{"id":4867,"date":"2019-06-04T13:32:35","date_gmt":"2019-06-04T18:32:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/planesintheair.com\/?p=4867"},"modified":"2019-06-04T13:32:37","modified_gmt":"2019-06-04T18:32:37","slug":"jetblue-to-greenup-all-carbon-emissions-in-june","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/?p=4867","title":{"rendered":"JetBlue to GreenUp\u00ae All Carbon Emissions In June"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>In Partnership with Carbonfund.org, JetBlue Will Help Protect a Portion of the Brazilian Rainforest and Support Carbon Dioxide Sequestration Offsets<\/li><li>Since 2008, JetBlue Has Offset More than 2.3 Billion Pounds of CO\u2082 to Help Introduce \u2018Carbon Offsetting\u2019 to Customers<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>NEW YORK&#8211;(BUSINESS WIRE)&#8211; To kick-off the busy summer travel season while keeping carbon offsetting top of mind, JetBlue (Nasdaq: JBLU) today announced it will offset the carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) for all JetBlue customers flying throughout the month of June. JetBlue is partnering with Carbonfund.org Foundation, an environmental non-profit organization, to offset CO2 for all scheduled JetBlue flights from June 1 to June 30, 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Over the past 11 years, JetBlue has partnered with Carbonfund.org, allowing travelers to offset an estimation of the \u2018carbon footprint\u2019 from their flights by supporting a variety of carbon dioxide reduction projects. To date, JetBlue has purchased offsets totaling more than 2.3 billion pounds (1 million metric tons) of CO2 emissions. Since 2008, JetBlue\u2019s carbon offsets have helped fund technology and forestry projects to help counterbalance the addition of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere from flying.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;As an airline, we admit that we emit. Communally, the traveling public\u2019s and airline\u2019s first-line of defense is flying efficiently and avoiding unnecessary emissions,\u201d said Sophia Mendelsohn, head of sustainability and environmental social governance, JetBlue. \u201cFlying remains a backbone of our economy. JetBlue is inspiring our customers by purchasing offsets on their behalf for emissions that cannot be avoided. While we work toward renewable jet fuel options and \u2018carbon-neutral\u2019 flying, offsets are one small way we\u2019re addressing emissions.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Offsetting all scheduled customers\u2019 flights throughout June will reduce JetBlue\u2019s flying impact by an estimated 700,000 metric tons of CO2, according to Carbonfund.org. This reduction is accomplished by offsetting CO2 through the Envira Amazonia Tropical Rainforest Conservation Project, a carbon offset project approved by the Verified Carbon Standard (VCS) and Climate, Community &amp; Biodiversity (CCB) Standard. These third party verifications demonstrate the project protects nearly 500,000 acres of Amazon tropical rainforest and, mitigates the release of more than 12.5 million tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions over the project lifetime, preserves the habitat for biodiversity and enhances the lives of rural forest communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>JetBlue\u2019s Carbon Offsetting Initiatives \u2013 JetBlue has a history of offsetting emissions. Since 2008, JetBlue has offset 2.3 billion pounds of CO\u2082 emissions. In April 2015, JetBlue offset a month of customers\u2019 flight in celebration of Earth Month. In 2014, JetBlue worked with Carbonfund.org to offset the CO2 emissions for an entire year on all A321 flights between San Francisco and New York&#8217;s JFK Airport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Beyond June, JetBlue is focused on emissions reduction and avoidance in the long-term. JetBlue recently released its annual environmental social governance (ESG) report detailing the airline\u2019s long-term emissions and climate risk management strategy. The 2018 report is available <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"here (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"http:\/\/blueir.investproductions.com\/investor-relations\/financial-information\/reports\/environmental-social-governance-reports\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"936\" src=\"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/infographic.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4868\" srcset=\"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/infographic.jpg 700w, https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/infographic-224x300.jpg 224w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To kick-off the busy summer travel season while keeping carbon offsetting top of mind, JetBlue (Nasdaq: JBLU) today announced it will offset the carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) for all JetBlue customers flying throughout the month of June.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[797,89,2203,4059,1397,868,1103],"tags":[118,92,5040,1194,160,5045,687,3427,5032,5044,3781,5042,3590,4751,3739,5039,660,1329,2880,5038,5037,5034,218,915,5031,718,412,5036,5033,3234,5035,2879,4804,5041,5043,1162],"class_list":["post-4867","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-airline-news","category-aviation-news","category-finance-news","category-green-energy-news","category-stock-news","category-transportation-news","category-travel-news","tag-airlines","tag-airport","tag-amazonia","tag-atmosphere","tag-aviation","tag-biodiversity","tag-brazilian","tag-carbon","tag-carbonfund","tag-climate","tag-community","tag-conservation","tag-customer","tag-emission","tag-emissions","tag-envira","tag-flight","tag-flying","tag-francisco","tag-gases","tag-greenhouse","tag-greenup","tag-jetblue","tag-jfk","tag-june","tag-new","tag-news","tag-offsetting","tag-org","tag-project","tag-rainforest","tag-san","tag-standard","tag-tropical","tag-verified","tag-york"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4867","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4867"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4867\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4869,"href":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4867\/revisions\/4869"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4867"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4867"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4867"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}