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Nitrogen Offset Credits
While the key to reducing your nitrogen footprint is first to understand and reduce your impact, there is a limit to what any one organization can do. By purchasing credits, you can "offset" much of your remaining nitrogen footprint. The Chesapeake Fund offers quantifiable and verifiable nitrogen offset credits to enable you to invest in restoration projects that generate the greatest nitrogen reductions per dollar spent, further reducing your impact.
Water quality markets — the voluntary exchange of nitrogen reductions between buyers and sellers — are poised to become the next truly important conservation and restoration model of our time, and the Chesapeake Bay watershed is uniquely positioned to lead national and global efforts to make water quality markets a reality. Your business has an opportunity to help lead water quality restoration and protection efforts across the region. By purchasing nitrogen offsets through the Chesapeake Fund, you can:
- Show your customers you are a leader in the restoration effort and are taking action to clean up our treasured Chesapeake Bay
- Stay ahead of potential policy changes
- Differentiate yourself from the competition as consumers begin to demand that companies become increasingly "green"
Your business's donation will have a direct impact on the health of the Chesapeake Bay watershed. To ensure the efficacy and validity of nitrogen offset credits purchased through the Chesapeake Fund, we are working with a consortium of scientists, institutions, and government representatives to establish agreed-upon credit values, effective verification and monitoring protocols, and credit registries.
If your business or organization is interested in purchasing credits or learning more about our progress, please call or send us an email from our contact page. |
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