FAQ’s

Is the Klean Travel offset contribution free?

YES. Not only do you pay a low fees, but you don’t pay more for carbon offset contributions and there are no hidden extras.

Is all my travel eligible for carbon offset?

YES. As long as you book with Klean Travel, all confirmed bookings are automatically offset.

Which organisation is doing the offsetting?

Klean Travel has partnered with Klean Industries its parent company that builds and owns projects that produce carbon offsets and these offset are then provided to Klean Travel at a substantial discount to market. When Klean Industries has sold all of its annual allotments of carbon offsets, Klean Travel then partners with Offsetters to provide additional offsets to fill the gap if we are short in carbon offsets.

Offsetters, a well-known Canadian organization that was established by a team of climate-change experts at the University of British Columbia in 2005. Offsetters works with individuals and businesses to calculate, track, reduce, and finally offset their greenhouse gas emissions.

What actually do Offsetters do?

They invest in mainly domestic “Canadian” based projects that prevent greenhouse gases from being emitted into the atmosphere through simple, energy-efficient and sustainable projects of renewable energy that would not have taken place without their involvement.

What actually is carbon offset?

A “carbon offset” occurs when an individual or organization emits a given amount of greenhouse gas (GHG) but invests in measures that will pull the equivalent volume of GHG out of the atmosphere or prevent other emissions from taking place at all.

How does my offsetting contribute?

With every project, more and more emerging energy-saving systems will become feasible, and by regularly offsetting even a part of your contribution to the increase of GHG emissions, you not only offset your own emissions but also promote the mainstream adoption of alternative energy systems that do not rely on fossil fuels.

By how much do we have to cut GHG emissions?

If we want to stabilise the earth’s climate, we need to reduce GHG emissions by over 70%. The Offsetters’ projects not only deliver GHG reductions of 70% or more but are economically attractive in the long run and, once established, will be able to sustain themselves. All their projects are verified by third party organizations with no vested interest.

How do I know how much CO2 my flight emits?

A report on the climate impact of aviation by the Environmental Change Institute at Oxford University (Aviation Emissions and Offsets) – uses four factors in its calculations:

• The fuel consumption rate of the aircraft used
• The seats occupied and the amount (weight) of freight on board
• The overall impact of GHG emissions in the stratosphere
• The distance flown

Are all carbon offset initiatives more or less the same?

No, certainly not! Right now, voluntary carbon offsets are still an unregulated market and many projects promoted as “offsets” today are not high-quality offset projects.

What is a high-quality carbon offset project?

• It is “additional”: enabling projects that would otherwise not take place
• It meets (or exceeds) existing Canadian standards
• It is easily verified by a third party
• It has to provide lasting environmental benefit
• It is socially beneficial

Why is Klean Travel providing this service?

Our parent company founders, in particular James Klinkhamer has been an active worldwide travel for decades as has his son and Jesse Klinkhamer (having traveled to over 80 countries). This is due in part because of their love for different cultures, beautiful places and their work around the planet building one of the worlds leading vertically-integrated industrial energy solutions companies. The Klinkhamer’s primary family business is a company that provides pyrolysis & gasification systems that convert rubber tyres (tires), scrap plastics & municipal solid waste into electricity and fuels and in doing so each of the projects they build, generates carbon offsets.

These projects generate a significant volume of quality, verified carbon offsets and given the family’s love for travel, it made sense to do what others were not. It was this thinking that led to the idea to combine their love for travel with the offsets that their project make. With that in mind James became a certified travel agent working with Flight Center to enable the best travel deals possible and to package them with the offsets that the parent company generates.

We think all travel suppliers should offset their carbon footprint and it should be built into their rates. We realize the economic impact to consumers is still controversial – especially since standards are not consistent and this is where we hope to changes things.

We wanted to help and it became obvious that we could and can now offer the best travel rates that are combined with the most affordable carbon offset allowing every customer the ability to offset their carbon for every trip they make – effortlessly.

This way both Klean Travel and our clients can be assured that we are helping in our own small way – at least until better standards, and more complete offsets are commonplace.

We appreciate your support by booking your travel with us so we can both contribute to Help the Earth.