CRS – CarbonFree® Since 2005

             

As a responsible organisation offering environmental and health and safety support we have taken direct action to evaluate its own operational emissions, developed and implemented a Carbon Reduction and Offset Policy, using Carbonfund.org to make Corporate Risk Systems CarbonFree®. 

Every year since 2005, CRS has calculated its annual operational emissions from business activities, and then offset CRS annual emissions and thus become a one of the first and only CarbonFree®     Health, Safety & Environmental Training and Risk Management Consultancies.   The CRS carbon footprint calculation includes all employees’ business vehicle, and airline mileage.   It also includes a calculation for the use of electrical energy by staff for laptops, PCs and projectors, heating and lighting of offices and training rooms, training materials and even includes the 3490 miles travelled by the classic Mighty Mini racing car which we sponsor; all of this data is converted using the UK Government’s DEFRA conversion tables into the CRS Carbon Footprint.

CRS’s funding of Carbonfree.org supports independently verified projects around the globe to reduce carbon emissions by the same amount we emit, thereby becoming CarbonFree® . The  projects focus on three key areas of Green House Gas Reduction:  

• Methane Recovery,
• Energy Efficiency and
• Avoided Deforestation Projects

Examples of the verified projects supported by Carbonfund.org include:
Small Scale Indian Wind Projects

Location: Tamil Nadu and Gujarat, India

Project type: Wind Energy

Standard: Verified Carbon Standard

Environmental Benefits

• Mitigates climate change
• Limits impact of energy production on local environment
• No localized water or air pollution
• Community Benefits

Acre, Brazil REDD+ Forestry Projects








Location: Acre, Brazil

Project type: Forest Conservation and Avoided Deforestation

Standard: Verified Carbon Standard and the Climate, Community and Biodiversity Alliance Standard Gold Level

Environmental Benefits

• Reduce carbon dioxide emissions
• Mitigate climate change
• Conserve habitat for endangered and threatened species
• Improve local water quality
• Retain top soil and control erosion

Please check out your Partner Page on the carbonfund website : http://www.carbonfund.org/partners/item/corporate-risk-systems

Corporate Risk Systems has also supported projects for the Pacific Whale Foundation and Sea Shepard’s.

Here in the UK we support local charities including Help for heroes and the National Forest where have a tree planting programme to increase biodiversity and support habitat creation