Charlottechicken Posted October 24, 2007 Share Posted October 24, 2007 Has anyone noticed that a few large companies now have little tag lines in their advertising that appear to declare them as carbon neutral? One, and I forget which one, declared "carbon neutral since 2004". How? I suspect they may only be carbon neutral by buying themselves large swathes of tropical rainforest or the like, and I think this is cheating Does anyone know if they are really carbon neutral, or just buying the status? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theherd123 Posted October 24, 2007 Share Posted October 24, 2007 I suppose in legal terms they cant claim something like being carbon neutral if it isnt true Im sure i will be corrected if im wrong! I think BP are carbon neutral Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlottechicken Posted October 24, 2007 Author Share Posted October 24, 2007 I suppose in legal terms they cant claim something like being carbon neutral if it isnt true Im sure i will be corrected if im wrong! Never thought of that! I think BP are carbon neutral Oh, the irony Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tina C Posted October 24, 2007 Share Posted October 24, 2007 If you want to know what companies are doing to be able to declare themselves carbon neutral you could go onto their websites as they will have some sort of environmental statement. I had to do some work on HBOS (Halifax Bank of Scotland) a couple of weeks ago 'committed to carbon neutrality by the end of 2007' and they had a huge report on what they had done and what they plan to do. It makes for interesting reading - and yes some of it was down to offsetting, which I am a bit sceptical about - but I guess you have to make a judgement when you know what they are doing in terms of offsetting and whether you think that is a good cause. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted October 25, 2007 Share Posted October 25, 2007 New Land Rovers have their carbon footprint 'offset' for 45,000 miles - I haven't checked to see what they are doing to be able to make this claim. I'll have a look at the paperwork........ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...