Flogas launches carbon offsetting solution

Flogas has launched a carbon offsetting solution for its commercial customers. It will allow them to offset all of their own carbon emissions by providing critical support for projects directly benefiting the environment.

To launch the initiative, Flogas has offset its own carbon emissions and that of Flogas brand ambassador Neven Maguire’s restaurant and home. Collectively, they have now compensated for over 3,500 tonnes of carbon emissions in 2019, achieved by investing in climate protection projects via South Pole, a gold standard provider of carbon offsetting projects all over the world.

Flogas managing director, John Rooney, has urged the supplier’s business customers to take a proactive approach to tackling climate change:

‘Participating customers will be able to display marketing materials and certificates demonstrating their carbon offsets and it’s an excellent opportunity for savvy business owners keen to get ahead of the curve,’ he said recently.

At MacNean House and Restaurant in Blacklion, Cavan, Neven Maguire uses Flogas LPG for cooking, heating and hot water and Flogas electricity for the venue’s power needs. Neven said that he was delighted to be a part of the initiative from Flogas.

‘By investing in gold standard carbon offsetting projects, we can all help bring positive change around the globe with sustainable, economic, social and health benefits to different communities,’ he added.

Carbon offsetting is recognised worldwide as a way of managing carbon emissions.  For a minimal fee, Flogas will purchase carbon credits on behalf of participating commercial customers, investing in sustainable global projects that either reduce or capture an equivalent amount of carbon emissions.

Examples of such projects include forest protection, providing access to clean and efficient LPG cookstoves, supporting renewable energy projects and wastewater treatment and biogas utilisation projects. Carbon emission reductions are certified through globally recognised standards and audited by independent third parties.

For more info,  see www.flogas.ie/carbon www.flogasni.com/carbon