Carbon Neutral update - 2010 |
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Tuesday, 15 June 2010 10:32 |
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After offsetting our carbon emissions for 2009/10, we have taken the step of renewing our commitment to minimising our environmental impact by offsetting our emissions for 2010/11.
For 2009/10 we offset 25 tonnes of carbon and for 2010/11 we have offset 30 tonnes – covering all our office, travel, commuting & hosting emissions.
Our offsetting has been carried out by a scheme approved under the government's Quality Assurance Scheme for Carbon Offsetting (QAS) using only UN approved Certified Emission Reductions (CERs) high quality offsets. Real offsets, real reductions from projects that would not have gone ahead without income from the sale of carbon offsets and resulting in a permanent CO2 emissions reduction. For 2010/11 we have offset using two different schemes - a reforestation project in the Great Rift Valley, Kenya and a tree planting scheme in Scotland, UK.
You might be surprised to know that just running our web servers 24/7 results in over 10 tonnes of CO2 being released into the atmosphere – a third of our overall emissions. Collectively we travel nearly 50,000 miles a year commuting and travelling to meetings. Around 60% of that is using public transport with a further 10% taken up with walking and cycling.
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