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You can make a contribution to offset the carbon released in delivering your order.
We consider the environment throughout our business from the products we source to their delivery. Although we don't have large stores across the country and we keep our warehouse running in as environmentally friendly a fashion as possible we do recognise that carbon is released as a side-effect of us delivering orders to you.
We have teamed up with Climate Care to provide you, our customers, with the choice of contributing towards offsetting carbon released in the delivery of goods ordered from us. The service that BigGreenSmile.com offers with Climate Care is a CO2 offsetting service against customer deliveries that aims to help reduce the damage caused by global greenhouse emissions.
Climate Change is the most pressing global issue facing us all, with consequences for all communities, species and environments across the world.
ClimateCare is an organisation that reduces global greenhouse gas emissions on behalf of companies and individuals.
These reductions are made through a range of projects around the world that not only make real reductions in carbon emissions, but also make a difference to people's lives.
100% of the carbon offsetting payment goes to Climate Care. Examples of Climate Care's carbon offsetting work are below.
Clean stoves in Uganda
The Uganda Stoves Project supplies efficient wood burning stoves to institutions such as schools in Uganda. As well as reducing greenhouse gases produced from cooking, the stoves reduce the amount of wood fuel needed, helping to reduce de-forestation. Cooks also experience the benefits of reduced indoor pollution since the stoves are less smokey.
Sarah Nakabuyo Naloongo is a cook at Kibuye Primary School in Kampala where the new improved wood stoves were installed in Autumn 2007. She told us how the new stoves had improved her life because the kitchen is now smoke free and the food is easier to cook.
"Beforehand, we cooked the food on an open fire using stone stands and the room would be black with smoke. The new stoves have improved my life because I no longer have to work in a dirty environment. The new stoves are taller too which means that I don’t have to crouch down and damage my back".
Wind Power in China
China is developing rapidly with an increasing demand for power, most of which is generated from coal.
The Mulan wind project is located in Heilongjiang - the northern-most province of China. The wind farm generates approximately 25 GWh of electricity each year, reducing emissions by reducing the amount of electricity that would have been generated by conventional fossil fuels such as coal or gas. As well as reducing the need for fossil fuels, the wind farm provides local employment and has contributed to the stimulation of the wind power sector in China.
To find out more about ClimateCare and its projects, see www.jpmorganclimatecare.com.
