Stovesonline transport emissions

Dealing with our transport emissions

The emissions that result from the delivery of our products is currently something that is very hard to deal with. Until alternative fuels become more viable (or until those in charge actually do something with teeth like raising fossil fuel prices to appropriate levels) there is not much that we can do to change this. Dedicated biofuels and recycled biofuels are not available cheaply enough nor reliably enough for our carriers to be able to shift across to them in the near future.

Offsetting our transport emissions

To do something towards counter balancing our transport emissions we subsidise fuel efficient stoves. This reduces deforestation as well as improving the lives of the people who use the stoves because they need less fuel. We do not claim to have carbon neutral deliveries but at least we are doing something.

CO2 saving stoves in Cambodia

In December 2007 we purchased at least 32 tonnes of CO2 by subsidising this fuel efficient stove program. This means that as a result there will be a reduction in CO2 emissions of at least 32 tonnes. You can view our certificate here.

You can purchase CO2 and support the New Laos stove project through the CO2 Solidaire website (but you do have to be able to read French!): http://www.co2solidaire.org/fr/projets/cambodge.php

Read more about the New Lao stove project here

CO2 saving stoves in Guatemala and El Salvador

Every month we subsidise a Justa stove which is built in Guatemala or El Salvador. Each of these stoves saves on average 5 tons of CO2 over a 5 year period and improves the lives of the families that have them.

Read more about the Justa stove project here

Read about the other ways in which we are trying to make Stovesonline a more sustainable business