easyJet issues carbon offset certificates

easyJet has issued their first carbon emission certificates to corporate customers.

Despite the fact the aviation company already offset carbon emissions, they compiled the reports to enable companies to measure and meet individual carbon footprint targets.

The largest aviation company in Europe, easyJet, have a major hub at Gatwick Airport and flew three million business class customers in the 2021 fiscal year.

The carbon certificates reached their largest business class customers this week. The analysed flight data provide businesses with accurate measurements of carbon emissions accrued from their own air travel. The certificates will help businesses set future travel objectives and generate cost savings generated by business travel.

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James Marchant, senior business development manager for easyJet stated: “We are delighted to launch our carbon certificates for our corporate customers. We want to help them better understand their carbon impact, make even more informed flying choices from a sustainability perspective, as well as easily identify cost savings. We at easyJet are the only major European airline to offset carbon emissions from the fuel used on our flights across our entire network, at no extra cost to any of our customers.

“We can see that businesses are travelling again, and they are looking not only for value but for airlines like easyJet which help them to reduce their carbon footprint. And, as we have seen in previous downturns, easyJet is expected to disproportionately attract more business travel, with corporates and SMEs attracted by our value, network and approach to sustainability.”

In 2021, the easyjet announced it joined Race to Zero, a global UN-backed campaign to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2050.

In joining the UN led initiative, the airline has committed to set an interim science-based target for 2035 as well as to reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, of which technology for zero carbon emission flying will play a vital role.

Additionally, the airline recently introduced new crew uniforms made from recycled plastic bottles. Each uniform contains a remarkable 45 bottles, potentially preventing 2.7 million plastic bottles from becoming landfill or ocean pollutant over the next five years.

Clive Wratten, chief executive of The Business Travel Association said: “The business travel community has a vital role to play in ensuring that organisations can accurately measure and address carbon footprints. Airlines are integral to this process, and we welcome this and any initiative which helps British business take a more sustainable approach to travel.”