In these times of foreign travel, where journeying abroad is the norm, climate change is one of the most pressing issues facing us all, with the potential for significant community, biodiversity and environmental consequences across the world. To take responsibility for the impact our business has on the climate (emissions from the office, and flights for Charity Challenge staff and our passengers’ flights) we are offsetting the carbon emissions from our business through Climate Care.
Who is Climate Care?
Climate care is one of the oldest businesses in the carbon market. Since 1997 they have been reducing greenhouse gas emissions on behalf of companies and individuals. Reductions are made through a range of projects around the world that not only make real verified reductions in carbon emissions, but also make a difference to people’s lives.
How many tonnes have we offset?
During 2008 and 2009 our customer and staff flights and our business operations generated 4381.68 tonnes of carbon emissions, which were all offset by Climate Care on your behalf.
Who else benefits?
The offsets we purchase on your behalf help to fund a portfolio of projects in the developing world. In many cases these projects are situated in countries where we have challenges. The projects not only reduce carbon emissions but also improve the lives of those living locally which in the long term benefits us all, by providing clean technologies to parts of the world where emissions are growing most quickly.
Cambodia Improved Lao stoves summary;
An example of one of the projects our contributions have been invested in is the Cambodia improved cook stoves Project. This aims to transform the cooking market in Cambodia, overcoming many barriers to achieve its goal: developing the stove, developing the sales channels, improving sales techniques, marketing the stove and management training.
Replacing the traditional Lao stove with a stove with improved efficiency helps to reduce the demand for charcoal by as much as 21%.
On top of reducing the carbon emissions, the project has social and economic benefits:
- The project is building the country’s capacity in technical skills in the manufacturing of the improved stove.
- By reducing the amount of fuel used for cooking, the project enables stove users to spend less on fuel to cook, thereby saving valuable income.
- The new Lao stove reduces harmful smoke and soot in the kitchen, improving the health of its users.
The reductions we have made through buying those offsets is equivalent to Grounding 16 full flights (assumed 348 passengers) from London Heathrow to New York JFK airport.
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