Impact Circle is Zero Circle's white-labeled climate action platform for enterprise networks. It turns your customer or supplier network into a revenue-generating channel: participants measure their footprint, purchase from curated portfolios (carbon credits, ITCs, ETS allowances, mitigation credits), and get audit-ready reports — inside your platform, under your brand, with zero engineering lift.
How It Works
- Design the Circle — Zero Circle defines your network, builds custom portfolios, and configures measurement. Your branding, your instruments, your rules.
- Participants engage — Customers, suppliers, or network members access the Circle, embedded or standalone, measure their footprint, and browse tailored portfolios.
- They transact — One-click purchases; Zero Circle handles payment processing, registry retirement, certificate generation, and settlement.
- Everyone reports — Aggregated dashboards for you; individual certificates and compliance documentation for participants.
Impact Circle vs. Checkout Carbon Tools vs. DIY Broker
| Capability | Impact Circle | Checkout carbon tools | DIY / broker |
|---|
| White-labeled, embedded in your platform | Yes | Widget only | No |
| Multi-instrument portfolios (credits, ITC, ETS, mitigation) | Yes | Carbon only | Single instrument |
| Multi-account / network hierarchy | Yes | No | Manual |
| Compliance-grade reporting (SEC, CSRD, CORSIA) | Yes | No | Partial |
| Full operations backoffice (sourcing to settlement to retirement) | Full-stack | Payments only | You build it |
| Revenue share model | Yes | Yes | No |
Live Deployments
- Enterprise Cloud Circle — a leading cloud storage provider deployed a white-labeled Impact Circle inside its account management platform. 15% of enterprise customers engaged within 60 days; zero client engineering resources required.
- Industrial Circle — multiple heavy-industry enterprises and their supplier ecosystems share blended portfolios (carbon, wetland mitigation, ETS). First transactions within 8 weeks of deployment.
Instruments Supported
- Carbon credits — VCM (Verra, Gold Standard, CAR, Puro.Earth)
- Investment Tax Credits (ITC) — solar, storage, clean energy
- Emissions Trading (ETS) — compliance market allowances
- Wetland mitigation credits, RECs, biodiversity credits, water quality credits
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Impact Circle?
Impact Circle lets you create a white-labeled energy investment platform for your network — pool capital from aligned investors into verified energy projects with transparent governance and real-time impact tracking.
How is Impact Circle different from a fund?
Impact Circles provide more transparency and governance control than traditional fund structures. Investors see exactly which projects their capital supports and track real-time impact metrics.
How does Impact Circle differ from buying RECs?
RECs are past-tense certificates for renewable energy already generated. Impact Circles fund new clean energy projects (additionality). You get verified carbon credits plus a customer-facing story about specific projects funded.