Tuesday, October 11, 2011

Homeloans offsets 1,000,000 kg of carbon!

Homeloans offsets 1,000,000 kg of carbon!Since the 2010 launch of its Carbon Conscious program, whereby a tree is planted for every new loan settled, Homeloans has now planted enough trees to offset one million kilograms of carbon emissions.

“This is a great milestone,” says Homeloans national marketing manager, Will Keall.

As an organisation we’re proud of the steps we’re taking”.

Homeloans’ Carbon Conscious program involves the planting of a Mallee Eucalypt tree for each new loan settled. Over its growing life, the Mallee Eucalypt will store about 200kg of carbon.

Keall explains that the planting of trees is not the only way Homeloans seeks to act in an environmentally responsible fashion.

“We regularly implement changes within the business to lower our carbon footprint, such as enhancing our recycling systems and implementing power-saving initiatives,” he says.

We are currently running a competition among our four main offices to see who can reduce their print quantities by the most.”

Homeloans also offers its customers the ability to reduce their own carbon emissions.
 
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