About us

Less™ aims to provide the highest quality carbon offsets available in Canada. All Less offsets are sourced from Gold Standard-certified projects. Our flight offset program is also the only offset program certified by Environment Canada’s EcoLogo program.

Less provides businesses and individuals interested in lessening their environmental footprint with two convenient and trustworthy options for purchasing offsets. Through Lessen My Flight™, Canada’s first EcoLogo^M-certified, independently audited flight offset program, customers can calculate and purchase offsets to help mitigate the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions associated with air travel. Alternatively, customers who have conducted their own carbon calculation may purchase the highest quality carbon offsets available in Canada from Less by the tonne.

EcoLogo is North America’s oldest environmental standard and certification organization. Launched in 1988 by Environment Canada, its mission is to help purchasers identify, trust, buy, and sell environmentally preferable (“green”) goods and services. Certification under EcoLogo demonstrates environmental leadership in the category of carbon offsets.

The Less Approach

At Less, we recognize that offsetting is an imperfect solution to the complex issue of climate change. As a result, along with environmental groups like WWF, we stress that offsetting should be a last resort only. In keeping with this, Less advises a three-step approach to reducing a home or organization’s impact:

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The Less Difference

Less is committed to providing a trustworthy method of reducing carbon emissions with the highest-quality offsets. The Less Difference ensures that businesses and individuals can purchase offsets with confidence, eliminating the risks inherent in purchasing low-quality offsets.

Gold Standard-certified – projects that verifiably achieve GHG emission reductions at the source and create positive impacts on social networks and their local economy.

Independently audited – the only Canadian carbon offsets retailer that has committed to publishing an annual independent audit carried out by an internationally recognized firm.

EcoLogo-certified – Lessen My Flight is the only carbon offset program in Canada to earn Environment Canada’s certification for excellence in environmental products.

Serialized offsets - each tonne of CO₂e emissions reduction is serialized on a registry established pursuant to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.

Less has pledged to donate 10% of its profits to organizations that support sustainability in the community.

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