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Stockport based travel firm, PlainSailing.com have becoming carbon negative business, beating their target of becoming carbon neutral by 2023.
The yacht and catamaran charter firm have successfully reduced the environmental of their operations after setting a target in 2020 to become carbon-neutral by 2023.
As well as making eco-friendly choices, such as switching to solar lighting, running servers on renewable energy sources and sustainable travel, the firm has also offset additional emissions through the Ocean Foundation’s Seagrass Grow project. The scheme promotes the restoration and protection of underwater seagrass ‘forests’, which are 35 times more efficient than rainforests for carbon storage, and also help to restore seabeds, water quality and provide a habitat for 50 million fish and shellfish per hectare.
Since participating in the Seagrass Grow project for their own carbon offsetting, PlainSailing.com customers are also set to have the option to offset the emissions of their holidays when booking.
Tommy Tognarelli, co-founder of PlainSailing.com, said
“It’s fantastic that at PlainSailing.com we are literally making the world a better place. Our whole company ethos is about doing the right thing, and being one of the first round of companies to go not just carbon-neutral, but carbon-negative, is another great example of that.
“All sailors feel a natural affinity with the world around us – we’re always looking to the wind and the waves to help us on our way – so taking care of the world, and particularly the seas, which are having a tough time of late – is so important. The effects of climate change – floods, fires, tsunamis, global warming, rising sea-levels… means we all have to do more if we want to continue to live on this planet, and we have to start taking action now – before it’s too late.
“Credit to our team for chasing down and achieving our target a full eight months ahead of schedule, and for their innovation and ongoing inspiration in making a difference. We plan to continue to support the Ocean Foundation, and the Seagrass Grow project, and to set an example that business doesn’t have to cost the earth.”