PLT & CLIMATE CHANGE

PLT is Carbon Neutral

In September of 2021, PLT Health Solutions was officially certified as carbon neutral by CarbonFund.Org. Through April 2023, PLT was certified by CarbonFund.Org to have been responsible for offsetting 1,854 tonnes of carbon dioxide.

Today, we remain certified carbon neutral working with ClimeCo. To achieve this certification, we instituted a company-wide emissions reduction program to lower our environmental impact. This has included consolidating our international product shipments to reduce cargo emissions and balancing essential business travel with virtual meetings to reduce air travel emissions. It also includes workplace initiatives such as investment in energy-efficient technologies and moving files and documentation to electronic formats to minimize paper use. Working with ClimeCo, PLT is also contributing to creating carbon emission offsets. 

These efforts in becoming carbon neutral are part of a broader Sustainability platform that has been a cornerstone of the PLT business for many years. Around the world, PLT is involved in efforts to support the sustainable growing, harvesting and processing of the raw materials that go into its ingredients as part of its PLT360™ initiative.

The Sustainability platform also includes People+Planet™ initiatives dedicated to promoting human health and quality of life, as well as projects supporting the environment on both land and sea.

Protecting the Peruvian Amazon Basin

One part of the PLT program to go carbon neutral has been our support for the Yacumama Forest Conservation Project – a tropical forest conservation initiative protecting 2,863 hectares of rainforest in the Peruvian Amazon Basin. The forest is threatened by conversion to agriculture and logging for valuable timber, and the Project utilizes carbon financing to help preserve the land and prevent deforestation. A strong on-site presence and regular patrols help protect the forest from illegal logging and other incursions.
 
Over its 30-year duration (2012–2041), the Project aims to avoid 681,515 tCO2e of emissions, averaging approximately 22,717 tCO2e per year. The Project was developed and registered under the Verified Carbon Standard (VCS v4.2) within the REDD+ framework, with a focus on avoiding planned deforestation. Through these conservation efforts, the Yacumama Forest Conservation Project helps protect an important area of tropical rainforest while preventing the carbon emissions associated with forest clearing.