What does climate neutrality mean in the context of businesses?
To meet the demands for effective climate protection, many businesses are already embracing the concept of climate neutrality. While individual definitions and uses of the term vary, they all share the basic idea of quantifying climate-damaging activities (through greenhouse gas accounting) and subsequently "neutralising" them.
- Fact Sheet No. 30: What does climate neutrality mean in the context of businesses? A climate-conscious examination of the terms "Klimaneutralität", "Carbon Neutrality", "Net Zero" (Haindl et al, BOKU 2020)
- Download orientation and discussion paper: What does climate neutrality mean in the context of businesses?, September 2020
- Climate neutrality guide, January 2025