Use a carbon footprint calculator to estimate the greenhouse gas emissions generated by your lifestyle or business operations. It will incorporate emissions generated by transportation, waste , energy consumption and lifestyle choices. You can do this yourself using an online tool, or contract a professional to get an accurate result.

For individuals

• Carbon Footprint Calculator (United Nations). Carbon Neutral Now's calculator enables you to estimate the greenhouse gas emissions generated in your day-to-day life. Find out more.
• Australian Greenhouse Calculator. Use this online calculator to explore and calculate how your lifestyle contributes to greenhouse gas emissions. With quick or detailed modes, this practical tool has been developed by RMIT University. Find out more.

For business

• Carbon Footprint Calculator (United Nations). Carbon Neutral Now's calculator enables you to estimate the greenhouse gas emissions generated in your day-to-day life. Find out more.

Develop a plan to reduce your carbon emissions. Join a support program or seek professional advice to find out the most effective ways to reduce emissions. Online communities, like 1 Million Women, can help you to make small changes that will reduce your lifestyle impacts. Climate Neutral Now, an initiative of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change supports organisations and individuals to pledge to measure, reduce, report and offset carbon emissions, to collectively keep global temperature rise to well below 2 degrees Celsius.

For individuals

• 1 million women. Join a movement of women taking on climate change through the way we live. Join and be counted. Small actions by a collective making a genuine difference. Find out more.
• Carbon Neutral Now. An initiative of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change inviting organisations and individuals to pledge to measure, reduce, report and offset carbon emissions, to collectively keep global temperature rise to well below 2 degrees Celsius. Find out more. 
• Go Carbon Neutral. The Australian Government's Carbon Neutral Program hosts a variety of useful resources for calculating, reducing, offsetting, auditing and reporting on emissions aligned with the National Carbon Offset Standard. The site hosts a range of useful resources including a guide to eligible Australian and international offsets, carbon neutral factsheets and stories. Find out more. 
• Switched on Schools. Ignite your high school students’ interest in climate change and sustainability with the Australian Youth Climate Coalition program. Your students will develop leadership, change making skills and be connected with a student action network while taking part in a unique model of peer-to-peer education. Find out more.
• Australian Youth Climate Coalition. A movement of over 120,000 people, AYCC is Australia’s largest youth-run organisation, our mission is to build a movement of young people leading solutions to the climate crisis. Join now to be part of changing the course of history. Find out more.

For business

• Carbon Neutral Now. An initiative of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change inviting organisations and individuals to pledge to measure, reduce, report and offset carbon emissions, to collectively keep global temperature rise to well below 2 degrees Celsius. Find out more. 
• Go Carbon Neutral. The Australian Government's Carbon Neutral Program hosts a variety of useful resources for calculating, reducing, offsetting, auditing and reporting on emissions aligned with the National Carbon Offset Standard. The site hosts a range of useful resources including a guide to eligible Australian and international offsets, carbon neutral factsheets and stories. Find out more. 
• Sustainable Business Australia. Sustainable Business Australia is a business thinktank and advocacy group promoting commercial solutions to environmental challenges. Find out more.
• Seek advice from certified energy efficiency professionals.  The Energy Efficiency Council of Australia, the peak body for energy efficiency, cogeneration and demand management in Australia, offer a range of useful resources, case studies and a directory of certified energy efficiency professionals. Find out more.
• Carbon Market Institute. Independent membership-based not-for-profit organisation that is peak body for participants in the carbon market. The Institute facilitates the networks, knowledge exchange and commercial interaction amongst key government policy makers and regulators, industry, financiers and investors, professional services companies and technology solution providers. Find out more. 
• Switched on Schools. Ignite your high school students’ interest in climate change and sustainability with the Australian Youth Climate Coalition program. Your students will develop leadership, change making skills and be connected with a student action network while taking part in a unique model of peer-to-peer education. Find out more.

Offset unavoidable carbon emissions by paying for greenhouse gases to be avoided, reduced or removed by projects elsewhere. This may include emissions associated with transport (including air travel) and energy generation. Typical offset projects include solar farms, small hydroelectric projects, tree plantings, biogas, methane avoidance, landfill gas and fuel efficient cook stoves. Choose offsets accredited under the Australian Government's National Carbon Offset Scheme or offsets generated internationally in developing nations.

For individuals

• Go Carbon Neutral. The Australian Government's Carbon Neutral Program hosts a variety of useful resources for calculating, reducing, offsetting, auditing and reporting on emissions aligned with the National Carbon Offset Standard. The site hosts a range of useful resources including a guide to eligible Australian and international offsets, carbon neutral factsheets and stories. Find out more. 

For business

• Carbon Planting Guidelines for South Australia. A Guide to Carbon Planting in SA is an information package including maps and GIS data layers available to help landholders, industry groups, non-government organisations and others involved in carbon farming who are seeking entry in the carbon offsets market to assess the potential opportunities and risks for carbon planting in each region of the state.
• Carbon Marketplace for Australian offsets. To achieve carbon neutrality, you may need to offset unavoidable emissions. Carbon offsetting invests in projects that reduce or remove emissions such as reforestation, renewable energy and energy efficiency. Find out more.
• National Carbon Offset Standard. This Standard sets requirements for becoming carbon neutral that are based on a rigorous and transparent framework, supported by international standards and tailored to the Australian context. Find out more.
• Go Carbon Neutral. The Australian Government's Carbon Neutral Program hosts a variety of useful resources for calculating, reducing, offsetting, auditing and reporting on emissions aligned with the National Carbon Offset Standard. The site hosts a range of useful resources including a guide to eligible Australian and international offsets, carbon neutral factsheets and stories. Find out more. 
• Carbon Market Institute. Independent membership-based not-for-profit organisation that is peak body for participants in the carbon market. The Institute facilitates the networks, knowledge exchange and commercial interaction amongst key government policy makers and regulators, industry, financiers and investors, professional services companies and technology solution providers. Find out more. 
• Aboriginal Carbon Fund. A national not-for-profit company building wealth for Traditional Owners through the ethical trade of carbon credits. Find out more.
• Gold Standard Carbon Offsets. This is a standard and certification body that works to ensure every dollar of climate and development funding goes as far as it can. Find out more.

Carbon neutral certification for your business, organisation, product or service can be achieved by using the Australian Government's Carbon Neutral Program. Utilising the National Carbon Offset Standard (NCOS) - a rigorous and transparent framework, supported by international standards, and tailored to the Australian context -  calculate, reduce, offset, audit and report on your carbon emissions and be rewarded by being able to promote yourself as being carbon neutral.

For business

• How to certify your business as carbon neutral. Find out how you can certify your business as carbon neutral using the National Carbon Offset Standard. The Standard sets minimum requirements for becoming carbon neutral based on calculating, reducing, offsetting, auditing and reporting on emissions. It is based on a rigorous and transparent framework, supported by international standards and tailored to the Australian context. Meeting the requirements of the Standard is essential for certification under the Australian Government’s Carbon Neutral Program. Find out more.