Calculate your Carbon - Tax Effectively

If you are considering offsetting your Carbon Footprint, you can do this in a number of ways, the first is reducing the footprint and the second is supporting an organisation with a donation, which in turn supports an initiative or project to counter CO2 emissions. The donation can either be pre tax - Payroll Giving or post tax - Online donation. If you are 40% tax payer it is more beneficial to make a donation via Payroll Giving.

Carbon off-setting is a method by which an individual or company can measure how much they pollute the environment with Carbon due to their activities. They then purchase “credits” from emission reduction projects. These projects prevent or remove an equivalent amount of Carbon from the environment elsewhere.

There are numerous organisations and charities working on projects which will in the future have an impact in the place you live, surrounding communities and throughout the world.

Below are some organisations you may wish to consider, however when thinking about committing to support such projects, this can be done in a tax effective manner - Payroll Giving, with a deduction from your salary to the nominated charity or recognised good cause through Charities Trust secure online donation via Credit/Debit card.

Trees are vital in combating global warming as they remove Carbon Dioxide from the atmosphere. The Woodland Trust is the UK's leading woodland conservation charity who creates, protects and cares for woodland across the UK. Their vision is to invest in a future where everyone can feel part of nature and to give every child in the UK the chance to plant trees. The increase in use of renewable energy will lessen the reliance on the polluting fossil fuels.
SolarAid aims to enable the world's poorest people to have clean, renewable power. Helping people access Electricity but without using fossil fuels to provide it. The effectiveness with which energy is created, managed and consumed. The Centre of Sustainable Efficiency seeks sustainable energy solutions that engage people and communities to meet real needs for both environmentally sound and affordable energy services.

Pure Trust is a UK based registered charity and offsets CO2 emissions by buying up "licenses to pollute" - the high quality regulated carbon credits allocated to industry. The trustees then cancel them and put them beyond use. Canceling these quotas helps fund projects around the world that reduce emissions and helps limit the amount of carbon dioxide that polluting companies are allowed to release into the atmosphere. Plus it drives up the cost of the remaining carbon credits, automatically penalising polluters and encouraging others to reduce emissions.

TREE AID is enabling communities in Africa's dry-lands to fight poverty and become self-reliant, while improving the environment. TREE AID is the UK's only forestry focused development charity providing funding and on-the-ground training and support to local organisations in the Sahel of Africa. TREE AID's work, which also strengthens villagers' resilience to the impact of climate change, has never been more important.

Donate Today and reduce and offset your Carbon Footprint. To the right of this article there is a PDF which can be downloaded for Payroll Giving donations or click below to make a tax effective donation.

Woodland Trust

SolarAid

The Centre of Sustainable Efficiency

Pure Trust

Tree Aid

For more information about setting up Payroll Giving click here, and if you have any questions please email our team at Charities Trust; info@charitiestrust.org