Temple QMS makes climate impact with Ecologi

Over the past 12 months, Temple QMS has been working with Ecologi in taking climate action for our planet. From tree planting, to funding certified climate avoidance projects, through to calculating our business’ footprint.

Our journey to becoming a low carbon business has seen us plant 385 trees, avoid 28.2 tonnes of CO₂e and is equivalent to 22 long haul flights.

Some of the many projects we have funded over the past 12 months include:

Wind power project in Thailand

This project will avoid 131,883 tCO2e from entering our atmosphere each year of its operation, which equates to a total of 1,318,830 tCO2e over 10 years! The project began in 2018 and will run for 25 years, with a renewable crediting period every 10 years.

This project is situated in the Nongwang, Bueng Prue and Samnaktakhro sub-districts of Thepharak District, Nakhonratchasima Province in Thailand. The project site is Northeast of Bangkok, and is a greenfield project, meaning that no prior activity was installed before the commissioning of this project.

Avoiding methane emissions from landfill in Brazil

Macaúbas Landfill Gas Project is a landfill gas collection, use and flare project in Brazil. The main objective of the project is to prevent emissions of methane gas into the atmosphere from the landfill site called “Central de Tratamento de Resíduos Macaúbas” located in the municipality of Sabará in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. The project activity comprises the installation of new active LFG extraction, flaring and electricity generation systems.

The landfill gas was initially collected through a passive system, with no systematic and monitored flare. Therefore, an extra incentive was needed to make additional investments to enhance its landfill gas collection rate and install appropriate facilities to properly flare the methane produced at the site, and generate electricity. The total emission reductions achieved in the current monitoring phase is 102,580 tCO2e.

The implementation of this project will both prevent environmentally damaging methane from being released into the atmosphere and export electricity to the grid, while preventing emissions of methane. Additionally the project will provide jobs and income generation, as qualified operators are needed to maintain and operate the machinery.

Distributing cleaner cookstoves in Kenya

This project distributes fuel efficient ‘Jikokoa’ cookstoves to communities around Kenya. These stoves reduce charcoal consumption by 64%, helping to ease the impact on local forests, and saving local families money. The stoves reduce indoor air pollution by 65%, generating health benefits for the families who rely on them.

Over the lifetime of this project, over 380,000 cookstoves will be distributed, avoiding 4.3 million tonnes of CO2 emissions, and reducing demand for wood fuel by 2.4 million tonnes. The manufacture and distribution of the stoves all takes place locally in a solar-powered facility, which provides over a thousand jobs for local people.