World Expedition - Index

World Expedition - booklet - Index

carbon neutral adventure holidays
It is estimated that 95% of carbon emissions on our
adventure travel packages is produced by air travel. This
is why offering our travellers the ability to neutralise their
air travel has been the first step in our quest to reduce
carbon emissions associated with our company. Yet as we
are committed to this process in its entirety, we will also
be working with Climate Friendly during 2008 to audit each
and every one of our adventure holidays to determine the
carbon footprint of each holiday. Once we know the
carbon emissions produced on each trip from flights, road
transport, accommodation and food we will then include
the equivalent offset amount in the cost of the trip making
the land component of all our trips carbon neutral.
our travellers
From November 2007, when travellers book their flights
with us, we have included the amount that it costs to
neutralise their air travel on their tax invoice. It is then up
to the traveller to decide whether they will pay the full
amount (a return airfare) or half the amount (a one-way
airfare) to neutralise all of or part of their air travel _ or
they may choose to not neutralise their air travel at all.
We use Climate Friendly’s air travel calculator which is
based on factors from the International Panel on Climate
Change (IPCC) and Greenhouse Gas Protocol. Air travel
emissions are complex calculations and values vary
between providers. We believe that Climate Friendly's
calculator is the most accurate available and reflects the
current scientific consensus.
aligning with Climate Friendly
Founded by former CSIRO scientist Joel
Fleming, Climate Friendly is an
organisation dedicated to positive,
meaningful and real action to rapidly
address global climate change. Since
2004 Climate Friendly has been helping
its customers neutralise emissions from
business, home, travel and other
activities. The integrity and quality of
Climate Friendly’s service has attracted a host of
progressive companies, government bodies and leading
environment groups from all across the world, including
WWF internationally, Australian Conservation Foundation,
Tim Flannery and Greenpeace.
Climate Friendly’s air travel calculator uses in-house
algorithms and factors from the International Panel on
Climate Change (IPCC) and the Greenhouse Gas Protocol,
a joint initiative of the World Resources Institute and the
World Business Council for Sustainable Development.
Their air calculation methodology was one of only two in
the world given the highest rating by the respected Tufts
Climate Initiative at Tufts University (USA).
Recently Climate Friendly was named as one of the four
most credible flight neutralising companies in the world by
an independent study done by Tufts University.