Carbon Offsetting
We've partnered with Carbon Offset Scotland (COS) to provide a genuine carbon offset service, a woodland regeneration project at Balmuick Farm, Perthshire, Scotland.
Only 1.5 hours away from our Edinburgh office, we encourage our customers to visit their trees being planted and see what a wonderful and sustainable project this is.
COS are considerate in their tree planting and recreate traditional woodland with trees native to the area and in turn encourage the regeneration of wildlife habitat.
COS use local knowledge gained from generations of experience on the farm and expertise of tree planting partners to plant the right trees in the appropriate places.
All trees are planted in reserves and managed woodland where they will live their natural lifespan and meet their biodiversity targets.
How does planting trees offset carbon?
The trees store the carbon, thereby removing it from the atmosphere and offsetting the pollution.
What is the process?
As an example lets imagine a flight.
- For each flight, the distance and the number of kilograms of carbon emitted by the journey by the passenger are calculated.
- The carbon dioxide emission calculator is based on emission factors provided by U.K's DEFRA for short and long haul flights. The calculations used are based on data from the U.K. Assumptions: the aircraft is fully occumpied.
- 1 tree can store 734 kg of carbon dioxide.
- 1 tree costs £8.50, the necessary amount needed for the offset is added to the price of the customer's ticket.
- The customer receives a personalised Offset Certificate and the satisfaction they know they are fighting climate.
How do we maintain a carbon neutral company?
All the energy our company uses every year is calculated using our utility bills and added to the energy used to host our website. We offset our carbon footprint with Carbon Offset Scotland by paying for the number of trees required once a year.
