Some clients are concerned that they buy recycled products for their promotions only to discover that they are made in India or China and shipping them around the world by air undoes the great work they want to do in helping the environment.
It is possible to offset the effects of the air ship by carbon offsetting through accredited organisations. The carbon offset system works by calculating the carbon dioxide effect of your actions and then giving enough money to projects that help offset that CO2. Projects might include:
- Tree planting - both UK and international. Provides a wildlife sanctuary as well as offsetting carbon dioxide.
- Investments into solar panels for schools.
- Investments into wind farms to power locations in the third world.
This is what we want to help you achieve.
It does not have to be costly. Importing 1,000
recycled caps
from China would mean moving a weight of 85-100kg across 9,600km from China to London. This would create by air 634kg of CO2. To offset this at £6.00 a tonne would cost £3.78 in total on order costing around £2,000 or around 0.2% additional cost. Clearly heavier products would change the calculation but the fact is this is a minor cost.
You can off set your carbon directly with
https://www.carbonfootprint.com/
or Pavilion Earth can do this for you and then provide you with the certification that the money has been invested in Environment Carbon Offset Projects.
Time to make the right choice when investing in your next promotional products.