Achieving a Net Negative Carbon Footprint

A carbon footprint is a measure of the impact human activities have on the environment in terms of the amount of greenhouse gases produced, measured in units of carbon dioxide (CO₂). These gases are produced by the burning of fossil fuels for our everyday living.

When you drive a car, the engine burns fuel which creates a certain amount of CO₂, depending on its fuel consumption and the driving distance. When you heat your house with oil, gas or coal, then you also generate CO₂. Even if you heat your house with electricity, the generation of the electrical power may also have emitted a certain amount of CO₂. When you buy food and goods, the production of the food and goods also emitted some quantities of CO₂.

Your carbon footprint is the sum of all emissions of CO₂, which were induced by your activities.

What Bauer's is doing

Bauer's puts ongoing efforts into assuring that its fleet is one of the newest and cleanest in the industry. By maintaining a new fleet, Bauer's is able to take advantage of the newest technology, creating a eco-friendly fleet in all respects -- engines, tires, and transmissions advancements.

Then Bauer's spends two weeks training its professional chauffeurs how to drive safely using techniques that reduce CO₂ produced by excessive speed and idling practices. After the fleet is updated and the chauffeurs are trained, Bauer's calculates it's unavoidable CO₂ emissions and off sets that emission by purchasing "carbon offsets". Carbon offsets are the components of conservation carbon, Renewable Energy Certificates (called Green tags), which guarantee that a set amount of renewable energy will go into the grid on the buyer's behalf, and Voluntary/CDM Project Emission Reduction Certificates (VER/CERs) that relate to or involve carbon dioxide reductions.