Terms of Service

Effective date: July 29, 2026
Clean Compute LLC · 1209 Mountain Road PL NE, STE R, Albuquerque, NM 87110, USA · trees@cleancompute.eco

These Terms of Service ("Terms") govern access to and use of the Clean Compute certification program, website, dashboards, badge, and related services (together, the "Service") provided by Clean Compute LLC ("Clean Compute," "we," "us"). By applying for certification, creating an account, or paying any fee, you ("Client," "you") agree to these Terms on behalf of the company you represent, and you confirm you have authority to bind that company.

1. The Service

Clean Compute operates a certification program for online platforms. For each of the Client's verified subscribed users, each month, Clean Compute funds: (a) the planting of one (1) tree through vetted reforestation partners, and (b) the removal of one (1) pound of ocean waste through vetted recovery partners. Certified Clients receive: verification of their commitment, a revocable accreditation badge, a public verification page and registry listing, a private impact dashboard, monthly reporting, and approved claim language.

Impact is delivered through Clean Compute's pooled monthly purchasing model: Clean Compute makes consolidated purchases with its partners and allocates the resulting impact to Clients through its internal allocation ledger, in which every tree and every pound is assigned to exactly one Client. Purchase receipts and partner documentation are retained and available for independent audit on reasonable request.

2. What the Service Is Not

The Service is not a carbon credit, carbon offset, or carbon-neutrality certification. Clean Compute does not sell, issue, retire, or broker carbon credits or offsets of any kind. Any CO₂ figures presented in the Service are illustrative, lifetime estimates only and are not measured, verified, or tradeable offsets. Official CO₂ attribution associated with planted trees may rest with Clean Compute or its partners, not with the Client. The Client must not represent the Service, the badge, or its membership as a carbon credit, carbon offset, or carbon-neutral certification (see Section 8).

3. Application, Verification & Certification

3.1 Application. Clients apply via the Service. Applications include the Client's subscribed user count and an attestation of its accuracy by a named individual with authority to make it.

3.2 Subscribed users means the Client's active paying subscribers as of the reporting date — excluding free-tier users, trial users, and churned accounts.

3.3 Activation. Certification, the badge, and registry listing activate when the Client's first payment clears. No certification, badge display, or claim of membership is permitted before that time.

3.4 Monthly attestation. On or around the first of each month, the Client must confirm its current subscribed user count via the dashboard. If unconfirmed, the most recent verified count rolls forward and billing continues. Persistent non-confirmation may trigger a certification review.

3.5 Accuracy; audit. All reported counts are formal declarations. Clean Compute may request reasonable supporting evidence of a reported count (for example, an anonymized subscriber-count view from the Client's billing system, containing no end-customer data) no more than once per 12-month period, and an annual written declaration from an officer of the Client confirming the accuracy of the year's reported counts. Material misreporting is grounds for decertification.

4. Fees & Billing

4.1 Fees. (a) A platform & certification fee of US$49.99 per month; and (b) US$2.00 per verified subscribed user per month, which funds the tree planting, ocean waste removal, verification, reporting, and dashboard services.

4.2 Billing cycle. The first payment is taken at signup and activates certification the same day. Recurring payments are billed monthly on the anniversary of the signup date. The per-user amount for each billing period is based on the most recent verified subscribed user count at the time of billing.

4.3 Payment failure. If a payment fails, Clean Compute will retry and notify the Client. Certification and the badge remain active for a grace period of fourteen (14) days from the failed payment. If payment is not resolved within the grace period, certification and the badge are paused until payment is restored.

4.4 No refunds. Fees are non-refundable once the corresponding impact has been funded. Impact funded on the Client's behalf is permanent and is not reversed by cancellation or refund.

4.5 Taxes. Fees are exclusive of applicable taxes, which are the Client's responsibility.

4.6 Price changes. Clean Compute may change fees with at least thirty (30) days' notice, effective from the Client's next billing cycle after the notice period.

5. Impact Delivery, Timing & Estimates

5.1 Delivery. Impact for each month is funded through Clean Compute's pooled purchases and allocated to the Client in the allocation ledger at the fixed rate of 1 tree and 1 lb of ocean waste per verified subscribed user.

5.2 Timing. Tree project details (project, region, species) are typically available at or shortly after funding. Ocean waste recovery is reported in stages: Funded (at purchase), Scheduled (recovery location and dates confirmed, typically within ~2 weeks), and Recovered (physical recovery completed by ground partners, typically within 1–2 months of funding). Timeframes are typical, not guaranteed, and depend on partner operations.

5.3 Estimates. CO₂ sequestration figures, waste-composition percentages, and equivalence statistics (bottles, bags, and similar) are good-faith estimates based on partner and industry data, provided for illustration only.

5.4 Partners. Clean Compute selects, vets, and may add, remove, or substitute impact partners and projects at its discretion, provided the fixed per-user commitment is maintained. Partner identities are not published as part of the Service; partner documentation is available for audit on reasonable request.

5.5 Permanence. Impact funded during the Client's membership is not withdrawn upon cancellation, pause, or decertification.

6. Badge & Certification Marks

6.1 License. While certified and in good standing, the Client is granted a limited, revocable, non-exclusive, non-transferable license to display the Clean Compute badge via the official embed on the Client's registered domain(s) and to use approved claim language in its marketing.

6.2 Embed only. The badge must be displayed via the official Clean Compute embed. Static copies, screenshots used as credentials, or self-hosted reproductions of the badge are not permitted, except within export assets generated by the Service (which carry their own date stamp and verification link).

6.3 Domains. The Client must register the domain(s) on which the badge will be displayed. The embed may render an unverified state on unregistered domains.

6.4 Status. The badge reflects live certification status. Upon pause, decertification, or cancellation (after any applicable grace period), the badge will render an inactive state, and the Client must remove any remaining representations of active certification from its materials within seven (7) days of notice.

6.5 Ownership. The Clean Compute name, logo, badge, and certification marks remain the exclusive property of Clean Compute LLC.

7. Registry & Verification Page

The Client consents to Clean Compute publishing, for verification purposes: the Client's company name, logo, website link, certification status, commitment statement, member-since date, and verification ID, on the Client's public verification page and in the public accreditation registry. Client impact totals and user counts are not published by Clean Compute.

8. Claims & Marketing Guidelines

8.1 The Client may state, in substance: that it is Clean Compute certified/accredited; that one tree is planted and one pound of ocean waste is removed for every subscribed user, every month, on its behalf; the cumulative trees and pounds shown in its dashboard; and estimated lifetime CO₂ sequestration figures presented as estimates.

8.2 The Client must not state or imply: that it is carbon neutral, net zero, or carbon negative by virtue of the Service; that the Service constitutes carbon credits or offsets; that recovered ocean waste consists entirely of plastic; that ocean impact has been physically completed before it is reported as Recovered; or any impact figures beyond those recorded in its dashboard.

8.3 Clean Compute provides approved claim language within the Service. Persistent or material breach of these guidelines after notice is grounds for decertification.

9. Term, Cancellation & Decertification

9.1 Term. These Terms apply from application and continue while the Client maintains an active subscription.

9.2 Cancellation by Client. The Client may cancel at any time, effective at the end of the current billing period. No further fees are charged; certification and the badge deactivate at the end of the period.

9.3 Decertification by Clean Compute. Clean Compute may pause or revoke certification for: non-payment beyond the grace period; material misreporting of subscribed users; material breach of the claims guidelines; unlawful use of the Service; or conduct that materially harms the integrity of the certification. Where practicable, Clean Compute will give notice and a reasonable opportunity to cure before revocation.

9.4 Effect. Upon deactivation for any reason: the badge renders inactive, the registry entry reflects inactive status, dashboard access to historical records may be retained in read-only form, and past funded impact remains permanent.

10. Client Accounts & Data

10.1 The Client is responsible for its account credentials and for the accuracy of information it provides.

10.2 Clean Compute collects only the information needed to operate the Service — including company details, contact details, attested subscriber counts, and billing information — and does not require or accept access to the Client's systems, end-customer data, or revenue records. Use of personal information is described in the Privacy Policy.

11. Intellectual Property

All software, content, designs, reports, export templates, and documentation comprising the Service are the property of Clean Compute LLC or its licensors. Export assets generated by the Service for the Client (social images, PDF reports) may be used by the Client for its own marketing while these Terms permit.

12. Disclaimers

The Service is provided "as is" and "as available." To the maximum extent permitted by law, Clean Compute disclaims all warranties, express or implied, including merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement. Clean Compute does not warrant uninterrupted availability of the Service, dashboard, or badge embed, and is not responsible for the acts or omissions of independent impact partners, though it will use commercially reasonable efforts to ensure delivery of the committed impact.

13. Limitation of Liability

To the maximum extent permitted by law: (a) neither party is liable for indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages, or for lost profits, revenue, or goodwill; and (b) Clean Compute's total aggregate liability arising out of or relating to the Service is limited to the fees paid by the Client in the twelve (12) months preceding the event giving rise to the claim. Nothing in these Terms limits liability that cannot be limited by law.

14. Indemnification

The Client will indemnify and hold harmless Clean Compute from third-party claims arising out of: the Client's marketing claims beyond the approved claim language; the Client's misreporting of subscribed users; or the Client's breach of these Terms.

15. Assignment

Clean Compute may assign these Terms, or delegate billing and payment processing, to an affiliate or successor entity (including in connection with a merger, acquisition, or corporate reorganization) without the Client's consent, provided the Service commitments are maintained. The Client may not assign these Terms without Clean Compute's written consent, not to be unreasonably withheld in connection with a sale of the Client's business.

16. Changes to These Terms

Clean Compute may update these Terms from time to time. Material changes will be notified to Clients by email or dashboard notice at least thirty (30) days before taking effect. Continued use of the Service after the effective date constitutes acceptance.

17. Governing Law & Disputes

These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of New Mexico, USA, without regard to conflict-of-laws principles. The parties will first attempt in good faith to resolve any dispute informally by written notice and a thirty (30) day discussion period. Disputes not so resolved shall be brought exclusively in the state or federal courts located in New Mexico, and each party consents to their jurisdiction.

18. General

If any provision of these Terms is held unenforceable, the remainder continues in effect. Failure to enforce a provision is not a waiver. These Terms, together with the Privacy Policy and any order or checkout terms, are the entire agreement between the parties regarding the Service.

19. Contact

Clean Compute LLC
1209 Mountain Road PL NE, STE R
Albuquerque, NM 87110, USA
trees@cleancompute.eco