Agria positive about carbon status

Agria has chosen Earth Day to announce that it has become the UK’s first “carbon positive” pet insurer.

The milestone – which means Agria is removing more CO₂ equivalent from the atmosphere than it is putting in – comes a year to the day since it became carbon neutral on Earth Day 2021.

Pledge

To celebrate the achievement, Agria has launched a sustainability pledge to signify its commitment across three key areas:

• preserve the environment
• protect pets that need help
• prevent pet suffering and ill health

Positive report

Agria’s status is backed by a report providing evidence of the achievement.

In May 2020, the company launched its “Go Green” paperless drive, which has saved 2 million sheets of paper and 31 tonnes of CO₂ equivalent to date, while it has also reduced carbon emissions from 246 tonnes CO₂ equivalent in 2019 to 117 tonnes in 2021.

Future commitments

Looking to the future, Agria also aims to remove all but unavoidable emissions inside eight years, move to a sustainable fleet of company cars, track all office energy emissions and run a sustainable pet ownership series to educate pet owners.

Agria chief executive Vicki Wentworth said: “Officially becoming carbon positive is a truly significant moment for us – as a business, as animal lovers and as pet owners – but, of course, our pledge to the environment doesn’t end here.

“We will continue innovating to ensure our carbon footprint reduces still further.”