Event and Logo Use Agreement

Green-e® Marketplace

This Marketplace Event and Logo Use Agreement is made and entered into as of the date last set forth below by and between the Center for Resource Solutions (“CRS”), and the Participant set forth below ("Participant”), who purchases a qualifying amount of Green-e Climate Certified carbon offsets and/or uses a Green-e® Energy Certified renewable energy[1]. Participant wishes to display and use the Green-e logo for promotional purposes to indicate that they purchase a Green-e Certified Product.

Event Details and Attestation of Offset Purchase

Participant Information

Participant Name:
Participant Contact: / Title:
Address:
City, State, Zip Code
Phone: / Fax:
Email:

Date of Form: ______

Event Details

Event name:

Event date(s):

Event location:

Event website:

Event description:

II. Carbon FootprintCalculation

The footprint which serves as the basis for the carbon offset purchase reported herein was calculated on ____[insert date] using:

Green-e Events Calculator

Other (please describe): ______

This footprint was calculated as metric tons CO2e.

Please submit the carbon calculations substantiating metric tons CO2e reported above (e.g. Green-e Events Calculator worksheet).

III. Carbon Offset Purchase

I declare on behalf of Participant that a purchase of Green-e Climate Certified carbon offsets in the amount of metric tons CO2e was made and from the following source(s):

tCO2e / Name of Certified Product / Offset Seller Name / Date

IV. Renewable Energy Purchasefor Electricity Usage (Optional)

I declare on behalf of Participant that a purchase of Green-e Energy Certified renewable energy in the amount of MWh was made and from the following source(s):

MWh / Name of Certified Product / Renewable Energy Seller Name / Date

The electricity footprint was calculated as MWh.

Participant has attachedasubstantiation of Green-e Climate Certified Offset and/orGreen-e Energy Certified Renewable Energy purchaseto this Agreement.[2]

Green-e Event Terms and Conditions

V. General Requirements

Use of the Green-e Logo with Certified Carbon Offset and/or Renewable Energy Purchase

In return for Participant's agreement to meet all of the requirements detailed in this Agreement, Participant may use the Green-e logo describing its Green-e Climate certified carbon offset (“offsets”) purchase and/or Green-e Energy certified renewable energy purchase or qualifying on-site generation. Participant’s use of the Green-e logo is limited to the approved uses described in Section IV of this document.

No Third-Party Beneficiaries

This Agreement is for the sole and exclusive benefit of the parties hereto.

Only Participant is licensed to use the Green-e logo to promote its purchase. This license may not be transferred by Participant to any other party, including but not limited to any customer of Participant.

1. Carbon Offset Purchase Requirements

To be an eligible Participant to use the Green-e logo with a carbon offset purchase, Participants must have purchased a qualifying amount of Green-e Climate Certified carbon offsets[3] and substantiate this purchase as described in Section VII of this document.

2. Claims and Describing Carbon Offset Purchase

The Green-e logo may be used by Participant for specific promotional purposes to make public claims about Participant’s certified offset purchase. Participant agrees to adhere to following principles for describing Participant’s purchase.

Participant shall accurately state the quantity of offsets purchased (and renewable energy,in the case of combined claims) and percentage of emissions being offset.
Participant shall accurately describe the emissions being offset, in terms of the approved uses in Section III of this document.
Participant agrees not to overstate the environmental benefits of his/her offset purchase.
Participant agrees not to overstate the significance or proportion of the emissions being offset with respect to your Participant’s overall footprint or impact.

This agreement also provides specific commitment statements one of which must be associated with each approved use. See the “Commitment Statements” subsections (C) of Sections IV.1 below. For combined carbon offsets and renewable energy claims, see Section IV.3.

VI. Fees

Fee Assessment

Prior to entry into the program, Participant shall pay CRS $ made out to the Center for Resource Solutions for Participant’s ongoing use of the logo.

Term

This agreement from to [to be filled out by CRS after consulting with Participant and substantiation is complete], after which date it shall terminate. In general, the start date is determined by the date CRS signs the contract and the end date is 30 days after the last day of the event. Note: CRS will only execute this agreement after CRS’s substantiation and approval of carbon offset calculations and receipt of the fee described in ___ from Participant.

Termination of License and Use Prior to Expiration Date

Participant agrees to promptly cease display and use of the Green-e logo prior to the expiration of the term of this Agreement in the event that (1) Participant ceases to purchase a certified product; (2) Participant is informed that the product purchased is no longer certified; or (3) Participant is no longer in compliance with one or more of the terms and conditions of this Agreement. Participant agrees to monitor its own compliance with the above items, and shall promptly cease use of the Green-e logo upon the occurrence of one or both of such events regardless of the receipt of any prior notice, written or oral, from CRS. Upon termination of Participant’s right to use the Green-e logo, Participant agrees to reprint and replace all materials and products featuring the Green-e logo within 30 days after termination of Participant’s right to use the Green-e logo.

VII. Substantiation of Carbon Offset Purchase

1. Reporting Requirements for Offset Purchase

Participant must report its carbon footprint emissions estimate prior to the execution of this contract.Carbon offset purchases must be reportedto Green-e Marketplace within 30 days of the effective date of the contract.in accordance with this Section for the chosen approved use.

Participant must submit materials showing the proposed use of the Green-e logo under the Program for preapproval by Green-e Marketplace at least 30 days in advance of each desired new use.

2. Requirements for Calculating Carbon Footprint

Participant’s carbon footprint reported at the beginning of the contract shall be calculated by Participant using the Green-e Events Calculator and on the basis of estimated emissions of the Event; however, another methodology may be used if likely to be more accurate (in which case Participant must provide a sample of the methodology to be submitted with the contract).

VIII. Approved Uses of the Green-e Logo

1. Use of Green-e Logo for Carbon Offsets

A. Defined Scope

For the purpose of this document, an “activity” denotes an aspect or portion of Participant’s event, and the GHG emissions of which can be measured separately from other activities.

B. Offset Purchase Requirements

In order to use the Green-e logo on Participant collateral, websites, advertisements, signage, and other marketing materials, Participant must purchase a qualifying amount of Green-e Climate certified carbon offsets, calculated as a percentage of the annual or total carbon footprint[4] of the activity.

The qualifying percentage for offsetting an approved activity is 100% of the carbon footprint of the approved activity.

C. Commitment Statements

Participant agrees to include one of the below approved commitment statements to accompanyall use of Green-e logo for offsetting an approved activityby Participant:

We Buy Certified Carbon Offsets for 100% of the Emissions Associated With This Event

2. Use of Green-e Logo for Carbon Offsets and Renewable Energy

As a condition of the right to use the Green-e logo, Participant agrees to purchase and/or generate a sufficient quantity of qualifying Green-e Certified renewable energy and purchase Green-e Climate Certified Offsets to comply with the terms and conditions of this Agreement as outlined in Section V.

Commitment Statements - Participant agrees to place an explanatory commitment statement next to any use of the Green-e Logo. Such commitment statement must be formally preapproved by CRS. A preapproved statement is provided below:

We Buy Certified Renewable Energy and Carbon Offsets for 100% of This Event’s Electricity Usage and Carbon Emissions.

IX. Green-e LogoUse Guidelines

Participants shall receive Green-e logo files upon completion and processing of their contract and payment of applicable logo licensing fees. Participant shall use the logo image file as provided, and use and display of the Green-e logo shall be consistent with the Green-e Marketplace Logo Use Guidelines. The Green-e logo shall not be altered, changed, or skewed in any way, and none of the elements of the logo may be removed. The Green-e logo as sent contains: the Green-e graphic, a registered trademark symbol (®) for U,S. marketing materials, an arch statement, and a pre-approved commitment statement[5]. The first mention of the text “Green-e®” must also be accompanied by a registered trademark symbol (®).

The pantone color specifications for the color version are: green (100C, 5M, 100Y, 0K) and black (100K). The text font is Helvetica. The text lines of the commitment statement shall be placed directly above, below, or beside the Green-e graphic.

Individual companies have discretion over the Green-e logo size in order to maintain consistency with specific promotional material requirements (provided that the logo is at least ½-inch wide). When the Green-e logo is displayed online it must link to the Green-e website,

Please see The Green-e Marketplace Logo Use Guidelines (Annex A) for more information.

X. Authorized Useof the Green-e Logo

Confidentiality

Information provided by Participant to CRS about its purchase and/or generation of renewable energy will be kept confidential by CRS. Such information will not be released by CRS except in aggregate form or with permission from Participant, unless release of such information is required by law or ordered by a court of competent jurisdiction.

Environmental Claims and Retirement of Attributes

To meet Green-e logo use requirements, the environmental attributes, including any emissions benefits of the renewable energy purchased, generated onsite and/or carbon offsets, must be retired and not sold or traded to another party for any purpose including the disaggregation of attributes for use in emissions trading programs. Participant agrees to retire the environmental attributes associated with the purchase of Green-e certified renewable energy or eligible on-site generation or carbon offsets claimed through this program, and that they will not sell, donate, or transfer the attributes to any other party, nor will allow any other party to make claims associated with such retired attributes.

Representations and Warranties of CRS

CRS hereby disclaims any warranties, express, implied or statutory, including without limitation those regarding merchantability, fitness for any particular purpose, noninfringement, or any warranty arising out of any course of performance, course of dealing or usage of trade. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Participant acknowledges and agrees that the standards established by the Center related to the Green-e name are developed solely based on renewable energy use in the United States, Canada and parts of Mexico, and CRS does not currently maintain standards for renewable energy outside of those regions.B. The Center has all trademark, copyright and other intellectual property rights to the Green-e Energy® name necessary to authorize Participant to use the Green-e Energy® name as in the United States; and

The Center's use of the Green-e Energy® name or exercise of its other obligations under this Agreement has not, to the Center’s knowledge, interfered with, infringed upon, misappropriated or otherwise contravened any intellectual property rights of third parties, and will not do so in the future, and the Center has not received any notice or other communication (whether written or oral) regarding any actual, alleged or potential such interference, infringement, misappropriation or contravention.

Property Rights

No property rights, trademark or other intellectual property interests of CRS in the Green-e logo are transferred to Participants through this Agreement.

Hold Harmless and Indemnification

Participant agrees to hold CRS and its board members and agents harmless from all claims, suits, losses, injuries or damages, including court costs and attorney fees, whether in any nonjudicial forum, at trial or on any appeal, arising from the manufacture, sale, distribution or any other actions dealing with the products or marketing/advertising materials of Participant using the Green-e logo. This indemnification and hold harmless includes but is not limited to tort claims for damages to person or property, allegations of copyright infringement, plagiarism, unfair competition, trademark infringement, violations of the Lanham Act, defamation, invasion of privacy or governmental or regulator actions. This indemnification shall not apply to the extent a court of competent jurisdiction makes a final determination that the claim, suit, loss, injury of damage for which CRS seeks indemnification was primarily caused by the willful fraud or deceit of CRS.

Severability

If and to the extent that any court of competent jurisdiction holds any provision of this Agreement or any part hereof to be invalid or unenforceable, such holding shall in no way affect the validity of the remainder of this Agreement, or said validity in any other jurisdiction.

Waiver

The failure by either party to insist upon the strict performance of any covenant, duty, agreement, or condition of this Agreement, or to exercise any right or remedy upon the breach thereof, shall not constitute a waiver by either party of any breach of this Agreement.

Assignment

Neither Participant nor CRS may assign this Agreement without the other’s prior written consent.

Entire Understanding

This Agreement, including all documents incorporated by reference herein, represents the entire understanding between Participant and CRS. This Agreement supersedes all previous understandings or agreements, oral or written, between Participant and CRS related to the subject matter hereof.

I, (print name and title) , confirm that I have the authority and capability to bind Participant in this Agreement, and declare on behalf of (Participant) that to the best of my knowledge the information included herein is accurate and agree to the requirements set forth in the accompanying Green-e Events Terms and Conditions.

______Date of signature:

Participant Signature

______Term start date/Date of signature:

Jennifer Martin, Executive Director

Center for Resource Solutions

Please sign and return a copy of this completed form to:

Center for Resource Solutions

Green-e Marketplace

1012 Torney Avenue, 2nd Floor

San Francisco, CA 94129

, fax: (415) 561-2105

Contact Information

Green-e® Marketplace

Phone: (415) 561-2100

Email:

This Form is used by the Center for Resource Solutions to substantiate the accuracy of claims made by Green-e Marketplace Program participants. The information on this form is strictly confidential and will not be shared with any other party except in aggregate form.

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[1] Includes Green-e Energy certified electricity products and/or renewable energy certificates (RECs) and/or eligible on-site renewable energy generation.

[2]Participant may submit a Proof of Green-e Climate Certified Offset Purchase Form, a copy of the contract for the purchase of certified offsets, and/or a copy of the certificate of certified offset purchase.

[3] A list of Green-e Climate Certified offset products can be found at:

[4] See Section VII.2.

[5]The “commitment statement” is brief language to describe Participant’s offset purchase. For claims Participant wants to make beyond the commitment statement, CRS suggests Participants follow the Federal Trade Commission’s Green Guides for the Use of Environmental Marketing Claims ( In addition, some states have specific laws concerning environmental claims. Check with your organization’s attorneys, or the Attorney General’s office in the state(s) where you plan to advertise.