Climate Friendly Travel
Air Chathams are on a progressive journey to making sustainable good-practice an intrinsic part of every-day aviation services and processes. So, we have partnered with CarbonClick to enable our customers to reduce the impact of their travels and take meaningful climate action.
We're on a journey towards a better future, and you're invited to join us!
We all love to travel! But travel emissions have a big impact on the environment. Together with CarbonClick, we help you become more climate friendly by offsetting your travel emissions. This is done by supporting high-quality, grass-roots sustainability projects and environmental initiatives - that both benefit the environmental footprint of the airline and the communities, we connect and do business with, in New Zealand and the Pacific. We are focused on being part of a locally focused, neighbourhood-approach to finding more environmentally friendly ways of working and supporting community groups in making the air, land and water of Aotearoa a healthier place for us all.
Our collective contribution is growing thanks to travellers like you offsetting their emissions!
How can I travel climate friendly?
We all like to travel. o Unfortunately this leaves a footprint on our planet.Air Chathams and CarbonClick make it easy for you to mitigate your travel footprint.
Meaningful, and trustworthy climate action in three simple steps!
Calculate emissions
Purchase offset
Trace contribution
Supporting projects that make a contribution to the planet & people
We want to do something good for our local communities, but we also know climate change is a global issue. That’s why we support the highest quality carbon offsetting projects we can, both locally and internationally.
Frequently Asked Questions
Carbon emissions are the release of carbon dioxide (CO₂) into the air, mainly from burning fossil fuels such as coal, oil and natural gas.
Other greenhouse gases, including methane and nitrous oxide, are usually counted alongside CO₂ as carbon dioxide equivalent, or CO₂e.
These gases trap heat in the atmosphere (the greenhouse effect), which is a key driver of climate change.
A carbon credit represents one tonne of CO₂e reduced, avoided or removed from the atmosphere by a carbon project.
Before credits can be issued, a project is developed, monitored and verified against a recognised standard such as Gold Standard or the Verified Carbon Standard (VCS). The price of a credit varies with factors such as project type and market demand. Revenue from credit sales funds the project's development, running costs and community initiatives, and gives projects a financial reason to continue and expand.
All credits purchased through CarbonClick are permanently retired on the registry, so they can't be sold or claimed again.
Before credits can be issued, a project is developed, monitored and verified against a recognised standard such as Gold Standard or the Verified Carbon Standard (VCS). The price of a credit varies with factors such as project type and market demand. Revenue from credit sales funds the project's development, running costs and community initiatives, and gives projects a financial reason to continue and expand.
All credits purchased through CarbonClick are permanently retired on the registry, so they can't be sold or claimed again.
First, the carbon footprint of a business, person or activity is calculated. Carbon credits equal to that footprint can then be purchased and retired. The money funds carbon projects that reduce, avoid or remove emissions elsewhere, such as renewable energy, forest conservation and reforestation.
Funding carbon projects doesn't cancel the emissions it was calculated against. It's a way to take action on emissions alongside reducing them.
Funding carbon projects doesn't cancel the emissions it was calculated against. It's a way to take action on emissions alongside reducing them.
CarbonClick is a New Zealand-based climate tech company that makes it simple for businesses and their customers to fund certified carbon projects, with traceability on every contribution. Every project passes CarbonClick's 7-Point Impact Check, and CarbonClick is a certified B Corp.
Money paid for carbon credits goes to carbon projects certified under recognised standards that have passed CarbonClick's 7-Point Impact Check. Funds are paid to the project suppliers, and CarbonClick keeps a margin to cover sourcing projects, quality assurance, administration and transaction fees.
CarbonClick publishes how it selects projects, the methodologies it uses, and the details of every project it supports. Every contribution can be traced instantly to the projects it funds, through the Track & Trace link in the confirmation email. That trail goes all the way to the registry retirement certificate for every kg of CO₂e funded.
Every project is first verified by a recognised registry such as Gold Standard or VCS. CarbonClick then assesses it against seven criteria before adding it to a portfolio.
- Additionality: the reduction or removal would not happen without carbon finance. This is the most important criterion.
- Accuracy: the project's reduction or removal is measured accurately, without over-crediting.
- Permanence: the project keeps carbon out of the atmosphere for a long period.
- Perverse incentives: the project and the income from its credits don't encourage actions that increase emissions, such as over-harvesting an existing forest so its regrowth can earn credits.
- Double counting: credits are issued and counted only once.
- Community co-benefits: the project delivers wider social, economic or environmental benefits locally, and aligns with at least three UN Sustainable Development Goals.
- Monitoring and verification: the project has robust monitoring and verification in place, so it continues to meet requirements.
Reducing emissions should come first. The recommended approach is to measure a footprint, reduce what's possible, then address the emissions that remain.
Some reductions are achievable now, through energy efficiency, switching to renewable energy, cutting waste or travelling less. Others depend on technology that will take years or decades to become widely available. Funding carbon projects is one way to take action on remaining emissions in the meantime.
Some reductions are achievable now, through energy efficiency, switching to renewable energy, cutting waste or travelling less. Others depend on technology that will take years or decades to become widely available. Funding carbon projects is one way to take action on remaining emissions in the meantime.
A certified B Corp is a business that has been independently assessed by the non-profit B Lab and meets its standards for social and environmental performance, accountability and transparency.
The assessment covers a company's governance, treatment of workers, community and environmental practices, and customers. B Corps also make a legal commitment to consider the impact of their decisions on all their stakeholders, not only shareholders.
The assessment covers a company's governance, treatment of workers, community and environmental practices, and customers. B Corps also make a legal commitment to consider the impact of their decisions on all their stakeholders, not only shareholders.
Our flight emissions calculator tool uses datasets of the Travel Impact Model
which was developed by Google. The Travel Impact Model (TIM) has emerged as a leading standard for flight emission calculations and has been adopted by industry leaders like Google Flights, Skyscanner, Booking.com, Expedia, Sabre and Amadeus. The model combines flight origin and destination, aircraft type, cabin class and seat configuration, load factors and average aircraft utilisation to estimate CO2e emissions for each flight (per seat/passenger). For further information, read more.