If a company the size of Google with operations all over the world can commit to becoming carbon neutral, there’s no reason you can’t do the same yourself on a much smaller scale.
In June 2007 Google made a voluntary commitment to become carbon neutral. To honor this commitment, we calculated our global carbon footprint, purchased high-quality carbon offsets, and worked with a third party to certify our calculations and validate our offset portfolio. Through this process, we’ve neutralized all of Google’s 2007 emissions, as well as part of our 2008 emissions. We’ll continue to invest in offset projects until we reach carbon neutrality.
Read the entire Google Blog post here to learn what they have done and what the future holds for Google’s “Green” efforts.
