The Carbon Neutral Company
- The Carbon Neutral Company
The CarbonNeutral Company is a UK-based carbon offsetting company. Originally called Future Forests, it was founded in 1997 by Sue Welland and Dan Morrell.
The company renamed itself in September 2005 to reflect "the business’s wider focus on solutions to climate change."[ [http://www.carbonneutral.com/pages/Whoweare.asp www.carbonneutral.com/pages/Whoweare.asp] ] By 2006 the company had turned from the planting of trees for carbon sequestration to technological investments intended to reduce emissions after journalists described some of their mango tree-planting efforts in India as ineffective. [Robbins, Tom. [http://travel.guardian.co.uk/article/2006/dec/10/ethicalholidays.escape The Great Green Rip-off?] "The Observer" 10 December 2006.] ]The musician Joe Strummer was inspirational in starting Future Forests [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/2673971.stm Forest tribute to Clash star] "BBC News" 19 January 2003] . Other musicians who have contracted with CarbonNeutral include The Rolling Stones, Coldplay, KT Tunstall,[Smith, Kevin. [http://www.carbontradewatch.org/pubs/carbon_neutral_myth.pdf The Carbon Neutral Myth] . Chapter 2, The rise and fall of Future Forests. Transnational Institute. February 2007.] and Dido][Muir, Hugh. [http://www.guardian.co.uk/waste/story/0,12188,1316050,00.html#article_continue Trees, the eco-investment of choice. But now campaigners question forests firm.] "The Guardian" 30 September 2004.] ] See also
* Mitigation of global warming
* Climate Care (another UK-based offset vendor)
References
External links
* [http://www.carbonneutral.com Carbon Neutral Company home page]
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