Over 30 IATA member airlines have introduced an offset program either integrated into their web-sales engines or to a third party offset provider.
IATA’s program brings both standardization to the process and makes it possible for airlines of any size to easily introduce a credible and independently validated offset program.
Our program offers best practice in the structure and implementation of carbon offsetting. Offsets are carefully selected and accounted for, and the issue of carbon calculation has been resolved by committing to the ICAO methodology supplemented with actual airline carbon data.
Carbon Offset Program guidelines (pdf)