Greener airports

AUCKLAND-BASED enviro-tech company CarbonClick has signed up two new airports to use its services, allowing passengers to offset the carbon of their travel.

Travellers passing through Ljubljana Airport in Slovenia can now use CarbonClick services to calculate and offset their flight emissions, as can people entering Galapagos Ecological Airport.

“More than half of all travellers fly on airlines that don’t offer a carbon offsetting program and where they do, conversion rates are low, the role of airports is proving pivotal in the fight against climate change,” CarbonClick CEO Dave Rouse said.

“95% of [pax] emissions come from the flight so for airports who truly want to do more for the environment, this is an opportunity to tackle the impact.”