Why should I as an entrepreneur/school/authority/private individual/... calculate and offset my carbon footprint?

In short, each of us is given food, habitat, clean water and clear air to breathe by nature every day. It is time to say thank you for this by allowing it to exist and recover. This is how we take responsibility, stop climate change and save life on our planet.

The carbon footprint gives us numbers to make our impact on the atmosphere tangible. By protecting the correspondingly large area of intact nature, we offset our emissions by preventing the release of huge amounts of CO2, preserving important functions of forests for the climate, and conserving habitats and biodiversity.

In the global community, awareness and the need for action have long been at the top of the agenda. The 13th of the United Nations' 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) therefore stipulates that urgent action must be taken to combat climate change and its impacts. Goal #15 also states that terrestrial ecosystems must be urgently protected and their beneficial effects preserved. With our calculator and the corresponding compensation, you therefore fulfill two of the UN Sustainable Development Goals at once.

Another advantage for you is that you receive our CO2-neutral sticker and can thus show in communication that you are leading by example, taking responsibility and acting sustainably.

The long explanation:

As inhabitants of the Earth, each of us consumes natural resources every day, leaving our mark on the planet: we purchase electricity, buy technology, are mobile and heat - all of which produce emissions that affect our atmosphere. In recent years, we have created so many emissions and protected so little nature that the climate is changing and ecosystems and life on our planet are threatened. Increasing weather extremes such as floods and droughts and the rapid extinction of species show this.

But we have the best ally - nature, which gives us resources and habitat, clean water and clear air to breathe every day. If we finally say thank you and allow it to exist and recover, we can stop climate change.

Our emissions can be calculated and expressed in CO2 equivalents. This puts a figure on the impact of our human activities on the climate. Once we know our share, we can take responsibility for it and act to halt climate change and preserve habitats and biodiversity.

Not all emissions can be avoided. However, they can be offset, for example, by preserving intact nature, where large quantities of CO2 are stored. By protecting them tangibly and permanently, we prevent the release of stored CO2 and at the same time preserve valuable natural areas.