Last week, we hosted our inaugural MarieClaireSustainability Awards Spotlighting over 60 of the world’s most sustainable innovators, change-makers and tastemakers throughout the fashion, beauty, food & & beverage, travel & & leisure, motors, health & & health and houses markets, not just did this mark MC’s very first awards devoted to sustainability, it was likewise our very first carbon-neutral occasion.
Yep, in spite of currently keeping our ecological effect to a minimum by hosting a virtual event, we went an action even more and offset our inescapable carbon emissions in association with NulaCarbon Here’s how we managed our very first carbon-neutral occasion– plus some specialist ideas on sustainable living and suppressing your own carbon footprint, too.
MCSustainability Awards: how we offset our carbon emissions
Never ones to avoid practicing what we preach, we partnered with Nula Carbon to balance out the emissions from our very first SustainabilityAwards How, you ask? Well, by evaluating our carbon footprint prior to commencing putting it right.
“Virtual awards are a great way forward, and they already reduce your emissions by a huge amount. One of the key areas that emissions come from with events is transport – whether that’s transport of goods or transport of people,” describes Nula Carbon creator CharlotteHorler “Because you’re eliminating people commuting to an event in London, you probably reduce your emissions by about three times, which is amazing.”
NulaCarbon think that carbon balancing out goes much even more than simply planting trees. (Although they do lots of that, too.) Taking a holistic technique to carbon balancing out, Nula’s Carbon Credits– which can be purchased by services and people alike– assist the neighborhoods on the ground who are safeguarding our forests. “When you buy carbon credits, you’re essentially helping to keep carbon where it’s meant to be, which is in the trees and in the soil, while also supporting land owners and communities,” states Charlotte.
When it pertained to computing, and consequently balancing out, the carbon expense of the MarieClaireSustainability Awards, Nula Carbon diligently factored in whatever from the circulation of our absolutely no carbon bamboo awards, to the heat and power utilized in the houses of our virtual participants throughout the event. Talk about no stone left unturned.
In overall, Nula approximates that prior to balancing out, the emissions of the MC SustainabilityAwards were simply over 347 kgCO2e (or, in travel terms, approximately the equivalent of driving from London to John O’Groats and back in a vehicle). By balancing out these emissions, Nula will safeguard 0.1 acres of dryland forest in the Kasigau task in Kenya on our behalf. Pretty cool, best?
Five essential methods to decrease your carbon footprint
Carbon footprint isn’t simply another sustainability buzzword or ill-defined greenwashing term. Simply significance the number of greenhouse gases you have actually contributed to the environment, it actually matters– both on a specific level, and a cumulative one. Here, Charlotte breaks down what we as people can do to begin someplace, decrease our carbon footprint, and result enduring modification in the world as an outcome.
1. Switch your energy supplier
Let’s start simple. An incredible 40% of UK emissions originate from homes– so it’s barely unexpected that changing energy suppliers is among the very best methods to considerably decrease our carbon footprint. “That’s a really easy win for you to choose,” states Charlotte.
2. Make your cash matter
“Switching your bank account is one of the best things you can do,” statesCharlotte “Because[lots of] banks still purchase nonrenewable fuel sources, arms, cigarettes– all of these things that have a harmful result on individuals and the environment.” But, she firmly insists, you should not simply stop with your bank account.
According to MakeMy Money Matter, by choosing a greener pension supplier, you might in fact cut your carbon 21 times more than going vegetable, quiting flying and changing energy suppliers. Those are some quite tough statistics to disregard.
3. Change up your diet plan
” I do not like to state do not do this or do not do that— I do not believe that’s extremely efficient or useful,” statesCharlotte “But what I would say, if you do have the means or capability and you want to eat meat, be conscious of where you’re buying it from. Particularly because we’re so passionate about forest protection, a lot of the feed for certain meat comes from the Amazon. If you can find meat that’s been farmed really well, but you’re not ready to give up meat, that’s a step in the right direction.”
4. Take public transportation
Even if you’re fortunate sufficient to own among the finest electrical vehicles, attempt leaving it in your home in favour of public transportation every so often. Additionally, states Charlotte, “If you can limit some of the short haul flights you might take – to Edinburgh, or to France, for example – that’s also really great. Because yes, your long haul flight is going to have far higher emissions, but a huge concentration of emissions come from just take off and landing. So the more we can limit those shorter flights, the better.”
6. Take an active interest
“We really want everyone to be advocates for the climate,” statesCharlotte “You don’t have to be shouting and screaming about it, but if you can, sign a petition, be a part of a citizen’s assembly, share and promote a brand that is rewilding your local community park – things like that really do go a long way. Take a small step, and remember that it counts. Adding your voice to the noise is so important.” Here, here.
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