The carbon neutrality programme today
We are committed to operating as a 100% carbon neutral company and achieve this through the annual purchase of clean energy credits. In 2008 we bought sufficient credits to offset our 2007 emissions. However, in a change from the 2006 offset programme we purchased international electricity offset credits (sourced from renewable energy projects in China) rather than those sourced from similar projects in Australia. There is a greater demand for Australian offset credits and thus a higher price tag, yet the same amount of renewable energy is produced in both cases. We chose to buy the cheaper international credits, using the money saved to buy extra credits to offset part of our energy usage from 1999 to 2005.
We also have a program in place to continue to plant trees every year to offset the emissions from our first 6 years of operation. This is supplemented by the additional electricity credits we purchased in 2008.
In tandem with our electricity and travel carbon offset programme, we have a policy to purchase paper sourced from 100% post-consumer recycled waste. We recycle all paper, glass, plastic, tin, aluminium and ink cartridges in both our offices. Our staff choose to walk, cycle, or catch public transport to work.
Taylor Fry is perhaps the first actuarial consulting firm in the world to be 100% carbon neutral (1). But we don’t want to be the last. Please join us.
(1) Based on an internet search undertaken during May 2006.
