Two
Canadian innovators, Offsetters (a leading carbon management
provider) and Vancity (the largest credit union in English-speaking
Canada) are, once again, teaming
up in the name of a low-carbon future.

Vancity
announced that it will continue to offset its carbon footprint with
an investment in carbon credits for the 2010 year provided in part
by the Vancouver-based Offsetters. In turn, Offsetters will invest
in high quality and verified projects, resulting in the reduction
of greenhouse gas emissions.

The
partnership between these two Canadian companies goes back to 2008
when, with the help of Offsetters, Vancity became North America’s
first financial institution to achieve carbon
neutrality.

“We’re proud
to work with Vancity, a true industry leader and an inspiration for
other large, forward-thinking organizations,” said class=”xn-person”>Kari Grist, senior vice president
marketing and client engagement for Offsetters.

“Vancity was
instrumental in our own success: when we were just starting up,
Vancity provided us with a grant. It feels good that, today, we’ve
come full circle, helping Vancity on a green journey all their
own.”

Over the
years, Offsetters has achieved a number of “firsts”, including
being the first official supplier of carbon offsets in the history
of the Olympic movement (Vancouver
2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games), the largest initial
supplier of carbon offsets to the BC Crown Corporation (Pacific
Carbon Trust) and the first Canadian company to co-develop a Gold
Standard cookstove project in class=”xn-location”>Africa.

Offsetters is
also the carbon offset provider to Canada’s first carbon neutral
coffee (Salt Spring Coffee Company’s
French Roast Nicaragua) and
floatplane service (Harbour Air).

“We applaud
Vancity on their continued commitment to the environment and to
carbon neutrality,” said Grist. “By taking these important steps
today, Vancity is, once again, demonstrating that being carbon
neutral can be good for business and our communities.”

For more
information about Offsetters, visit href=”http://www.offsetters.ca/”
target=”_blank”>www.offsetters.ca.