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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Projects we are proud to support
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Read more about the projects that we’re proud to be supporting below.
Producing energy from waste rice husks in India
The agricultural sector is particularly important in India, with well over half of the population generating an income from agriculture. The country is the world’s second largest producer of rice, accounting for 22.5% of overall world rice production, and this means rice production is a particularly important source of income for rural populations.
Cleaner cookstoves in Zambia and Ghana
Rudimentary stoves, used for cooking, produce several greenhouse gases through the combustion of non-renewable biomass. These emissions are damaging to the climate, and also greatly increase levels of household air pollution which causes health conditions in the population – particularly affecting women and children.
Fuel efficient cookstoves in Honduras
In Honduras, 1.1 million families cook with biomass on open stoves, representing around 51% of the total population. The cutting down of trees for fuel for open stoves is one of the contributing factors toward the country having one of the highest rates of deforestation in Latin America.
Turning waste biogas into electricity in Thailand
All production processes generate waste in some form. The production processes at distilleries generate large amounts of wastewater containing a high concentration of organic waste, which – when left untreated in open lagoons – leads to potent greenhouse gases like methane being released into the atmosphere.
Preserving prime Brazilian rainforest
Brazil contains more than 490 million hectares of forest, covering 59% of its entire territory and putting it in second place for nations with most forests worldwide. Most of this forest consists of the incredibly biodiverse Amazon rainforest. Despite covering only 1% of the planet’s surface, the Amazon is home to 10% of all known wildlife species, with many more being described each year.
Wind Energy in Andhra Pradesh, India
Andhra Pradesh is a state in the south-eastern coastal region of India. Whilst poverty rates have decreased dramatically, the rate of rural poverty is still twice that of urban poverty in the region, according to the country’s Planning Department.
Protecting old-growth rainforest in Peru
Madre de Dios is the third-largest, and least densely populated, region of Peru. It is home to much of the Peruvian Amazon.
The region has historically been subject to numerous conservation challenges. These include extraction of the rich natural resources in the area – including rubber, timber, and alluvial gold.
Peatland restoration and Converting landfill gas to energy in Northern Turkey conservation in Indonesia
Over 90% of the waste generated in Turkey is sent to landfill sites. This waste then decomposes and releases the greenhouse gas methane into the atmosphere. While methane molecules don’t stay in the atmosphere for as long as carbon dioxide molecules do, they have a much greater warming effect while they are there. It is estimated that methane accounts for over a third of today’s anthropogenic global warming.
Peatland restoration and conservation in Indonesia
Peatlands are a type of wetland and are among the most valuable ecosystems on Earth. The term ‘peatland’ refers to the peat soil and the wetland habitat growing on its surface. Peat is a swampy, water-logged soil that is made through the slow accumulation of dead trees, plants, and other organic material which can only partially decompose due to the volume of water these habitats contain.
Forest protection in Northen Zimbabwe
Historically, large parts of Zimbabwe were covered by forests with abundant and diverse wildlife. As a richly biodiverse country featuring seven terrestrial eco-regions, 12.5% of the total land area of Zimbabwe is protected within its many National Parks, sanctuaries, and botanical gardens.
Onshore wind enegry generation in Taiwan
Taiwan relies on imports of oil and coal for the vast majority of its energy, and renewables currently make up only a tiny portion of the country’s total energy consumption. Due to its location, the island has the potential to harness strong wind both on- and offshore.
