set out by the Greater London Authority.
Zero Carbon UK is not part of that official programme, and it cannot on its own deliver the 2030 target. Reducing emissions at source still comes first. The offer here is a voluntary way for London businesses to measure what remains, retire credits transparently, and channel spend towards a future UK project pipeline — with a later expansion across the UK.
Pathways to Net Zero Carbon by 2030
Greater London Authority, London City Hall — official pathway, not a Zero Carbon UK programme.
What we will publish
When credits are sold and retired, you should be able to check them on a public registry. Those details are not confirmed yet, so they are left blank on purpose rather than filled with claims we cannot stand behind.
| Item | Status |
|---|---|
| Registry name and public link | To be published once confirmed |
| Project name and identifier | To be published once confirmed |
| Vintage | To be published once confirmed |
| Retirement records | To be published when retirements begin |
| UK Green Fund structure and reporting | To be published as the fund is set up |
Illustrative only
Live prices will be published here before any sale begins. They have not been set yet.
The calculator already lets you try an illustrative figure of £95 per credit. That figure is a worked example from the business plan, not a market tariff and not a price you can pay today.
Local and national government
London and Greater London are the intended first test bed, with a later rollout across the UK. The platform is designed so a council, combined authority or government department can see how a simple calculate–retire–reinvest loop could work for businesses in their area.
If you work in local or national government and want to discuss a pilot, please use the waitlist below and say so in the note.
It is offered for voluntary use and for agreed pilots, not as a tax or a licence condition.
Making this kind of offsetting compulsory would need national legislation. Councils cannot mandate it through bylaws.
The UK Green Fund is intended to put revenue into UK projects, so later credits can be closer to home.
We will not claim official backing unless a public body has agreed it in writing.
Stay in touch
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In this preview your details have not been sent or stored. When the waitlist is connected, you will be able to register properly from this page.
A planned platform, not a live marketplace. Zero Carbon UK is being built for voluntary use and agreed pilots. zerocarbonuk.com is the intended domain; this preview should not be read as a live public service. Reducing emissions comes first. Credits are for what remains, and only once they can be checked.