‘Carbon Neutral’ Initiatives Gaining Popularity

- Vanessa King

Several major companies and organizations, such as HSBC and the FIFA World Cup are now taking initiatives to counteract the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere they are contributing to through their businesses. For example, HSBC has become the world’s first carbon neutral bank by investing in clean energy projects such as a wind farm in New Zealand to offset emissions from its core operations.

FIFA is planning to offset 100,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide linked to travel by World Cup spectators. Under one project, it and the German tournament organisers will invest in replacing coal-fired boilers at a South African factory with boilers run on sawdust.
Myclimate.org is an organization out of Germany that is supporting and promoting such carbon offset projects.

About Vanessa King

Vanessa is a co-founder and the in-house artist of ThingsAreGood.com. She is a fundraising administrator working on behalf of various charities and dreams of being the sole person who, through synchronistic and somewhat accidental circumstance, ends up saving the World. After her 13 year stint as a professional actress in film and television, Vanessa is now pursuing her musical ambitions as a singer as she also hopes to save the World through music.

One thought on “‘Carbon Neutral’ Initiatives Gaining Popularity”

  1. I just saw a job posting for HSBC, and think I’ll apply after reading they are taking initiatives to reduce carbon dioxide in the atmosphere 🙂

    I also heard that wearing a Carbon Neutral shirt putting a or Carbon Neutral bumper sticker on your car helps hundreds of others become carbon neutral. 😉

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