Assess. Reduce. Offset.

ARO project partners set goals in three areas:

Assess and raise awareness of the environmental impacts that are created through your organisation’s activities.

The EKOS self-assessment tool can help groups calculate the environmental impact of what they do.

Reduce your environmental impact.

We encourage ARO partners to find practical and innovative ways of reducing their environmental footprint. See Toitū, Future Fit, or Gen Less for ideas to start.

Offset your environmental impact by financially supporting community initiatives that respond to environmental issues.

ARO partners set aside a budget based on their self-assessment. This funding is available to support environmental projects that are co-designed and implemented with young people.

We note that the cost of compliance is currently very high for certifying offset projects for carbon credits. 
We want all our money to go to the projects that we support and require only that they are independently verified.