carbon neutral

adjective

1. pertaining to or having achieved a state in which the net amount of carbon dioxide or other carbon compounds emitted into the atmosphere is reduced to zero because it is balanced by actions to reduce or offset these emissions.

   Since the administration installed solar panels, the campus has become carbon neutral;

   a carbon-neutral brewery.

Other Word Forms

• carbon neutrality noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of carbon neutral¹

First recorded in 1990–95

Example Sentences

"When a company like Volkswagen or Danone or Nestle can buy these credits and claim they are carbon neutral... that's misleading and false," said Faecks.

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Fewer bottled waters or coffees now offer "carbon neutral" guarantees ahead of an EU directive outlawing them from 2026.

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With a landmark state law calling for California to become carbon neutral by 2045, Newsom had directed the state to stop issuing fracking permits and to phase out oil extraction by 2045.

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Big Green Coach is the festival's official travel partner, a "carbon neutral coach" which arrives at the festival on Wednesday, Thursday, or Friday, and returns on Monday.

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"This fitted in with our carbon neutral agenda. But also it was a low noise, cost-effective way of maintaining the land," the director of customer and communities added.

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