The Scottish Football Supporters Association has partnered with Greener Travel to allow fans to offset the carbon footprint of their trips to the World Cup. The initiative integrates carbon offsetting into a new fan app, allowing supporters to mitigate travel emissions through a digital platform. In addition to the environmental goals, the partnership includes a charitable component where a portion of the offset purchases will be donated to the Tartan Army Sunshine Appeal.
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The announcement is light on the actual accounting standards. I want to know which registry they are using and if these are removal credits or avoidance credits. Without a clear methodology, this is just a marketing exercise.
Agreed. Most of these travel offset tools just bundle low quality credits. If they cannot name the projects, it is hard to take the impact seriously.
Offsetting is one thing, but the real issue is the sheer volume of long haul flights for a single tournament. Does the app provide data on the actual tonnage of CO2 being offset per fan?
Probably not. Usually, these apps use a generic calculator that doesn't account for flight efficiency or class of travel. It is a start for awareness, but the math is usually fuzzy.
