Becoming Carbon Positive as a Creative Agency - UNBXD
UNBXD is Now 22 Months Carbon Positive!
As many of you are probably aware, sustainability and climate change have become an area many of our employees are passionate about. We are actively working to do what we can to reduce it.
While some employees have switched to EV’s and reduced Meat consumption/Gone Vegan, as a company, we have been looking at ways we can improve our organisational footprint. Before the pandemic, we would travel internationally multiple times a year for meetings with new clients; unless essential, we try and push for meetings via Zoom or wait for our paths to cross with personal trips. We are also very aware that not all the products we buy are made with environmental impact in mind. While we are mainly digital, we now look for companies that offer sustainable alternatives for note pads, pens and office equipment.
Reforestation Projects are happening across the UK
Over the last two years, we have also been working with various climate active companies, including Ecologi, giving back to the world we all take so much from. Since joining Ecologi, we have managed to:
☀️ 22 Months Climate Positive Workforce
☁️ 144.8T Of Carbon Reductions (Way over what we use)
🌳 Planted 2257 Trees all over the world!
The team over at Ecologi also does incredible work supporting communities around the world. We have highlighted some of the recent work we have put money towards below!
Producing Electricity from Wind Power in Northeast Thailand
This wind power project bundles the West Huaybong 2 and West Huaybong 3 wind farms, which together will generate over 500,000 MWh of electricity every year and feed it into Thailand’s national grid.
By replacing electricity generated from fossil fuel fired power plants with renewable electricity generated using wind power, these two wind farms will prevent around 250,000 tonnes of CO2 from being emitted into the atmosphere every year.
This project provides 80 jobs to local people who operate the two wind power plants, as well as providing local support, development and activities annually, including community festivals, educational projects, and sports days.
Preserving Amazonian Rainforest in Brazil
The objective of this Brazilian Amazon REDD project is to avoid emissions from planned deforestation on a property in Para State, in the Eastern Amazon of Brazil. The property includes five forest areas: Rio Capim, Poty, Cauaxi, Sumal and Caculé, totaling over 200,000 hectares. This project will preserve 27,434.9 hectares of native forest within the site, which had previously been designated for deforestation in order to clear the land for livestock pasture.
Instead of being deforested this area of rainforest will be conserved. Limited forest management activities will be undertaken within the area under Forest Stewardship Council® Certification.
It is estimated that the project activity will avoid over 9.4 million tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions over 10 years – which would have been emitted in the absence of the project.
Additionally, through this project the land owners have committed to intensifying and improving their practices to support the sustainable social development, maintenance and improvement of biodiversity.. This work is a requirement of being FSC certified, and will involve the maintenance and/or enhancement of long-term social and economic well-being of forest workers and local communities, the reduction of the environmental impact of logging activities, and the maintenance of the ecological functions and integrity of the forest.
Check out our profile and sign your business up here, OR check out our own climate goals here!