What is carbon offsetting?

At Vectare, we understand the growing desire of both schools and their students to be more environmentally conscious and responsible. As a business we work hard to be as sustainable as possible, so this is something that we wholeheartedly support. Travelling to school by bus or coach is already one of the most sustainable ways of getting to school. In fact, a modern diesel bus or coach is less polluting than a diesel car on a per-vehicle basis, to say nothing of the fact that a bus can carry at least ten times as many passengers as a car. However, there is always more that can be done to reduce our collective environmental impact.

To help schools further reduce the carbon footprint of their school transport networks, we are proud to announce a new partnership with Forest Carbon. This will allow parents to quickly and easily offset, at the point of booking, the carbon produced by their child’s journey to and from school by bus or coach.

In recognition of the carbon impact of school transport journeys, we are giving parents the opportunity to invest in certified woodland creation in the UK that will not only capture the CO2 produced from their child’s journey to school, but will also offer a host of other environmental benefits. These include flood alleviation, water quality improvements, habitat creation, local employment, public access, sustainable timber and enhanced air quality.

Every parent that opts to offset their carbon when booking their child’s transport will be directly contributing to planting trees in this project and leaving a lasting legacy for years to come. Not only will we be allowing parents and schools to offset their carbon, but we are also committing to offsetting all of the carbon dioxide emitted by our own operations. This includes the emissions from our in-house fleet of executive coaches and minibuses, reinforcing our commitment to being an environmentally responsible transport provider.