TFS Green goes Carbon Neutral
TFS Green in 2006 announced the offsetting of its emissions, derived from its global employees' business and personal electricity consumption and air travel, with the purchase of verified emission reductions (VERs) from a solar energy project in Lao Peoples' Democratic Republic. The project is owned by Sunlabob Rural Energy Systems Company Ltd. TFS Green will purchase up to 5,000 tonnes of emission reductions, generated between 2001 and 2010, and verified under the Voluntary Carbon Standard.
The company Sunlabob, which means 'sun system', was established in 2000 to provide reliable power to remote areas of Laos through the use of solar technology. To date, Sunlabob has helped install 270 systems totaling 300kW in homes, schools, health centers and businesses. For agricultural use, Sunlabob has provided the energy for water pumps and electricity generation.
Sunlabob was a finalist in The World Challenge, a global competition seeking to highlight and reward outstanding examples of community enterprise and innovation, and has won various awards worldwide in recognition of its contribution to local sustainable development, including the Ashden Award for Light and Power, and the Development Marketplace Prize of the World Bank.