Airshed Announces New Products

Airshed Announces New Products
 
AIRSHED is pleased to announce the launch of two new sustainable energy products on Powershop, New Zealand’s online energy store.
 
AIRSHED Energy is electricity that comes with Gold Standard  carbon offset products.
 
AIRSHED Energy For Business  also comes with Gold Standard carbon offset products but has the added benefit that customers can use the offsets in carbon certification programmes, such as the carboNZero Cert TM programme.
 
AIRSHED Director Maia Ririnui said this week, “AIRSHED Energy is essentially an electricity product where the emissions involved in generating, transmitting and distributing the electricity, have been offset using high-quality carbon offset products.”
 
He added, “There are a few other products in this space but there isn’t anything that matches our business offering in terms of quality. We’ve worked to ensure the AIRSHED Energy For Business product is backed with high-quality offsets and that the processes we have in place for the registration and retirement of these offsets will meet the strict requirements of the carboNZero programme.”
 
The carboNZero programme was established by Landcare Research  in 2001 It is New Zealand’s dominant carbon certifier and a leading player in the global carbon market. carboNZero programme Business Manager Mike Tournier was involved in the development of the AIRSHED Energy For Business product. He said, “We’ve approved the offset process being used to back this product. So, for anyone signed up to the carboNZero programme, the offsets can be deducted at the mitigation step.”
 
AIRSHED’s energy products are available in New Zealand at Powershop, the world’s first online energy provider. Powershop Business Development Manager Tim Fraser said AIRSHED is a welcome addition to the company’s list of providers. “We’re happy to have AIRSHED on board. They improve our sustainability credentials and increase the attractiveness of our service and product offering to business users,” he said.
 
AIRSHED calculates the greenhouse gas emissions associated with its energy products using the latest emission factors  published by New Zealand’s Ministry for the Environment.
 
The offset component of the AIRSHED Energy price goes to help fund international carbon offset projects managed by Swiss offset provider, myclimate. The offset component of the AIRSHED Energy For Business price goes to fund the purchase of Gold Standard carbon offsets from projects that have delivered emissions reductions, such as the Manawatu-based Te Apiti Wind Farm.
 

Notes:

AIRSHED is a New Zealand-based sustainability company that helps people take action against Climate Change.

AIRSHED was founded by Todd Spencer and Maia Ririnui in 2007. Todd is an energy lawyer with extensive experience of working in Europe, Asia and New Zealand, most recently being involved in the development of geothermal and wind power projects. Maia has worked in investment banking and accountancy roles for over 20 years, last as an Executive Director of a derivatives trading group at UBS in London.

AIRSHED is the exclusive partner of myclimate in Australasia. myclimate is a Swiss climate protection foundation and leading international offset provider.

Relevant Links:

AIRSHED Energy
About AIRSHED
The Gold Standard
Powershop
carboNZero programme
myclimate
 
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