Carbon Neutral

12. "Trees for Life" site now planted

11. Green Power up at Ross St

Able have moved to Ross St Sth Melbourne and have signed up for Origin Green Power.

10. Able sponsers tree planting in the Strzelecki Ranges

During September, Able's environmental partner Climate Positive conducted plantings in the Strzelecki's.

Climate Positive's partners were invited to participate, pictured here are two of the usual planting suspects; Carol and Nick.

9. Able successful in achieving eco warranty

This week Able was successful in attaining eco warranty accreditation.

This is an externally audited standard that ensures that Able is proactive in its management of resources and the environmental impacts of its activities including greenhouse gases.

8. View climate positive tree planting site

This link will take you to a map and photograph of the Climate Positive tree planting site in the Strzelecki Ranges in Victoria. Able are one of the organisations sponsering the replanting of the site.

Link to Climate Positive planting site in Balook

7. Upping the ante - we are offsetting 130 % of our emissions

After meeting with the organization Climate Positive last week, we have decided to take a further step in developing our environmental program.

Instead of only investing in trees, we have elected to  offset our CO2 emissions ( currently  about 1100 tonnes per year of CO2) via a range of methods including methane flaring, and the distribution of CFC lights and  water saving shower heads.

In addition to these steps we are also planting permanent trees ( not plantation timber)   which will equate to a 30% surplus in our total carbon offset.

The philosophy is that the CFC's, water saving shower heads and methane flaring will provide immediate CO2 relief, while the trees provide a long term surplus effect.

By investing in a surplus of offsets, we are looking to do more to help reverse  the  trend of escalating CO2 in our atmosphere.

See our new monthly confirmation letter below in the offset certificate area.

Link to the climate postive site

 

6. GreenEarth - Electricity

Today we signed up for GreenEarth electricity through origin energy.

This power source has received Australian Government approved "Green Power" accreditation.

All of the power that we use in our office and warehouse is now a combination of wind and hydro.

By taking this measure we are reducing our reliance on fossil fuel energy and emitting less carbon dioxide.

CO2 offset certificates

Each month we are funding trees to be planted in the Mallee and Strzelecki Ranges and investing in carbon offsets to the value of 130 % of our CO2 emissions.

   

5. Staff enlightenment !

Today we ordered compact fluorescent kits for all of our team members to take home. 

(available through easy being green and ecovantage )

These lights are more expensive to buy than regular incandescent light globes but they use a fraction of the energy. With time, each light  saves an enormous amount of energy, CO2 and money.

Able will offset the carbon dioxide saved by our team members ( by using the lights that we buy for them) against the carbon dioxide that we generate in our normal business activities.

Our team members will receive 6 free lights  which will reduce their power bills by up to $150 per annum.

Note - if you want to buy these fabulous little lights make sure that you remember to find out whether you need bayonet tip or screw tip.

4. "From little things, big things grow"

Today we made our first contribution to Trees for Life.     

Our offset was for approximately 79 tonnes of carbon dioxide. We will be making offsets like this on a monthly basis.

We have invested in the current planting season, the trees are to be protected by covenant for a period of 70 years.

At least 4 species of trees are to be planted, we will furnish more details of  the site and the particular habitat being created over the coming weeks.