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Georgia’s natural gas leader is now a leader in protecting the environment. With GNG’s Greener Life program, helping the environment can be as simple as paying your gas bill.

Greener Life is an optional product from Georgia Natural Gas that helps people like you do their part for the environment for a small monthly fee. When you join Greener Life GNG will calculate the amount of GHG your natural gas usage releases into the atmosphere and will purchase and retire carbon offsets to balance the impact of those emissions. In this way, you can feel good that your natural gas usage has net-zero impact on the environment.

NEXT: What is your carbon footprint?

What is Your
Carbon Footprint

Natural Gas is the cleanest burning fossil fuel, but when it is burned, it still releases some greenhouse gases (GHGs). In fact, the average Georgia Natural Gas customer contributes more than 4 tons of GHGs to the atmosphere each year from their natural gas usage.

Even when we do a lot to reduce our carbon footprint, most of us can’t reduce it to zero. By choosing GNG’s Greener Life program, you can feel good that you’ve made your natural gas usage carbon neutral.

Drag the orange slider to see how much CO2e your gas usage produces.

NEXT: WHAT IS A CARBON OFFSET?
Metric Tons

My Average Annual Therm Usage

What is a Carbon Offset?

Carbon offsets are certificates created by projects that reduce, avoid, or destroy greenhouse gases. Project owners can sell these offset certificates to expand their projects or create new ones. Each carbon offset purchased funds the reduction, or elimination of one metric ton (2,204 pounds) of carbon dioxide-equivalent gases (C02e).

1 carbon offset equals the removal or capture of 1 metric ton of C02e from the atmosphere. Because different chemicals have different impacts on warming, C02e is used as the standard measurement for greenhouse gases.
NEXT: How does Greener Life work?

Help Fund a Virtuous Cycle

When you participate in the Greener Life program, GNG will calculate the amount of greenhouse gases you release due to your natural gas usage each month. Then we will retire an equal amount of carbon offsets on your behalf. The greenhouse gas emissions being offset by this service are those associated with the combustion of natural gas at the point of consumption only, and do not include lifecycle emissions that occur during extraction, production, or delivery.

Retiring a carbon offset on your behalf means that you are the only person that can claim the environmental benefit from that offset.

The more people who join Greener Life, the more carbon offsets GNG will purchase and retire. This will contribute to similar projects being developed, which leads to more GHG’s being removed from the atmosphere.

NEXT: WHAT IS GREEN-E CERTIFICATION?

Holding Ourselves to
a Higher Standard

We believe it is important to do our part to preserve and protect the environment. We also believe it is essential we do that in an honest, transparent way.

We know that all of this can be confusing. A Carbon Offset? Greenhouse gases? Co2e? That’s why we’ve gone an extra step to assure you that we are fully delivering on our promises. It’s why we are proud that our Greener Life program has been certified by Green-e® Climate, the leading independent certification program for carbon offsets sold in the voluntary market.

The Green-e® Climate logo provides a way to identify products that meet the program’s high environmental and consumer protection standards. For more information on Green-e Climate certification requirements, or to find certified products, visit www.green-e.org/climate or email climate@green-e.org .

NEXT: What projects do we support?

Natural Meets Neutral®

Georgia's natural gas leader is now a leader in protecting the environment. As part of the Greener Life program, GNG will calculate the greenhouse gas emissions associated with your natural gas usage and retire carbon offsets to balance 100% of those emissions*.

Each Carbon Offset represents the reduction of one ton of carbon dioxide equivalent emissions. The offsets GNG purchases for the Greener Life program come from a mix of projects that have been validated and registered under the high-quality standards of the Climate Action Reserve and the American Carbon Registry.

Your monthly Greener Life Signature Service charge will appear on your bill as a separate line item under the Current Gas Service Charges section of your bill and is subject to applicable state and local taxes.

GNG's Greener Life program is Green-e® Climate certified and meets the environmental and consumer-protection standards for greenhouse gas emissions reductions (carbon offsets) set forth by the nonprofit Center for Resource Solutions.

NEXT: How is your carbon footprint calculated?

Greener Life Product Mix Label


Product Type
Landfill Gas Capture
Landfill Gas Utilization
Improved Forest Management
HFC Refrigerant Reclamation
HFC Refrigerant Reclamation
HFC Refrigerant Reclamation
Project Certification
Climate Action Reserve
Climate Action Reserve
American Carbon Registry
American Carbon Registry
American Carbon Registry
American Carbon Registry
Project Location
FL, USA
SC, USA
TN, USA
OH, USA
OH, USA
OH, USA
% of Product*
10%
10%
4%
37%
10%
29%
Quantities
15,000
15,000
  6,000
54,935
15,045
44,020
The emission reductions supplied were created in: 2011, 2016, 2019, 2020 & 2021

Per the EPA’s Greenhouse Gas Calculator, each therm of natural gas results in 0.0053 metric tons of CO2.

The Carbon Offset Content Label represents the mix of offsets we have contracted to provide. Actual percentages of GHG emissions reductions may vary by a small amount. In the case of significant variance, GNG is obligated to provide you with more accurate historical disclosure.

Visit a list of our projects here: http://www.gng.com/GreenerLife/projects.

Greener Life is Green-e Climate certified and meets the environmental and consumer-protection standards for greenhouse gas emissions reductions (carbon offsets) set forth by the nonprofit Center for Resource Solutions. Learn More www.green-e.org


Some of the projects our Carbon Offsets Program is currently funding:

The Science of
Carbon Offsets

Burning natural gas creates greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide. A single carbon offset represents the removal or capture of 1 metric ton of carbon dioxide-equivalent (CO2e) gases. Because different gases and chemicals have different impacts on the environment, CO2e is used as the standard measurement for greenhouse gases.

Natural gas is measured in therms. It is approximately the equivalent of burning 100 cubic feet of natural gas. According to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), burning 1 therm of natural gas contributes 11.7 pounds of CO2e to the atmosphere.

GNG will track the amount of therms of natural gas Greener Life customers use and will calculate the amount of CO2e released because of that usage. We will then retire an equivalent amount of carbon offsets. In this way, you can be sure your natural gas usage was made carbon neutral.

NEXT: DO A TON OF GOOD

The burning of natural gas in your home produces CO2 and CO2e

GNG buys carbon offsets that represent the removal or capture of 1 metric ton of CO2 or a related amount of CO2e

1 Therm

Natural Gas

=

11.7 lbs

CO2e released into
the atmosphere

Natural Meets Neutral®

By participating in GNG’s Greener Life program, you’ll be taking a big step to protect the environment. You can also be proud that your natural gas usage is carbon neutral.

Why You Should Sign Up for Greener Life:

  • Offset your Carbon Footprint by making your gas usage Carbon Neutral.
  • There’s no contract – you can cancel your participation at any time.
  • Know you’re making a difference with a Green-e® Climate certified program.
Greener Life®
Carbon Counter
361,675,300 Pounds of CO2e offset by GNG customers.

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