CLIMATE CHANGE AFFECTS US ALL, HERE'S WHAT WE ARE DOING TO MAKE SURE WE ARE PART OF THE SOLUTION AND NOT THE PROBLEM.
CLIMATE CHANGE AFFECTS US ALL, HERE'S WHAT WE ARE DOING TO MAKE SURE WE ARE PART OF THE SOLUTION AND NOT THE PROBLEM.
When Sukin first hit the market back in 2007, we were one of the first to say NO to ingredients and processes that can cause harm to you, animals and the environment, creating products that help reduce the demand for harmful ingredients worldwide.
In 2008, we decided that we could do one better for the environment and began offsetting our carbon emissions to neutralise our environmental footprint.
BUT WHAT DOES CARBON OFFSETTING MEAN?
It means that we offset each carbon emission that we, as a company produce. From the emissions made when manufacturing our products and transporting them to store, to the electricity that powers our offices.
We offset by investing in environmental projects that earn carbon credits by producing renewable energy. Our purchase and retirement of credits from these certified projects ensures that the total carbon output of Sukin is 100% counteracted and guarantees that Sukin does not leave a carbon footprint on this earth.
As a brand, we constantly look to implement positive changes in our business practices, moving towards our future sustainability goal of operating at Net Zero.
THE PROJECTS
Over the last 10 years, we have invested in several certified projects that have offset our carbon emissions. Certified means that these carbon credits have been assessed against a third-party standard and independently reviewed against that standard. Importantly when the credits are retired this occurs in a public registry to demonstrate transparency.
Sukin purchases carbon credits through Greening Australia which allows the social enterprise arm of Greening Australia, Biodiverse Carbon Conservation, to invest in a wide range of global projects to create clean energy, such as wind generators and solar farms in developing countries.
Sukin have previously invested in different types of projects including wind energy – creating clean energy from wind generators in China through Carbon Reduction Institute. In 2018 our investment in a new project through Greening Australia’s carbon trading arm - Biodiverse Carbon Conservation (BCC) is in a solar farm in India. This initiative reduces energy poverty in one of the world’s fastest growing nations, creates local employment during construction and displaces coal fired power.
WONDERING HOW MUCH CARBON WE ACTUALLY OFFSET?
We have offset over 45,000 tonnes of Carbon over the last 10 years!
That’s equivalent to the greenhouse emissions of:
- 177,501,177 kilometers driven
- That’s 4,400 Trips around the world
- Or 4,226,218 Marathons!
- 19,167,720 Litres of Petrol consumed
- 22,332,228 Kilograms of Coal burnt
- 104,000 barrels of Crude Oil consumed
For more information, visit:
https://www.greeningaustralia.org.au/carbon-offsetting/
