Offset your fleet’s carbon emissions
Join ecoDRIVE to make your fleet more environmentally friendly. Our carbon offsetting program helps you make a positive impact on the planet by planting native forests that contribute to offsetting your fleet’s fuel emissions.
Opt-in to start offsetting
ecoDRIVE is a flexible opt-in program. When you choose to take part in ecoDRIVE, it is simply added to all the cards across your Business Fuel Card account and immediately starts to offset your carbon emissions.
Every year your business will receive an e-Certificate from Business Fuel Cards listing the number of trees planted and the expected tonnes of CO2 offset through the program.
Choose ecoDRIVE and make a positive impact
We have been proudly offering ecoDRIVE to our customers since 2015 through our partnership with Green Earth Appeal and Green Fleet.
Using your contributions, Green Earth Appeal and Green Fleet plants native forests that are legally protected for 100 years, so you are supporting long-term carbon sequestration while providing habitats for native birds and wildlife.
More reasons to choose ecoDRIVE
- Make a local impact: ecoDRIVE plants native trees in Australia and New Zealand with plants chosen to restore habitats for native and endangered wildlife, such as koalas. Over the past 8 years, we have contributed to the ecosystem restoration of almost 20 forest sites in New Zealand and Australia.
- Forests are legally protected for 100 years: With an agreement on the land title, the forests are protected even if the land ownership changes. This gives them the opportunity to provide long term habitat for our much-loved fauna and ensures that the contribution your company makes today will continue to provide environmental benefits for many more generations.
- Choose a verified program: The carbon offsetting projects you contribute are verified by the strict Full Carbon Accounting Model (FullCAM), developed by CSIRO and approved by the Australian Department of the Environment, and are independently audited.
- We make it easy: Simply sign up to ecoDRIVE online and we’ll do the rest!
How much does ecoDRIVE cost?
ecoDRIVE only costs $2.25 per card (excl. GST) per month and can be easily added to your new or existing account.
Learn more about the programs ecoDRIVE supports
Green Earth Appeal
The Green Earth Appeal is a Not-For-Profit Social Enterprise, and one of only 61 worldwide planting partners of the United Nations Environment Programme. They have planted over 1.7 million trees across 17 countries, offsetting over 1 million tonnes of carbon build up.
Greenfleet
For 25 years, Greenfleet has been protecting the climate by restoring our forests. By planting native biodiverse forests in New Zealand and Australia, Greenfleet restores critical ecosystems and reduces carbon emissions for businesses like yours. To date, they have planted 10 million trees, offset 3.9 million tonnes of carbon, and created over 500 native forests.
FAQs
What is carbon offsetting?
Carbon offsetting allows individuals and businesses to compensate for the carbon dioxide emissions that their actions release into the atmosphere by funding an equivalent amount of emissions savings elsewhere or preventing them from being released in the first place. In other words, you can use carbon offsetting to reduce your fleet’s emissions impact.
Why plant trees?
Planting trees is a form of carbon offsetting that has many benefits for the planet. Forests play an important role in absorbing carbon from the atmosphere, improving soil and water quality, and providing vital habitat for native wildlife.
