Air Partner Becomes First U.S. Private Aviation Company to Go Neutral.Partners with The CarbonNeutral Company for Opt-in Program to Offset Carbon Emissions FORT LAUDERDALE Fort Lauderdale (lô`dərdāl), residential, commercial, and resort city (1990 pop. 149,377), seat of Broward co., SE Fla., on the Atlantic coast; settled around a fort built (c.1837) in the Seminole War, inc. 1911. , Fla. -- Air Partner, the world's largest corporate air charter broker today becomes the first private aviation company to tackle the impacts of climate change through a partnership with The CarbonNeutral Company, one of the world's leading climate change businesses. Through this program, Air Partner now offers its clients the opportunity to offset their carbon emissions when chartering private jets. "At Air Partner we recognize the environmental cost associated with air travel and we are pleased to be the first private aviation company to offer this type of program to our clients," said Philip Mathews Philip Mathews is an assistant men's basketball coach at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. He was previously the head coach at the University of San Francisco. He appeared with is son Jordan on Teletubbies. , president of Air Partner USA. "The CarbonNeutral[R] program is a first step in our commitment to tackling the effects on climate change and a natural starting point Noun 1. starting point - earliest limiting point terminus a quo commencement, get-go, offset, outset, showtime, starting time, beginning, start, kickoff, first - the time at which something is supposed to begin; "they got an early start"; "she knew from the for Air Partner to focus on a strategy to take responsibility for our environmental impact." The CarbonNeutral program is opt in and enables Air Partner customers to neutralize their carbon emissions. By paying a small percentage on their travel costs, business jet travellers have the ability to support five climate-friendly energy and technology projects designed to fully offset the emissions from flying. Through the carbon offset projects every 1 kg of CO2 produced by aircraft emissions is 'neutralized' by saving 1 kg. "Air Partner's CarbonNeutral program challenges the critical issue facing the planet - global warming - in a way which educates its customers and benefits local communities in the short term," said Jonathan Shopley, chief executive of The CarbonNeutral Company. "Air Partner's commitment is a significant step towards responsibility in the private aviation industry." Air Partner is working with the Edinburgh Centre for Carbon Management (ECCM Noun 1. ECCM - electronic warfare undertaken to insure effective friendly use of the electromagnetic spectrum in spite of the enemy's use of electronic warfare electronic counter-countermeasures ), science partner to The CarbonNeutral Company, to calculate the 'carbon footprint' generated per hour per jet. The calculations include the Radioactive Forcing Index, which accounts for all aircraft emissions including carbon dioxide carbon dioxide, chemical compound, CO2, a colorless, odorless, tasteless gas that is about one and one-half times as dense as air under ordinary conditions of temperature and pressure. , ozone, methane, water vapour and nitrogen oxides. By some estimates, airline travel currently accounts for about 13 percent of U.S.-transportation-based emissions of carbon dioxide, the primary greenhouse gas responsible for global warming. "This new program is a way for us to address the concerns towards climate change for our clients and vendors," said Mathews. About Air Partner USA Air Partner (www.airpartnerusa.com) was founded in 1961, and has 210 aviation professionals located in over 20 offices across 4 continents. A publicly traded company publicly traded company A company whose shares of common stock are held by the public and are available for purchase by investors. The shares of publicly traded firms are bought and sold on the organized exchanges or in the over-the-counter market. on the London Stock Exchange London Stock Exchange London marketplace for securities. It was formed in 1773 by a group of stockbrokers who had been doing business informally in local coffeehouses. , Air Partner arranges private air charter solutions for corporations, governments and individuals around the globe. In addition to being the exclusive air charter company for the British Royal Family, Air Partner's clients include the US and British government, Fortune 500 Corporations, celebrities and sports teams. With over 100 flights being dispatched on average every business day, the team is equally accomplished at organizing business jets to fly CEO's and celebrities around North America and Europe as it is co-coordinating 70 large passenger jets to move 10,000 delegates to a major product launch. The company's Emergency Planning Division From 1935 to 1971 civil defence in the United Kingdom was the responsibility of the Civil Defence Department. On the run-down of civil defence in 1971 the department was replaced by the Home Defence and Emergency Services Division of the Home Office. operates the only integrated corporate air evacuation service available today. Clients have priority access to a wide range of aircraft suitable for rescuing corporate employees from the world's hotspots to points of safe haven, with procedures assured through intensive military-style pre-planning. About The CarbonNeutral Company The CarbonNeutral Company is the world's leading carbon offset and climate consulting business. We enable businesses and individuals to tackle their climate change impacts in a way which delivers value - commercial, environmental, personal. The company works with over 200 B2B (Business to Business) Refers to one business communicating with or selling to another. See B2B e-commerce, B2C and B2G. B2B - business to business , B2C (Business to Consumer) Refers to a business communicating with or selling to an individual rather than a company. See B2B. , NGO NGO abbr. nongovernmental organization Noun 1. NGO - an organization that is not part of the local or state or federal government nongovernmental organization and government clients including BSkyB, Honda, Avis Europe, Barclays Bank, The World Conservation Union, Berkeley Homes, Ricoh and the Radio Taxis Group as well as celebrities and 50,000+ consumer clients. CarbonNeutral[R], is the registered trademark of The CarbonNeutral Company (TCNC TCNC Turfgrass Council of North Carolina ). It is the leading brand mark and quality standard for action on climate change. It means global warming emissions have been measured, reductions recommended, and the remaining emissions 'offset' in accordance with the CarbonNeutral protocol. This protocol assures quality of offset projects, and carbon footprint assessments. TCNC commissions an independent verification of CarbonNeutral programmes to further underpin their carbon promise. |
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