Based in Devon and Cornwall, Carbon Sense is committed to environmental sustainability as an integral part of our culture and business strategy. We will actively seek opportunities to reduce our environmental impact across all aspects of our operations and in every business decision we make. We incorporate the concept of ‘Nature in the Boardroom’, ensuring environmental factors are considered when making business decisions.
Carbon Sense recognises its responsibility to minimise its environmental impact and contribute to the preservation of the planet for future generations. Our Sustainability Policy outlines our commitment to sustainable practices and our dedication to reducing our carbon footprint.
Current actions and commitments:
We annually calculate, monitor and reduce our Scope 1, 2 and 3 scopes of emissions
We are committed to a Carbon Reduction Plan and aim to achieve Net Zero emissions by 2030 or sooner
We are actively seeking to achieve Bcorp status
We neutrailse all remaining emissions by investing in creditable removal and/or offset schemes
We have calculated scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions accurately and offset equivalent emissions through a verified/certified carbon credits provider.
Full Supply Chain including Purchased Goods and Services (Raw Materials, IT Equipment etc).
Capital Purchases
Upstream/Downstream Transportation of Goods if appropriate (either imported / exported or around the UK)
Upstream/Downstream Leased Assets
Business Travel
Employee Commuting
Working from Home
Water Supply
Electricity Transmission and Distribution
Waste from Operations
Any other likely Greenhouse Gas Emissions sources
Our decision to support the Cote D'Ivoire clean cooking project by BURN Manufacturing was based on the high impact nature of the project on multiple levels. More than 68% of the population still relies on biomass fuels for cooking, driving particularly high deforestation rates in an already arid landscape, currently with forest cover of below 9%, down from 15%. Cote D'Ivoire experiences some of the highest deforestation rates in Africa which has great impact on local ecosystem functioning, land degradation, increased flood risk, impacted water quality ,led to loss of biodiversity and reduced carbon sequestration. In addition, traditional 3 stone cooking over fire has great negative impacts on health due to inhalation of smoke. The introduction of Clean Cooking is crucial to slowing down deforestation: through supporting clean and efficient cook stove projects, we are able to support a project that directly gets to the root cause of these negative impacts. Clean cookstoves projects both reduce deforestation, preserve ecosystems, improve air quality conditions in homes and alleviate poverty through reduced cooking costs and fuel sourcing. We greatly value our long-standing work with the BURN Manufacturing , and our faith in the quality and integrity of their projects.
