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A Tasmanian agency has made the first step towards becoming a carbon-neutral business.
4one4 Property Co., based in Hobart’s northern suburbs, has partnership with Climagap, a sustainability company that specialises in environmental services, to offset the office’s carbon footprint.
4one4 Property Co. will work with Climagap to offset approximately 230 tonnes of carbon, the same amount that the company produces annually.
Patrick Berry, the director of 4one4 Property Co., said that he and company co-director Abbey Berry decided to pursue climate offsetting after coming to understand how much carbon they were generating through constant travel between different locations.
“We realised that within our business, we contribute to a lot of carbon emissions due to having so many cars on the road every day; this is why we felt it was important to start our journey towards carbon-neutral,” Mr Berry said.
He said 4one4 had made a commitment to evaluating the business’s carbon output every 12 months.
“We hope that over time, we can build awareness around this issue, and in return, help bring other small companies on board as well because a small first step is better than no step at all,” he continued.
Climagap helped the agency calculate its annual emissions and now will facilitate 4one4’s funding of three ongoing projects they selected that remove carbon from the atmosphere.
Mr Berry said the collaboration “is part of our ongoing commitment to providing a future for generations to come, and we are excited that we have been able to partner with Climagap to help offset carbon via some amazing projects throughout the world”.
One of the projects they have selected, the 100.5-megawatt Wind Power initiative, runs wind turbines that produce renewable energy, annually mitigating an estimated 175,714 tonnes of carbon dioxide. Based in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh, this project contributes significantly to its surrounding community, having electrified 1,000 local homes, provided computer infrastructure in one of the neighbourhood schools, and co-funded around 21.6 kilometres of roads within the project vicinity.
4one4’s funding to offset their carbon footprint will also fund a clean water initiative in Laos that saves more than 15,000 tonnes of carbon annually, and a conservation project in Guatemala.
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Juliet Helmke
Based in Sydney, Juliet Helmke has a broad range of reporting and editorial experience across the areas of business, technology, entertainment and the arts. She was formerly Senior Editor at The New York Observer.
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