My Carbon Footprint

georgenugent1

Dec 12

As part of this brands push to be more open and transparent, this post will outline our carbon footprint for 2022, and outline ways in which we can improve this moving forward.

Before it begins there are some things I would like to point out;

Some airlines already carbon offset flights, if this is the case we will highlight this (* flights with this are offset by the airline)
All data has been gathered from carbonfootprint.com
The figures provided are best estimates and not exact totals

Below is the list of flights taken this year and their carbon footprint.

Origin	Destination	Travel Class	Footprint
Glasgow	Bristol	Economy	0.13 tonnes*
London Luton	Glasgow	Economy	0.13 tonnes*
Glasgow	London Heathrow	Economy	0.14 tonnes*
London Heathrow	Glasgow	Economy	0.14 tonnes*
Glasgow	Paris CDG	Economy	0.14 tonnes*
Paris CDG	Glasgow	Economy	0.14 tonnes*
Glasgow	Frankfurt	Business	0.25 tonnes
Frankfurt	Newark	Business	2.53 tonnes
Newark	Chicago	Economy	0.16 tonnes
Portland	Denver	Economy	0.22 tonnes
Denver	Phoenix	Economy	0.14 tonnes
Phoenix	Denver	Economy	0.13 tonnes
Denver	Atlanta	Economy	0.27 tonnes
Atlanta	New York La Guardia	Economy	0.17 tonnes
Newark	Frankfurt	Economy	0.87 tonnes
Frankfurt	Glasgow	Economy	0.16 tonnes
Glasgow	Brussels South Charleroi	Economy	0.13 tonnes
Brussels	Prague	Economy	0.10 tonnes
Prague	Edinburgh	Economy	0.20 tonnes
Glasgow	Rome	Economy	0.30 tonnes*
Bologna	London Gatwick	Economy	0.17 tonnes*
London Gatwick	Glasgow	Economy	0.15 tonnes*
Glasgow	Dublin	Economy	0.05 tonnes
Dublin	Lisbon	Economy	0.23 tonnes
Lisbon	Vienna	Economy	0.32 tonnes
Prague	Edinburgh	Economy	0.20 tonnes*
Glasgow	Belfast City	Economy	0.04 tonnes
Belfast City	Glasgow	Economy	0.04 tonnes
London City	Glasgow	Economy	0.14 tonnes*
Glasgow	London City	Economy	0.14 tonnes*
London City	Glasgow	Economy	0.14 tonnes*
Edinburgh	Prague	Economy	0.20 tonnes
Prague	Edinburgh	Economy	0.20 tonnes
Glasgow	Malaga	Economy	0.32 tonnes
Malaga	Glasgow	Economy	0.32 tonnes*

		TOTAL FOOTPRINT	9.11 tonnes
		TOTAL OFFSET	2.38 tonnes
		TOTAL NOT OFFSET	6.73 tonnes

How can we reduce this moving forward?

There are a number of steps we can take to reducing our footprint for 2023.

By reducing the number of domestic flights and moving to rail travel we would reduce our footprint, however, we believe that the rail industry in 2022 has been too unreliable for us to commit to this.

Where flying is the only option, selecting airlines with the most fuel efficient aircraft is a natural step, and selecting to fly economy will help reduce our footprint further.

What about offsetting the 6.73 tonnes?

It is something we are looking into doing, however, we are doing research to see if there is a better option rather than offsetting (suggestions welcome).