Equitable Origin
About
Equitable Origin is a non-profit organization that was founded with a vision to create a market-based mechanism to recognize and reward responsible energy producers and to empower energy purchasers through independent, site-level certification. The EO100™ Standard for Responsible Energy Development is grounded in a set of comprehensive, globally applicable ESG indicators developed with extensive stakeholder input.
The EO100™ Standard is based on five universal principles that consolidate and align international management systems, performance targets, and reporting frameworks. Certification against the EO100™ Standard promotes best practices and drives improvements in ESG performance while enabling a market for certified responsible energy with a premium price for differentiated production.
Editor's note: Updated June 2, 2022.
News
E&Ps Eye RSG Certifications to Lower Emissions, Attract Buyers
Experts say the certification process takes plenty of effort and data, but the work is worth it as RSG becomes more attractive to utilities, international buyers and investors.
Responsibly Sourced Gas: Quantifying RSG
Producers are going above and beyond regulatory requirements by certifying their natural gas.
DUG East: Responsibly Sourced Gas: Gaining Traction
Equitable Origin principal advisor Jennifer Stewart explains the benefits of producing certified responsibly sourced gas.
What’s Next for the Responsibly Sourced Gas Movement
While investors and end users have already started to seek out gas producers with high ESG standards, regulators are “starting to pick up on this notion of certified gas,” said Equitable Origin’s Jennifer Stewart.