one tree at a time.
Air For Life has partnered with Ecologi to do our part for the earth and help towards reversing climate change.
We will be doing this by not only offsetting our company’s carbon usage to become a climate positive workforce but also for every customer who purchases from Air For Life, we will plant a tree on their behalf which becomes part of the Air For Life forest.
At Air For Life, we create products that improves indoor air quality to minimise the risk of lung-related diseases and needless to say, trees are the lungs of Earth and it is more important now than ever to take action to reduce the impact of climate change and to preserve our planet for our future generations.
300,000 trees by 2030.
Ecologi is an environmental organisation based in the United Kingdom that funds reforestation projects through Ecologi’s projects, there has been over 28 million trees planted and over 1,000,000 tonnes of CO2 reduced since early 2019.
They have carefully selected locations around the world where they believe they can help the local communities by creating jobs for them to grow, plant and guard the forest restoration sites and providing fair-wages to the villagers. Ecologi also offsets carbon emissions through carbon offset projects where again they hire local villagers and create jobs and livelihoods in these communities by generating wind power to create electricity for example.
What does Climate Positive Workforce mean for Air For Life?
Everyday, in our daily lives we are contributing to carbon emissions without even knowing. The morning shower you take before work, boiling the kettle for that cup of tea, commuting to work, having your lunch delivered via a food delivery service, exploring a new city, and even watching your favourite show on Netflix all contribute to carbon emissions.
At Air For Life, we understand the importance of appreciating what our planet offers us and it is more important than ever to preserve and create a more sustainable planet for future generations. Which is why we have partnered with Ecologi and joined their Climate Positive Workforce scheme to offset carbon emissions for every employee working at Air For Life.
How can Ecologi offset Air For Life’s emissions?
The carbon emissions produced by our employees are offset by two schemes, the first being the Climate Positive Workforce scheme where trees are planted on a monthly basis, the trees that are planted now will take several years to develop, we understand that this won’t allow us to reduce carbon emissions straight away as it takes time for the trees to grow however this is where the second scheme kicks in.
The second scheme works by allowing Air For Life to fund projects that are verified by Ecologi’s “Gold Standard” and “Verified Carbon Standard” registries. The two schemes allows Air For Life (and our stakeholders) to see exactly where the funds are being contributing towards and understand how our carbon offset activities are doing. This is done so via carbon offset projects that have been set up by Ecologi.
WHAT ARE THE CARBON OFFSET PROJECTS?
On a monthly basis Air For Life funds projects that are taking place around the world, each project avoids greenhouse gases from entering and affecting the atmosphere and we are delighted to be funding the following three projects:
- Generating clean energy from hydropower by harnessing small-scale hydropower to make electricity in India
- Generating wind power in Bac Lieu Province in Vietnam to generate 372,000 MWh of clean electricity annually
- Preserving Amazonian rainforest in Brazil by protecting over 27,000 hectares of threatened rainforest
The ability to help countries across the world in creating a cleaner and safer future is important to Air For Life as we firmly believe the actions we take today, will affect tomorrow.
Ecologi works to offset projects that meets the highest verification standards such as the Gold Standard or Verified Carbon Standard. This demonstrates the credibility of the organisations that they are also working with and provides us with the trust in the brand we have chosen to partner with.
HOW CAN I GET INVOLVED
If you like the sound of our tree planting project and to help us reach our goals for 2030, there are two ways you can help by: