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CARBON NEUTRAL

Our Partner

Achieving a Carbon-Neutral Vendée Globe Campaign

To achieve our goal to deliver a carbon neutral campaign in 2024, ClimatePartner, a leading solution provider for climate action, will help us calculate and reduce emissions generated by our campaign and compensate unabated emissions through internationally recognised carbon offset projects. 

How it Works

Carbon Footprint

Carbon Offset Project

Carbon Offset Project

Our climate action strategy is to reduce our carbon footprint before we offset emissions. 


To do this, ClimatePartner provides us with a set of guidelines.


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Carbon Offset Project

Carbon Offset Project

Carbon Offset Project

Together with ClimatePartner we offset unabated emission through the support of internationally recognised carbon offset projects.

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Complete Transparency

Carbon Offset Project

Complete Transparency

Our climate action is confirmed by the ClimatePartner label and fully transparent by our unique ID-Tracking.

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Carbon Offset Projects

Where we cannot reduce or avoid emissions, we compensate these by supporting internationally recognised carbon offset projects. These projects make a decisive contribution to combating global warming by demonstrably saving greenhouse gases. In addition, they promote sustainable development in the project countries, measured by the UN’s  Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Our current carbon-offset project

Wind Energy As An Alternative to Coal-Fired Power Plants

Close to the town of De Aar, in the middle of South Africa’s Northern Cape Province, are 96 wind turbines that have been producing an average of 439,600 MWh of electricity per year since 2017. The electricity is fed into the grid of the Republic of South Africa (RSA).

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Contribution to the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

ClimatePartner’s carbon offset projects are all aligned with the United Nations Sustainable development goals, as follows:

 

  • Good Health and Well-Being
  • Quality Education
  • Clean Water and Sanitation
  • Affordable and Clean Energy
  • Climate Action

LEARN ABOUT UN GOALS

Individual Consulting With Cloud-Based Software

With more than 5,000 customers in 60+ countries, ClimatePartner has developed strong expertise in corporate climate action. 

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I'm very excited to announce our partnership with ClimatePartner as we work towards our 2024 Vendee Globe Campaign. Relying on their expertise to calculate, reduce and offset our carbon footprint and make our campaign carbon neutral, aligns with our strategy to promote and support climate action.


Oliver Heer

Climate Change Terminology

Companies, processes or products are considered carbon-neutral when  their greenhouse gas emissions are measured and offset by supporting  internationally recognised carbon offset projects. In addition to  avoiding and reducing the emissions (which are two key elements of  climate action), offsetting is an important step that helps to ensure a  holistic approach to climate action.


 

Carbon offset projects help to  remove or prevent greenhouse gases from staying in/or entering the  atmosphere through initiatives like forest protection, afforestation, or  renewable energy development. In addition, carbon offset projects  contribute to sustainable development in project countries, for example,  by ensuring the supply of clean drinking water or by developing local  infrastructures which create employment opportunities for local  communities and help to preserve biodiversity.

To obtain  certification, all carbon offset projects must meet the following  criteria: additionally, exclusion of double counting, permanence and  regular verification by an independent third party.


The term “climate neutral” is often used interchangeably with the term  “carbon neutral”. The latter is accepted as the official version and  established in international contracts. The main difference between the  two terms is that “climate neutral” considers all relevant  greenhouse gases (as CO2 equivalents), while “carbon neutral” focuses on  CO2.


We are very excited to be part of this fantastic, unique adventure! Oliver Heer ocean racing are a unique company and our first sailing crew to work with. We are proud to enable the team to successfully sail a carbon neutral Vendée Globe in 2024.


Tristan A. Foerster, CEO and Co-Founder ClimatePartner

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