Our Planet

The climate emergency is one of the most pressing issues we face as a planet, it is all of our responsibilities to do our part.

Buckingham Coatings are taking steps to minimise the effect that our business has on planet Earth, we are proud to be working towards a climate positive workforce, we have taken steps to offset the carbon caused by our business travel and are actively supporting efforts to plant trees to capture carbon from the atmosphere in the future.

We will continue to investigate further ways to minimise our impact on the environment and aim to be carbon neutral by 2025. To date we have supported projects to: Improve stoves in Eritrea reducing the amount of wood and charcoal being burnt; Build a wind farm in Indonesia generating renewable energy and Reforest Madagascar. Read More about these projects below.

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Long haul flights

Our long haul flight of choice is London to San Francisco, a distance of 8,619.80 km (calculated using Distance To). Using the UK government’s greenhouse gas report from 2017 This flight emits 0.15119 kg per km of CO2 per person seated in economy class. This means the total flight emissions for one person is 1303.23 kg (1.3 tonnes).

Metres(2) of sea ice saved

A 2016 research paper published in Novembers issue of Science Magazine, found that the loss of Arctic sea ice had a linear relationship to CO2 emissions. This rate is 3 ± 0.3 square metres per tonne of CO2.

Miles driven in a car

The US Environmental Protection Agency’s carbon emissions calculator estimates that 2481 miles (3992.7 km) emits 1 tonne of CO2.

Projects we are proud to support

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Read more about the projects that we’re proud to be supporting below.

Preserving the Mesoamerican Biological Corridor

This deforestation project in Guatemala sets out to protect and restore 54,157 hectares of land, which make up part of the Mesoamerican Biological Corridor.

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Clean energy in Kanungu, Uganda

Providing clean energy through hydropower, this project is estimated to provide 29.404 GWh annually and will provide clean energy to Uganda energy grid.

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Clean drinking water for Haiti

Since the devastating 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck Haiti in 2010, millions still lack clean water and sanitation. The supporting of this project means help for 2,580 families, delivering over 250 million litres of water to their homes.

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Istanbul landfill gas extraction

This large scale project captures and converts waste gas and methane from landfill sites, and produces 65MW of electricity which is used to power turbines that feed electricity in to Turkey’s grid – enough power for 1.2 million homes

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Peruvian protection of the Amazon

Located in south east Peru, the Madre de Dios region, this project will protect 98,932 hectares of Amazonian rainforest, preventing 659,793 tonnes of CO2e from entering the atmosphere each year!

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Forest plantation in Uruguay

Located in the heart of Uruguay, this project turns 21,298 hectares of land that has been used for cattle grazing for over 300 years, to sustainable managed forestry.

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Mangrove planting in Madagascar

Supporting the non-profit Eden Reforestation Projects to continue reforesting the island. Eden are world leaders in responsible reforestation, having already planted 265 million trees and created 2.6 million work days for local communities.

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Sidrap Wind Farm, Indonesia

The power generated by this project will be supplied to the public electricity grid where it will be transformed to 150 kV. The expected net annual power supply to the grid is 253,000 MWh. The project employs 709 people, 95% of which are Indonesian.

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Cleaner & Safer Stoves, Malawi

Biomass energy conservation project operating in Malawi, responsible for avoiding 157,816 tonnes of CO2 emissions.

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Wind Energy in Hatay, Turkey

Installing 16 wind turbines (3 megawatts each) in the southern Turkish province on the Mediterranean coast, Hatay.

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Improved stoves in Eritrea

Distribution of approx. 8,000 domestic fuel-efficient cook stoves to households within the Anseba district in Eritrea.

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Wind farm project, Turkey

Installing 16 wind turbines (2.5 megawatts each) in the north western Turkish province, Bilecik.

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Bio-digesters for rural Vietnamese farmers

This multi-award winning Gold Standard project provides farmers with a way of producing their own renewable fuels from animal manure.

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Santa Marta landfill gas capture in Chile

Reducing greenhouse gas emissions by capturing, flaring and generating electricity from the methane gas (LFG) produced at the landfill.

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Thailand landfill gas capture

Capturing the methane produced by the landfill site which is then used to generate 16MW of clean energy and fed in to Thailand’s grid.

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Solar power in Maharashtra, India

Installation of 100 megawatt solar power project in west India, Maharashtra, displacing 164,869 tonnes of CO2 every year during the project’s lifetime.

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Protecting the Amazon from deforestation, Brazil

Protection of 496,988 hectares of Brazilian rainforest. Net saving of 15,491,971 tonnes of CO2e from entering the atmosphere over the 30 year phase.

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Repairing water boreholes in Eritrea

This projects will provide long term access to safe and clean water using borehole technology to hundreds of households within Zoba Debub district in Eritrea.

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