Published 9:44 AM, 5 Oct 2010
By a staff reporter
The insurance arm of Western Australian conglomerate Wesfarmers has signed a deal to offset its 2010 carbon emissions.
Wesfarmers Insurance says the deal will see carbon forest sink developer Carbon Conscious Ltd plant 26,000 eucalyptus trees in West Australian farmland.
“We are pleased to be a part of a program where Carbon Conscious was planting trees in many of the regional areas where our business operates. Additionally, by retiring voluntary carbon units, we have also ensured that we will be National Carbon Offset Standard compliant and this is important to our efforts around sustainability,” Wesfarmers Insurance corporate affairs manager Georgie Morell said in a statement.
Carbon Conscious has carried out similar carbon offsetting projects with Origin Energy and BP Singapore, the statement said.
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