MB92 Leads the Way with Shipyard Carbon Offsetting!
Since February 2009 MB´92 has been leading the way in carbon offsetting in superyacht refit yards. Clients have been offered the option to participate in compensating the carbon emissions from their consumed shore power. The shipyard itself has then matched its clients offset by purchasing a same amount of offsets. Up to the end of 2009 this has lead to an offset amount of almost 2 million kWh of electricity. To have an idea of the amount, this is the equivalent of the carbon emissions generated by modern European car doing almost 5 million kilometres on the road (!). The amount also represents a major part of the total electricity consumption of the shipyard. So, how does it work? If the yacht decides to participate, MB´92 will charge a small amount on the yacht’s metered electricity consumption whilst in the yard. The...
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