Climate Positive? Net Zero? What does it all mean?
What is Climate Postitive?
Climate positive means that an activity goes beyond achieving net zero carbon emissions to actually create an environmental benefit by removing additional carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, or creating a social benefit which enables others to have a lower carbon footprint.
Do you use off-sets?
Short answer, yes, InstaFund Racing has purchased offsets throughout the 2021 season to offset the teams travel. Offsets are only being used for transportation.
I heard you were single-use plastic free?
Yes! Earlier this year InstaFund Racing became a single-use plastic free zone. Learn more about it here: https://www.velonews.com/news/meet-the-team-tackling-cyclings-garbage-problem-and-eliminating-single-use-plastics/
What about all of the equipment? How do you minimize the team's environmental impact?
InstaFund Racing was fortunte enough to participate alongside some of our suppliers in CIRCO, a circular economy workshop. Not only are we working to minimize the equipment used, but we are also working to turn team equipment from single-use prodcuts, to circular products. Stay tuned for exciting announcements!