carbon offsets
Reducing carbon footprints by purchasing carbon offsets is becoming a popular idea throughout the economy and increasingly in the tourism industry. However, the system of carbon offsetting is controversial.
Carbon offset programs essentially allow companies or individuals to make up for the carbon dioxide created by their actions.
To make up for these emissions, hospitality executives and guests can participate in carbon offsetting programs to buy their way out. Carbon offsetting organizations make an estimation of the carbon dioxide created during the hospitality guest stay and attach a price to it.
The funds collected from the carbon off- set customers are directed to programs that generate clean energy ie solar/wind farms
Hospitality executives and guests interested in these programs need to:
1.Understand how the program chosen calculates carbon emissions and how they calculate the offsets.
2.Consider the certification for the offsetting program. No universal standards for certifying carbon calculators or carbon offsetting programs