Balance by Carbon Checkout

INTEGRATED CAUSE MARKETING

Carbon Checkout first launched its Shopify app in 2015, and has since grown into one of the world's largest carbon offset distribution networks, now operating across 37 countries. Having partnered with thousands of eCommerce merchants, we give millions of customers just like yours, the convenient opportunity to BALANCE the carbon footprint of their online transactions, in one-click at checkout.

And we’re not just an app, we are an environmental consulting group with technical expertise and a proven track record of environmental achievement since 2007. We are scaling the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) together with Google as part of the Startup Adviser: SDG program, we were recently co-funded by the European Innovation Council of the EU, as well as being honored by The World Bank for our innovative work on climate change. Carbon Checkout is your trusted carbon offset partner.

HOW IT WORKS

Consumer research has long showed that integrating cause in commerce not only strengthens brands, but also reduces shopping cart abandonment and increases overall sales and customer loyalty. Carbon Checkout is your opportunity to integrate a fully managed cause marketing initiative into your business strategy today. Here's how it works:

1. Install in one-click. Carbon Checkout integrates seamlessly into your site to offer your customers the unique opportunity to balance the carbon footprint of their purchase at checkout. Full integration into your store in one-click.

2. Balance in one-click. Your customers now have the option to balance the carbon footprint of their order. Default contributions are a round-up value, with 142 lbs of CO2 emissions offset per $1 contributed. Contributions are added to cart total and automatically collected at checkout. There is no page reload, no added user registration or checkout requirements, just one-click to check the box.

3. Track in one-click. Participating customers receive an automated confirmation e-mail with a unique hyperlinked verification code, where they can access their personal Carbon Portfolio and track their contributions and funded carbon offset projects in real-time.

4. Carbon Checkout pools all contributions into a fund to make significant investments in renewable energy projects that reduce global carbon emissions. You and your customers become part of a powerful movement to reduce the effects of climate change through collective action, it’s as simple as one-click.

ADDITIONAL INFO

If one-click installation doesn't synch well with your Theme, let us know and we'll customize the placement at no cost.

Contributions are collected by merchants at checkout, and transferred to Carbon Checkout via your monthly Shopify bill, paid automatically through Shopify.