With projections for climate change looking worse than ever, making small changes to your daily habits and routines can make a difference to the planet. Simple lifestyle changes can help reduce your carbon footprint and we have ten suggestions to get you started. 1 Green Banking According to reports from MakeMyMoneyMatter.
co.uk greening your pension cuts your carbon footprint 21 times more than going veggie, giving up flying and switching to renewable energy. Switching to sustainable banks and super funds is one of the most effective individual actions a person can take.
Sustainability Consultant, Sharon Keilthy recently moved her pension after finding out that while her pension was invested in industries like tech or food, 7% was invested in fossil fuels and a smaller percentage in weapons. “Here we are at home doing our best by trying to shop mindfully, letting our gardens go wild, trying to recycle better, eating less meat, driving and flying less, meanwhile its most likely that our pension is funding the opposite,” says Keilthy. The average person is unaware that most Irish pensions are funding fossil fuels, driving deforestation, and quite a few of them are funding weapons.
“Your pension provider is obliged to let you know what your pension is invested in,” advises Keilthy, who also recommends learning more about how to bank sustainably by checking out Bank.Green. 2 Travel The transportation of people and goods is one of the largest sources of greenhouse gas emis.