The Carbon List: Understanding How Companies are Reducing Their Carbon Footprint

The Carbon list is a website to help people understand the initiatives that companies are doing to reduce their carbon footprint. The Carbon List is a way companies can communicate with their customers about their footprint in an easy and understandable format. It is intended to provide better transparency on companies carbon impact along with educating the public so they can make more informed choices about the lifestyle they lead.

All companies can sign up free. Once signed up the Carbon List will assist in communications about what their members are doing in the ways of reducing CO2 emissions.

Consider Purchasing Carbon Offsets for Work Travel

Starting to wonder how much impact all that work travel is having?  The average American commutes 20 miles a day, that’s about 5,000 miles a year, resulting in just over 2 tons of CO2.
Consider purchasing carbon offsets to counteract the carbon dioxide emissions of driving or flying home to meetings and conferences.  A carbon offset for the entire year’s worth of commuting emissions could cost as little as $45. According to the Colorado Carbon Fund, a Carbon Offset means “neutralize,” “balance,” or “cancel out.” Carbon offsets counteract these activities by funding projects to compensate for CO2 emissions occurring at another source.  These offsets help fund projects that reduce the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.

Though there are many organizations that offer Carbon Offsets, the Colorado Carbon Fund and Aspen’s Canary Tags are two great providers that use the proceeds for projects in Colorado.

For more ideas on how to reduce environmental impact with business travel, see the article entitled What you Must Know about Flying Green by Patti Prairie CEO of Brighter Planet.