Food Waste: While food waste represents only 10% of our 2019 CO2 emissions, our aim is to reduce this to zero and we are actively exploring initiatives such as converting food waste to fertiliser.
Landfill: We have a proactive waste management strategy and are doing further research to find viable landfill alternatives, including converting waste to energy.
Investing in biodiversity: We now offer clients the opportunity to extend their sustainability initiatives into a biodiversity investment. Investment in biodiversity is an approach where harmful ecological and climate impacts are compensated by planting a variety of indigenous trees with the aim of conservation and restoration of natural habitats.
In June 2021, we planted some indigenous trees in Co. Wicklow alongside our biodiversity partners, Grown Forest, to mark the start of our sustainability offering. The CCD’s partnership with Grown Forest facilitates clients that are committed to combatting climate change by providing them the opportunity to plant trees in a biodiversity project to offset the environmental impact of their event. Grown Forest follows the principle that a single tree can sequester 22 kg of CO2 per 12 months which is based on the Woodland Trust carbon calculator.
