Car leasing company, UK Carline has announced that from the start of July all lease vehicles will be certified Carbon Zero.
Concerned about the environmental impact their lease vehicles were having, the company now individually calculates the carbon emissions of each vehicle, throughout the duration of the contract and offsets the affects of the released CO2 by investing in ethical projects around the world. In a move mirroring many companies, UK Carline, is partnering with CO2balance on projects in East Africa to replace open fires with energy efficient cooking stoves in local social groups. These energy efficient stoves are made entirely in East Africa on the Kenyan coast, south of Mombasa in a region called Msambweni and utilise the ‘Rocket Stove’ technology offering a good balance among cost, life expectancy and efficiency. These stoves also reduce firewood consumption by half and save in the region of three tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions each year, 15 tonnes over the five year life span, in comparison to traditional cooking methods.
For example, if you drive a car with a CO2 output of 160g/km this means that for every single mile that you travel; your car pumps out 257 grams of harmful greenhouse gases.
Over a three year contract based on only 10,000 miles per year that is over 7,700 kilograms of carbon emissions.
