Offsetting our carbon emissions
To play our part in tackling climate change, we have teamed up with ClimateCare to offset the greenhouse gas emissions from our courier activities.
Making a Dynamic difference
Wherever possible, we reduce the carbon emissions we produce in the course of our daily business. For example, we attempt to cut down on waste, maintain efficient vehicles, prevent pollution incidents such as fuel spills and reduce the energy we use for heating and lighting.
However, it's impossible for us to eradicate our greenhouse gas emissions completely. We acknowledge responsibility for those unavoidable emissions by paying ClimateCare to reduce atmospheric carbon on our behalf.
The money we contribute to ClimateCare pays for important environmental projects all over the world, such as developing wind farms in northern China, improving the efficiency of traditional Lao stoves in Cambodia and replacing diesel irrigation pumps with manually-powered treadle versions in India's Chhattisgarh region.
Clean stoves in Mexico
One of Climate Care's projects is working in Mexico to make fuel efficient cooking stoves available in some of the poorest communities. This supports conservation by reducing the wood needed for cooking. It also benefits the householders by removing smoke from the kitchen and dramatically cutting the health risk from wood smoke. Each stove saves about 3 tonnes of CO2 a year.
All of these projects have multiple benefits, including reduced use of fossil fuels, developing employment opportunities and improving health, skills and local trade.
To find out more about ClimateCare and its projects, visit www.jpmorganclimatecare.com