carbon heroes impact can equate to 4,000 trees

Research by carbon heroes indicates that the emissions reduction from car sharing on commuting and business travel can be far greater than they might expect.

An SME working with carbon heroes with the following stats:

• 500 employees
• 30% uptake for commuting
• 1 journey as a passenger per week
• average commuting distance and vehicle types
• 20% uptake for business journeys
• 1 journey as a passenger per fortnight

will save approximately 55 tonnes of CO2 emissions over the course of a year.

An “average” mature tree absorbs ~14 kg of CO2 per annum[1].

Therefore a company of 500 employees might expect carbon heroes to conserve the CO2 emissions that are absorbed by a mature forest of 4,000 trees and save thousands of pounds in mileage expenses, car parking costs and private vehicle hire in the process.

Craig Barrack, Managing Director of carbon heroes commented “Companies often overlook the impact of their employees’ commute when considering their environmental impact. Reducing single occupancy commuting and business travel should be a primary concern for the Social Responsibility values of any employer.”

[1] Source: Carbon-info.org.

For more information about carbon heroes, please contact Craig Barrack on +44 (0) 843 290 3800.

About carbon heroes
Carbon heroes® is committed to reducing our impact upon the environment, initially by making better use of our cars. The company isn’t “anti car”. We use cars too – they often the only practical transport solution for many of our journeys.

However, we can all consider alternatives such as sharing some of the journeys that we make. When we commute to work, how many other cars do we see, typically with just a single occupant? It doesn’t make sense to us that 91% of these trips are made alone, when there could be a colleague who lives nearby.