Please note: we are in the process of making
all of our trips carbon neutral. There may be some inaccuracies
with the information and data below and so please feel free
to comment or correct us - info@summits-africa.com
Summits Africa has by default added a surcharge
on your trip cost to purchase voluntary market carbon credits.
At the moment our company is going through the process of
a carbon audit in partnership with CAMCO – a carbon
asset management company that works with governments and businesses
to define policies and strategies to help mitigate climate
change and to encourage sustainable development in developing
companies. In the next couple of months we will be measuring
our greenhouse gases emissions in our office and vehicles,
calculating carbon dioxide equivalent tonnage emitted, and
offsetting to applicable projects and programs. This carbon
footprinting process is something we are encouraging our partner
companies and safari suppliers to participate in. Thus, the
goal is to have carbon neutral safaris as well, but this will
take all the camps and lodges to be carbon audited. This new
standard is something that Summits Africa aims to support
and encourage in 2009 and beyond. In the interim, we have
decided to go ahead and do an internal audit of our climbing
itineraries and try to do our part to make them friendlier
to the environment.
We have overcompensated our tonnage calculations
for our greenhouse emissions created during your mountain
climbs. The global market estimates that a tonne of carbon
is $20 USD. Most clients carbon emissions are actually made
during air travel to Africa. Thus, we are encouraging our
guests to please look into offsetting their flight emissions
with their overseas agents and/or airline companies. Adding
a surcharge onto clients’ invoices is something we are
not comfortable with yet and we seek to neutralize our footprint
with you on the ground here in East Africa.
Most of the climbs we run come in at the
.20 or .30 tonnage mark of emissions created. Thus, an additional
$20 USD overcompensates your footprint and allows us to buy
plenty of carbon credits to offset your trip. At the moment
we are supporting Carbon Tanzania http://www.carbontanzania.com/
in our efforts to neutralize your climbs and shortly, our
company. Carbon Tanzania is a not for profit organization
dedicated to channeling funds for offsetting carbon emissions
towards the regeneration of critical natural habitats while
simultaneously creating economic benefits for local communities.
Please visit their website for info on carbon and their projects.
Also, you may offset your air travel emissions with them directly.
Thank you for caring and joining us in our
efforts in helping our environment by evaluating carbon in
conjunction with our already existing ‘trash in trash
out’ policies.
For further questions please contact
our team.
