The Green InsurerCarbon offset
How much carbon has been offset?
Explore our projects
Discover the carbon offset projects The Green Insurer has supported on behalf of our customers to offset their carbon emissions.
This includes both our current portfolio of projects and projects we’ve previously invested in.
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How it works
Calculate carbonWe calculate how much carbon is produced when you drive while using The Green Insurer app.
Invest in projectsWorking with our partners, we invest in sustainable projects that offsets your carbon and the people who live near these projects.
Review your impactYou can see how much carbon you have offset, and how much carbon has been offset by all of our customers.
Whilst we make every effort to calculate your carbon emissions accurately, it is always possible that your actual emissions may be different.You must use The Green Insurer app when driving to enable us to offset your miles.
Our approach to CO2
Avoid carbon emissionsThe easiest way to achieve this is to drive less. Our rewards programme rewards our customers for driving fewer miles than anticipated when they take out their policy. So why not benefit by leaving your car at home for short journeys, taking the train or bus or walking to a local shop?
Invest in projectsWorking with our partners, we invest in sustainable projects that offsets your carbon and the people who live near these projects.
Review your impactYou can see how much carbon you have offset, and how much carbon has been offset by all of our customers.
How carbon offsets are calculated
To add a little context, the VW emissions scandal in 2015 led to improvements and more rigour over how carbon emissions are submitted to the DVLA, with the Worldwide Harmonised Light Vehicle Test Procedure (WLTP) being fully adopted for CO2 emissions for new cars since 2018.
We use the DVLA's carbon emissions data along with our Green Driving Score algorithm to achieve the most accurate carbon emissions data that we can.
The amount of carbon offset is based on the carbon emissions data, the actual miles driven and adjusted for how fuel efficiently you drive. You can view your Green Driving Score in The Green Insurer app along with a summary of how much carbon you've offset.
If the DVLA data is not available, we may use the data from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) or Thatcham data for that car.
Carbon offset scheme
We make sure that all of our projects work not only to remove carbon, but also that they contribute to the local communities in which they take place.
We measure these benefits using the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, adopted by all United Nations Member States in 2015, provides a shared blueprint for peace and prosperity for people and the planet, now and into the future. At its heart there are 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which are an urgent call for action by all countries - developed and developing - in a global partnership. They recognise that ending poverty and other deprivations must go hand-in-hand with strategies that improve health and education, reduce inequality, and spur economic growth - all while tackling climate change and working to preserve our oceans and forests.