<p>The Carbon Protocol of South Africa (CPSA) has certified Bidvest company, Konica Minolta South Africa, as carbon neutral, making it one of the first corporate companies in South Africa to offset its direct and indirect greenhouse gas emissions for the 2013 financial year.</p><p>As part of the carbon-neutral strategy it established in 2007, Konica Minolta South Africa pledged its ongoing support to South Africa's national greening and food gardening social enterprise, Food & Trees for Africa (FTFA), donating a whopping 18 178 fruit and indigenous trees to schools and communities across the country over this time.</p><p>In order to achieve a carbon-neutral status, an organisation must undergo a three-step process calculating its greenhouse gas emissions, reducing these emissions, and then offsetting the remainder.</p><p>Companies usually offset only their direct greenhouse gas emissions, which are known as Scope 1 emissions, and include such items as fuel usage. But Konica Minolta South Africa has gone a step further by also offsetting its Scope 2 (related to electricity consumption) and Scope 3 emissions, such as business travel.</p><p><a href="http://www.itweb.co.za/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=68448:Carbon-neutral-certification-for-Konica-Minolta-South-Africa&catid=212">Keep reading...</a></p>
