About TOP

We empower communities to create change.

The Offset Project (TOP) provides knowledge, resources, and hands-on support to help businesses and communities unite social, environmental, and financial growth.

TOP works with individuals, municipalities, businesses and special events to establish sound waste policies and implement best practices in environmental stewardship. We are working toward a world in which communities thrive without harming the environment.

The Offset Project offers consulting, event “greening,” trainings/workshops, and we run a localized carbon fund to offset emissions by helping individuals and businesses invest in local environmental projects.

Learn more in our Programs and Services section, or click below for more background on our work.

“The Offset Project has proved to be effective in promoting and coordinating special event food waste diversion programs in Salinas. The combined efforts have proved successful in achieving food waste elimination from special event trash streams.”

Doug Kenyon | Republic Services of Salinas

“The partnership with the Offset Project has been a key component in helping to improve and expand recycling and waste reduction programs at businesses and special events throughout the Salinas Valley. Their knowledgeable and motivated staff makes it easy to coordinate and complete projects.”

Mandy Brooks, Recycling Coordinator | Salinas Valley Recycles.org

“We are proud to work with The Offset Project to reduce our event’s impact on our fragile environment. They are professional, dedicated, and totally committed to reducing waste from our participants, vendors, suppliers, volunteers, and visitors. Their work is effective, inspiring and motivating.”

Doug Thurston, Race Director/Executive Director | Big Sur International Marathon

“One of the biggest challenges we face in our efforts to divert waste from the landfill is the contamination of food scrap material prior to composting. Composting food scraps is a critical part of our waste reduction efforts at Asilomar Conference Grounds and The Offset Project has provided our employees with ongoing educational programs, resources, and inspiration that they need in order to implement successful waste diversion programs.”

Jill Heymsfield, Aramark, Environmental Sustainability Coordinator | Asilomar Conference Grounds

“In partnership with the Monterey Peninsula Foundation, Pebble Beach Company and The Offset Project, we achieved a 95% diversion of all the waste product during the 2014 AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am golf tournament week – an event drawing world-renowned golfers, international guests and media, and more than 130,000 spectators. We could not have achieved this success without the leadership of The Offset Project team and their tireless efforts. We are very proud of these results.”

Beat Giger, CEC, AAC, Director of Special Events/Corporate Chef | Pebble Beach Resorts