Space for Giants

- Carbon

International conservation charity, Space for Giants implemented carbon initiatives as part of ifs 2021 landscape. Amongst other projects, this included supporting carbon credits to offset the impact that the team had.

In February of 2021, Space for Giants announced that it had become the first Africa-based conservation organisation to achieve both carbon neutrality and participate in the UN’s Climate Neutral Now Initiative having offset their 2019 carbon emissions. The company achieved both the Carbon Neutral Now Initiative Standard and the UN Climate Neutral Now Initiative participation for two years in a row (2019 & 2020). The funding generated by the verified carbon offsets is going towards protecting and restoring natural spaces that are important to our collective future.

With the help of a developer, we created a 3 step carbon calculator to help users understand the kind of impact that they have on carbon and the environment. This was integrated into a webpage along with visual information on how people can minimise their carbon footprint in small and everyday ways. Relevant blog pieces pulled through to this website to allow users to read more into the work that Space for Giants is doing in this area.

Carbon related income can be transformative to the sustainability of Africa’s natural ecosystems. Carbon projects unlock long term annuity income that will allow companies to:

  • Protect biodiversity, helping combat the species extinction crisis

  • Protect wildlife from the illegal wildlife trade, preventing future pandemics

  • Support livelihoods, combatting poverty

  • Maintain ecosystem services for sustainable development and global health

  • Combat climate change by protecting the sinks that sequester carbon

I created external decks focussed on the Space for Giants carbon projects for the purpose of bringing big financial supporters from outside of the business in order to create sustainable and efficient financial revenue across the African countries Space for Giants work across.

 
 

With thanks to One Carbon World, UN Climate Now Initiative and BeZero Carbon.