Annual Report 2009 - Atmosfair

The atmosfair standards serve as a yardstick within the CO 2
compensation market. Everey year since
2005, atmosfair has received top rankings in international comparative studies.
atmosfair solar project in India
Implementation
• Cooperation with business travel specialists for travel optimization, including the use of video
conferences
• No cooperation with partners who do not comply with atmosfair standards (e.g. CO calculation),
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even though atmosfair would generate high revenues
• No compensation for activities for which there are better solutions (e.g. automobile driving, power
consumption)
• Complete information concerning donors, independence from industry
• 100 % CDM + Gold Standard CO -offset projects
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• Calculation and monitoring of CO reduction according to UN standards
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• Qualified and UN-approved assessors (e.g. TÜV) who must accept liability
• Documentation via Web site of the Climate Change Secretariat of the United Nations
• No afforestation projects, only renewable energy and energy efficiency
• Formal approval of the government of the host country
• Inclusion of all climate impacts of air travel (e.g. through contrails, ozone formation, etc.) in accordance
with the latest findings of the scientific community (IPCC); this results in a significant increase
in the calculated climate footprint
• Emissions calculator checked by German Federal Environment Agency
• All data sources and methods documented on the atmosfair website
• Low administrative costs: Over 90% of revenues from donations are invested in the climate protection
projects in developing countries
• Revenues and their use are monitored by the tax authorities
• Publication of the annual financial statements via the German Commercial Register
• Advisory Board of high-profile environmental experts from the Federal Ministry for the Environment,
non-governmental organizations, and scientific community
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