Carbon Offsetting for Businesses with Make it Wild

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If you are considering mitigating or offsetting your business’s carbon footprint, the first step is to work out how big it is. As a rough guide, the typical amount of carbon dioxide a business might emit each year is:

• 20 tonnes for a small business
• 100 tonnes for a medium-sized business
• 1000 tonnes for a large business

We have prepared the following ‘menu’ to help you calculate an approximate carbon footprint for your business, based on the main activities causing the emission of carbon dioxide. Simply pick the closest to your situation and add up the emissions.

Heating (Natural Gas) per Year:

To heat 75m² (small industrial space/one large room):  4.2 tonnes

To heat 250m² (a tennis court sized building):  13.5 tonnes

Lighting and Equipment per Year:

Lighting a large room, one or two electric appliances:  4.4 tonnes

Lighting a small building, a few electric appliances:  9 tonnes

Transport:

Driving a medium diesel van (per 10,000 miles): 7 tonnes  

1 long haul flight (per person): 3 tonnes

Dispatching orders:

500 2kg parcels:  1 tonne

500 5kg parcels: 3.5 tonnes

1000 5kg parcels:  7 tonnes

If you would like to calculate your business’s carbon footprint more accurately, you could try our carbon calculator here.

Ideally, you should try to reduce your emissions as much as possible.

How can Make it Wild help?

We will plant trees for you! All you need to do is decide how many tonnes of carbon dioxide your business would like to offset.

For businesses, carbon offsetting is available in multiples of 10 tonnes. See more information here.

To allow for natural losses, we will allocate more trees than the minimum required.

If you would like to offset your carbon footprint on an ongoing basis, you might like our Carbon Offsetting Subscription Plans.

You can purchase the carbon offsetting simply, online, by clicking here.

What will my business get from Make it Wild?

Uniquely, at Make it Wild, we have all our trees photographed by drone, and we can show you exactly which trees you have paid for. See how we do this in this short clip:

If you choose to offset your carbon footprint through planting trees with Make it Wild … In addition to planting the trees, we will send you a certificate showing:

• how many tonnes of carbon dioxide you have offset
• a map showing the location of the trees we have planted
• an aerial photograph showing the exact trees your business has paid for

We will also send you a ‘badge’ which you can use on your email footer, on social media, on your letter-head, even on product packaging to show the world what you’re doing to protect the environment.

We will list your company as a Tree Planting Partner on our website, and include a link to your company website .

What are the benefits for my business?

Carbon offsetting through tree planting can help your business in a number of ways:

• it is a fantastic way to fulfil your environmental policy and corporate social responsibilities
• it will make your business attractive to the growing number of consumers who actively seek out businesses with “green” credentials
• your customers, employees and business partners will be pleased to know that you are taking responsibility for your environmental impact
• through calculating your carbon footprint, you may identify areas where you could use less energy, and thus save money
• you can be proud that your business is helping nature – not only now but for decades to come

We believe that one of the best possible ways to compensate for some or all of your unavoidable  carbon footprint, is through planting trees. We are absolutely transparent about our trees – they will be in Summerbridge, near Harrogate, North Yorkshire. From the aerial photograph we will send you, you will know exactly where they are. You can be sure that your trees will be well looked after, in Bank Woods, our protected nature reserve. We have a great record for tree planting, and woodland creation, having planted 50,000 trees by April 2021.

How can I find out more?

If you have any further questions, please

• email us on info@makeitwild.co.uk
• call us on 07795605406
• see our Carbon Offsetting product information for businesses here.
• attend one of our free Carbon Offsetting Information Events – keep an eye on our social media for forthcoming dates
• subscribe to our newsletter below.    

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