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Global hospitality company Hilton has partnered with social enterprise South Pole to offset the carbon footprint of meetings and events across almost 30 properties in the UK. Initially launched in The Netherlands last month, the offer has been extended to approximately 60 hotels across Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA), with plans to roll out further in the coming months. The initiative has been set up in support of Hilton’s Travel with Purpose 2030 Goals to cut its environmental footprint in half and double its social impact by 2030. Hilton said the footprint of all business meetings with 10 or more delegates at participating hotels will be offset through carbon credits. Credits will be allocated to a range of projects which support Hilton’s Travel with Purpose 2030 Goals, including repairing and maintaining boreholes in Rwanda to increase access to safe water sources, the construction of a geothermal power plant in Turkey to generate clean, emissions-fre ....
Share Hilton is offering carbon neutral meetings at 60 hotels Hilton is to offer carbon neutral meetings at around 60 hotels in Europe, the Middle East and Africa after it announced a partnership with social enterprise South Pole. The initiative will see Hilton offset the carbon footprint of meetings with more than ten delegates at the venues at no cost to the meeting organiser. Carbon credits will be used for projects such as repairing and maintaining boreholes in Rwanda to increase access to safe water sources, the construction of a geothermal power plant in Turkey to generate clean, emissions-free energy and the development and maintenance of wind farms in ....
Hilton has partnered with social enterprise South Pole to offset the carbon footprint of meetings and events across almost 30 properties in the UK at no extra cost to the customer. ....
NCX Creates The Largest U.S. Forest Carbon Project SAN FRANCISCO (BUSINESS WIRE) NCX, a venture-backed climate tech company, announced the creation of the largest forest carbon project (by acreage) in the continental United States. Previously known as SilviaTerra, NCX (Natural Capital Exchange) is a data-driven forest carbon marketplace sourcing high-quality forest carbon credits from American landowners of all sizes. 1 are among the initial participating buyers purchasing carbon credits from NCX, upon listing in the Verra offset registry. Stretching across an area of 1.17 million acres, NCX’s first project included over 100 landowners across 10 states. “NCX puts carbon on the same economic footing as timber,” said founder and CEO Zack Parisa. “We’ve combined satellite imagery, forest economics, and cutting-edge statistics to build a data-driven marketplace for landowners of all sizes. NCX identifies forested acres that are likely to be harvested and rew ....