A carbon footprint is the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions arising from a specific activity, such as your flight. The CO2 emissions of a flight depend on the aircraft used, the distance flown and the amount of passengers and cargo the aircraft carries.

You can choose how much of your contribution goes to Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF), and how much to support climate projects that reduce, capture, or avoid greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. The climate projects our service supports are certified by various credible and internationally recognized carbon certification standards such as the VCS, the Gold Standard, American Carbon Registry, and Climate Action Reserve.

SAF stands for Sustainable Aviation Fuel. As opposed to conventional jet fuel which is made from fossil fuels, it is a renewable and sustainable biofuel made from products such as used cooking oil, significantly reducing its carbon footprint. Today’s SAF can reduce emissions by approximately 80% or more per gallon, and in the future this is expected to improve as new technologies emerge. Currently, SAF has a significant cost premium compared to conventional jet fuel. Through your contribution on CHOOOSE, you not only help reduce the emissions associated with flying, but allow us to source more renewable fuel for future flying. For more information, please visit SkyNRG.com.

Carbon offsetting enables organizations or individuals to take climate action by voluntarily supporting certified third-party projects that contribute to the reduction, avoidance, or removal of GHG emissions.

Certified carbon projects issue carbon credits. Each carbon credit, carbon offset, or emission reduction unit represents a single unit of GHG emissions (being one (1) tonne carbon dioxide equivalent (tCO2e)) that is reduced, avoided, or removed from the atmosphere. A unit of GHG emissions can be reduced, avoided, or removed through various methods or project types (e.g. forestry projects, landfill methane recovery and destruction).

Carbon offsetting provides financing for these certified carbon projects. The purchase of a carbon offset or carbon credit enables the buyer to offset their GHG emissions by contributing to these projects that reduce, avoid, or remove GHG emissions elsewhere in the world.

An organization’s claim to have offset emissions is validated under a set of rigorous conditions – the emissions reductions, avoidances, or removals must be additional, measurable, auditable, permanent, and unique. The certification process for a carbon offset project is robust.

CHOOOSE™ is a leading climate-technology company headquartered in Oslo, Norway. Together with its ecosystem of industry partners and individual supporters, the CHOOOSE platform is accelerating access and adoption of climate solutions across a range of key technologies – from nature-based solutions to carbon removal to Sustainable Aviation Fuel. For more information, visit chooose.today.