Balance your flight emissions
Turkish Airlines (THY) conducted a program called ‘Co2mission’ that aims to balance flight-borne carbon release in the fight against climate change. According to the statement made from THY Press Consultancy, it is aimed to balance all employees from work trips to emissions. This program based on fully volunteering and makes it possible to carry out more sensitive travel to the environment, as well as to make carbon balance and practical. 'turkishairlines.co2mission. portfolio options for environmental and social benefit are presented on the com page that contains various carbon balancing projects from renewable energy to wooding. A passenger who wants to balance the emissions belonging to the flight can perform the carbon balancing process by purchasing the accredited emissions reduction certificates by the United Nations in other words, contributing to the desired amount of the project portfolio he prefers.
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The contribution given by the passenger has been recognized worldwide without any claim of Turkish Airlines, accredited by VCS and Gold Standard and will support projects that have completed third party inspection and verification processes. President of THY Board and Executive Committee Prof. Home. Ahmet Bolat noted that they continue to take the initiative to fight climate change from the beginning of global issues without interrupting speed: "We added a new new to our sustainability-oriented activities that have been ignored with successful results at the time of the year. The projects supported by the carbon balancing program we have spent in life are an indication that we are connected to the Sustainable Development Goals set by the United Nations. Our decision to implement this program is a result of our efforts to perform all our activities with responsibility. I am sure that our passengers are responsible for all of us against the world, they will show great interest to the program. “
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Basic information such as flight history, departure-wallet stations to realize carbon balancing process is sufficient. The guests can perform the carbon balance process when they wish without any difference they travel with which airline. The ‘Co2mission’ platform in the Internet environment allows ICAO (International Civil Aviation Organization) methodology to calculate the amount of emissions required by considering route distance, aircraft type, fuel consumption and many more factors. This platform is available on the internet page of THY or directly turkishairlines.co2mission.com during ticket purchase.
Source: Sustainable Business