1+1 Offset to Conserve
Let’s support the conservation of strategic ecosystems. Join LATAM’s 1+1 Programme and make a voluntary contribution to help fund certified projects that protect strategic ecosystems and support solutions to address climate change. Your contribution is external to your trip: it does not directly reduce your flight emissions nor offset a specific flight.
You receive monthly carbon reporting.
Track your organization's carbon footprint with LATAM through monthly reporting and access detailed carbon offset order history.
You support trusted climate projects.
Access detailed project information, customize allocation across a LATAM-curated portfolio of high-quality projects, and place offset orders.
We amplify your positive impact.
You will only need to make up for 50% of your offset, as LATAM Cargo will compensate the other 50%, amplifying the climate contribution.
Estimate your carbon footprint
Working together, for a better tomorrow
We are facing a critical moment in the history of humanity, with a serious climate crisis that is changing our society and ecosystems. Today, it is not enough to do the usual. As a group, we have the responsibility to go further in the search for collective solutions. At LATAM Cargo we make an important commitment to our partners: In order to compensate the total amount of CO2 emissions generated by their shipments, they will only need to make up for 50% of these, as LATAM Cargo will compensate the other 50%.
Connect your company with certified conservation projects
Through our Carbon Programme, your company can access an estimate of the emissions associated with the transport of its shipments and make a voluntary contribution to support certified projects in the regions where LATAM operates. Your contribution helps drive certified projects, complementing your emissions management.
Start tracking your positive impact
The 1+1 Offset to Conserve Program provides full transparency. By offsetting your cargo you get access to your own company portal from where you can receive monthly carbon footprint reports, review verified climate projects, offset your company's footprint, and keep track of your organization's positive climate impact.
What is a carbon footprint?
A carbon footprint is defined by the greenhouse gases (GHG) emissions associated with any specific activity or transaction. The carbon footprint is often broken down into 3 scopes of emissions: (i) scope 1 emissions are direct emissions and cover GHG emissions by an organization. This could be the emissions that are directly generated by manufacturing goods. It also includes fuel combustion, company vehicles, and fugitive emissions. (ii) scope 2 emissions are indirect GHG emissions from consumption of purchased electricity, including heating, steaming, or cooling. (iii) scope 3 emissions are all other indirect emissions (or value chain emissions) related to the company’s activities, including emissions caused by vendors within the supply chain, outsourced activities, employee travel, and commuting. In many industries, Scope 3 emissions account for the largest amount of GHG emissions.
What is my contribution used for?
When your company makes a contribution, the funds are used to support third-party certified projects through the purchase and cancellation of carbon credits. These projects are verified under internationally recognised standards (for example, Verra/VCS, Gold Standard, American Carbon Registry, and Climate Action Reserve) and, where applicable, may also include CER units certified by the United Nations. Each credit represents one tonne of carbon dioxide equivalent (tCO₂e). The contribution amount covers the cost of purchasing and cancelling the credits, along with the costs associated with managing them on the platform; this contribution does not reduce the emissions from the activity, but rather finances actions external to that activity.
What is carbon offsetting or a carbon credit?
A carbon credit is a unit issued in a registry that represents 1 tonne of carbon dioxide equivalent (tCO₂e), quantified and verified by an independent auditor in accordance with a recognised standard. A credit is only considered an offset when it is retired (cancelled) in the relevant registry and linked to a public serial number. Purchasing or holding credits does not by itself reduce the emissions from an activity; to support an offsetting claim, a 1:1 retirement is required against quantified emissions and within a defined period. Projects must demonstrate additionality and manage risks such as permanence and leakage (for example, through safeguards in forestry projects). There are three main types: emissions reductions, emissions avoidance, and carbon removals. Traceability (standard, registry, ID/serial number, methodology, vintage, and monitoring period) can be checked in each project’s public documentation. For more information on the general concept of offsetting, you can refer to the reference.
How do I know that the impact would not have occurred without my support?
Under carbon standards, for a project to be certified it must demonstrate additionality meaning that the emissions reductions, avoidances and/or removals associated with the project are additional to a baseline scenario and are not required by law or common practice. This assessment is carried out during validation by an independent auditor and is reviewed through periodic verifications; credits are issued and registered under the relevant standard. Your contribution helps finance these projects. Additionality is determined case by case and does not imply that every project depends exclusively on the sale of credits.
Can carbon offsetting really combat climate change?
Offsetting can contribute to global climate mitigation as a complement to direct emissions reductions. Because CO₂ mixes in the atmosphere, supporting verified projects that reduce, avoid, or remove emissions elsewhere can help reduce the global balance provided that strict conditions are met: additionality, independent measurement and verification, permanence and risk management, avoidance of double counting, and public 1:1 retirement of credits against quantified emissions. Purchasing credits does not reduce emissions from your activity, nor does it address non CO₂ effects from aviation; therefore, it should be used after avoiding and reducing emissions, following a mitigation hierarchy.
Who is Chooose™?
LATAM has partnered with Chooose™, a software company that works to scale transition to lower carbon fuels, support broader carbon market initiatives, and to drive collaboration across the value chain. Through an API integration, LATAM displays an estimate of the flight's CO2e emissions and offers the option to support certificate climate projects. The purchase of carbon credits does not reduce flight emissions; offsetting only materializes when the equivalent credits are canceled in the applicable standard's registries.
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