Aedifica supports 2 certified climate projects in Rwanda and Zambia
Aedifica is conscious of its CO2 emissions. In order to offset the carbon footprint of our headquarters in 2020, we supported 2 global certified climate projects, achieving CO2-neutrality. For this effort, Aedifica obtained the CO2-NEUTRAL label (in line with the PAS 2060, international standard for CO2-neutrality). This label can only be obtained through serious climate efforts and guarantees that Aedifica is actively calculating, reducing and compensating its local and global climate impact.
The Rwanda Water Project focuses on giving people in Rwanda access to clean water. Rwandan people use wood to boil water in order to make it safe for consumption, which leads to deforestation and increased CO2 emissions. The project repairs and maintains damaged wells and uses borehole technology to provide hundreds of households with a safe drinking water source. In addition to reducing greenhouse gas emissions, this project will lead to:
- less deforestation and degradation of surrounding forests
- less diseases caused by polluted drinking water
- less diseases caused by carbon monoxide and particulates from indoor fire (to sanitise water)
- more time to focus on household tasks and supervising children
- local training and employment (maintenance and monitoring of the boreholes)
The Zambia Agroforestry Project, the second project we selected, focuses on reforestation in Zambia. The main objectives of this project are threefold: to support sustainable agriculture, to empower local communities and markets and to conserve ecosystems and wildlife, to sustainably increase smallholder farmer crop yields, income and welfare and to reduce uncontrolled forest loss and degradation. In addition to reducing greenhouse gas emissions, this project will lead to:
- less deforestation and degradation of surrounding forests
- the preservation of biodiversity
- local employment and stable income generation for farmers
- sustainable food production with higher crop yields
- community building
Do you want to find out more about Aedifica’s sustainability efforts in 2020? Please have a look at our new sustainability report, which was published on 31 May 2021.
