Ovation Travel Group, working in conjunction with Carbonfund.org, a leading national environmental non-profit organization, determined the carbon footprint (the total carbon dioxide emissions) of its business travel and is offsetting its carbon footprint by investing in clean, renewable energy. Ovation Travel Group will invest in renewable energy, energy efficiency and reforestation projects to offset the metric tons of CO2 produced through its business travel in 2006 as well as for the future.

“As a company, we realize the impact of the travel industry on our environment and we believe in corporate social responsibility. That is why we are implementing this new ECOvation initiative,” commented Paul Metselaar, Chairman and CEO, Ovation Travel Group. “We want to help lead the way to a cleaner, greener environment by bringing this initiative to our clients.”

Along with offsetting its own carbon footprint, Ovation Travel Group will make this ECOvation initiative available to its clients. The ECOvation initiative provides a simple way for any company to invest in carbon offsets to help neutralize their impact on climate change. Participants in the initiative can take part at whatever level they are comfortable with including offsetting all or a portion of their business’s carbon emissions and reducing their emission baseline where possible. The process is simple and easy to start.

"Ovation and their clients are leading the way in the fight against global warming and proving that companies can meet the triple bottom line - profits, people and planet - in a simple and effective manner that will have tremendous environmental impact,” said Eric Carlson, Executive Director of Carbonfund.org.“ I applaud Ovation for taking this step, and we are delighted to be working with them."

Organization name: Carbonfund
Contact Person: Eric Carlson  Communications
Phone: 240-556-1908
City: New York
Country: USA
Web: http://www.carbonfund.org