Climate change gets a good workout

The UK's leading gym and fitness equipment retailer Totally Fitness has given carbon dioxide a good work out after announcing that it is to offset its emissions and go Carbon Zero.

Totally Fitness, whose clients include a host of celebrities, are working with co2balance.com to calculate their ‘carbon footprint’ (the amount of carbon the company produces), take action to reduce their emissions, and then offset the remaining amount.

Announcing their move towards becoming CarbonZero, Emma Peoples from Totally Fitness said it is vital that companies take steps to minimise their impact on the environment in order to create a sustainable future. “We all leave an impression on the environment, and it is up to companies to take action to make it a positive impression, rather than negative, and that is why Totally Fitness has taken this decision to go CarbonZero” said Emma.

As the leading supplier of exercise equipment, they provide apparatus to a variety of clients, from stars such as Julia Roberts, Jim Carrey and Nicolas Cage, to hotels and hospitals, and Peoples believes that clients are becoming more environmentally mindful in their purchases. “In addition to top quality fitness products, people want to buy equipment from companies that are proactive in looking after the environment, and so we are delighted to be able to offer this to our clients through our new CarbonZero status” added Emma.

co2balance.com offers several ways to offset companies’ carbon footprints and help make them become ‘CarbonZero’; through energy efficiency projects in Kenya, renewable energy projects in East Africa and through tree planting (as trees absorb carbon) in various locations throughout Europe.

Suzanne Longworth, from co2balance.com said: ”co2balance’s philosophy is based on minimisation of energy use and reduction of the Carbon Footprint before offsetting. All our projects are truly additional, in that they would not otherwise have occurred but for the investment of the funds from our offsetting clients like Totally Fitness. This ensures that their move in becoming CarbonZero results in clear and direct action in reducing carbon dioxide”.

For more information on how to reduce your carbon footprint, and to become CarbonZero contact co2balance via the website, www.co2balance.com. The Totally Fitness website offers customers the world's best fitness equipment.