Offset your personal CO₂ emissions

If you are concerned about climate change and poverty in the developing world, you can make a difference by purchasing Voluntary Emission Reduction (VER) certificates from our innovative projects that tackle poverty and environmental degradation.

How does it work?

VERs are generated from carbon sequestration linked to land-use change and forest management. A democratically-elected local community council decides how the project community’s co-operative tree planting and subsequent carbon revenues are spent, and a community trust fund administers revenues.

The transformation is closely monitored by the Edinburgh University and the Plan Vivo Foundation using CO₂FIX methodology and the FZ1 carbon registry system to ensure that targets for sequestration and poverty alleviation are met.

Make a difference.

A purchase of these VERs is not simply a cynical mechanism to let first-world polluters off the hook – it gives forest communities in countries like Mozambique a real chance to build sustainable livelihoods and protect the environment. It brings those of us in the developed world who are concerned about our own environmental impact into a unique partnership with communities who wish to conserve their environment and end poverty.

What do I do?

Envirotrade sells carbon credits to individuals and organisations that wish to offset their carbon dioxide emissions to reduce global warming. The volume of the transaction is determined by the carbon footprint you wish to offset. Our certificates and a safe online purchase system mean that you can personally make a difference by participating in an innovative project that tackles poverty and environmental degradation head on.

If you choose to offset your emissions and purchase using PayPal we will send you a certificate showing what you have done and keep you informed about progress in this project.

How much do I need to offset?

Our online calculator helps you to quantify your own emission of greenhouse gasses as a first step to transforming both your lifestyle and that of forest communities in sub-Saharan Africa.

Here are some examples to give you some idea of what your carbon footprint could look like:

• 2-litre petrol car driven 20 000 km per annum 2 tonnes CO₂
• Short-haul flight 0.6 tonnes CO₂
• Long-haul flight 3.75 tonnes CO₂
• Average household energy consumption per annum 6 tonnes CO₂

These amounts are given as guidelines – you can use our simple calculator to work out the volume of your own personal footprint.

If you are interested in offsetting emissions for large-scale or business-related activities, for example from a fleet of cars or a manufacturing process that generates CO₂, contact us directly.

How much will it cost?

Voluntary Emission Reduction certificates from our projects are sold to offset both personal and corporate emissions. They are priced according to market-based values subject to readjustment on a regular basis and reflect investment in poverty alleviation, biodiversity conservation and climate change mitigation.

Once you have used the calculator to work out your personal footprint, you will be shown the cost for the offset purchase in pounds sterling. You will then be taken to PayPal’s secure server to complete the transaction.

Click here to use our carbon calculator and buy offset certificates online.

To offset your emissions now, visit our Carbon Calculator