There is no disguising that travel does have an effect on the environment. Whilst our individual carbon emissions may be small they all have a combined effect over time.

More and more companies are using carbon offsetting as a tool to indirectly reduce the overall impact of their activities on the environment. A carbon offset is a financial contribution to fund environmental projects around the world. Such projects directly reduce the amount of greenhouse gasses entering the atmosphere. Typical projects include;

•     Restoration of rainforest habitats - absorbing CO2 as more, new trees grow.


•     Bio-energy projects - creating biomass fuels from crop waste which, in developing countries is usually burnt in the field.


•     Re-planting of ancient British woodland.


•     Provision of efficient cooking stoves in the developing world - which use less fuel and reduce the serious health problems caused by direct inhalation of smoke.

If you so choose we can use Climate Care to calculate the carbon effect of an individual business flight or your companies entire air travel. Details of every flight will be sent to Climate Care who will invoice you directly each quarter. An offset certificate will also be forwarded. Please note that Duke's Court Travel Management does not gain financially either way from this arrangement.

At the time of launch of this site some typical offset costs for a single air passenger.
                                               

London - Frankfurt	London - New York
813  miles         Emitting 0.17 tonnes of CO2          £1.26 offset cost	6911 miles         Emitting 1.54 tonnes of CO2         £11.55 offset cost
London - Barcelona	London - Hong Kong
1413  miles         Emitting 0.26 tonnes of CO2         £1.99 offset cost	11975  miles         Emitting 2.81 tonnes of CO2         £21.08 offset cost