We Are A Carbon Positive Company
Plant Trees & Offset Emissions
We value sustainability in the world.
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Reduce your footprint and help fight climate change!
We are joining the Carbon Positive movement by directly supporting our Earth in the fight against the climate crisis we ALL face. Another reason why we love our customers who back our amazing jewelry and accessories so much. You can make a difference in our future by reducing your carbon footprint through ILU purchases, membership, rewards and more with our partners EcoCart & Ecodrive.
We automatically calculate the exact cost of offsetting each order’s carbon emissions and fund verified sustainability projects. While giving you the options to match it or plant a tree to help reduce emissions or even contribute to another climate-friendly cause through our store, each contribution makes a direct impact on our planet. The trees that we plant serve many benefits outside of reducing carbon footprints. Some projects also help alleviate poverty because we hire local villagers to grow and maintain the projects! With ILU, you are creating a positive impact for our planet and those that live on it!
The Projects Our EcoCart Partners Fund
Carefully Vetted, Ethically Proven and Scientifically Verified
according to the world’s major carbon standards.
CERTIFICATION PARTNERS
The Trees
What we plant?
With Ecodrive we plant mangroves, which are one of the highest carbon absorbing trees in the world, making them most effective for our climate!
Each tree planted helps to reduce nearly 680 pounds of harmful carbon emissions from the atmosphere, which is well over the CO2 generated from standard e-commerce shipments. How we stay climate positive... because we believe that neutral is just the start!
Where will you plant
MY TREES?
Great question! For your carbon offset, we are planting trees all over the world with the programs we have in place at ILU. You can chose where your contribution goes and it will help cover cost of seeding, growing and maintaining, as well as the wage of the local villagers we hire to plant and maintain the growth of the trees. This is helping to ensure survivability rates stay high.
If you did not chose for us, we will plant ILU tree contributions in the regions of Madagascar. We have designated plots of land in Madagascar where your tree will be planted within 30-45 days of purchase. However, if you
prefer to plant elsewhere, EcoCart has locations all over the world that you can choose to support!
About The Trees
Madagascar
The trees aid in environmental restoration by reforesting habitats for indigenous wildlife. The trees are planted on a monthly basis on protected land.
Alongside carbon reduction, poverty alleviation is a huge part of what we do here at ILU. That is why we trust and confidently partnered with Ecodrive and other charities, such as Eden Reforestation Projects. We plant mangroves because they are some of the highest carbon absorbing trees in the world, giving you the most value for your carbon reduction! We hope you join us in our mission while shopping at ILU.
With our Partner EcoCart
Over 90% of each dollar going directly to projects that are proven to reduce the amount of greenhouse gases entering the atmosphere.
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ILU Carbon Positive FAQ
When we say orders will be “carbon neutral” (“net zero” is another term you’ll hear), that means that we will eliminate, capture, or otherwise mitigate all of the carbon emissions created from making your company's products and shipping them to your customer's door.
Carbon offsets are a practical and effective way to reduce the effects of climate change by funding wind, solar, and other renewable energy projects. You can see the projects we support here.
When you buy an offset, you fund projects that reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions like protecting forests or building wind farms. Carbon offsets let you pay to reduce the global GHG total instead of making radical or impossible reductions of your own.
But not all carbon offset projects are created equal. EcoCart's projects offer laboratory and field testing with third-party verification and site visits to ensure the most accurate calculation of greenhouse gas reductions. These credits are measured in metric tons (tonnes) of carbon dioxide equivalents (mtCO₂e). EcoCart then evaluates the implementation of the methodology and confirms that the project uses the majority of the proceeds from carbon for growth and not profit.
We have scoured the globe for carbon offset projects that are truly additive (meaning new), permanent, and without unintended consequences (i.e., creating more carbon elsewhere, like a game of Whack-a-Mole). All of our projects are independently certified to internationally recognized standards. In addition to the carbon reduction, we pride ourselves on the fact that all of our projects include an element of social good such as protecting an endangered species of animal, or creating local jobs.
Carbon offsets are a practical and effective way to reduce the effects of climate change by funding renewable energy, forestry, or clean water projects. These projects reduce emissions of carbon dioxide or other greenhouse gases in order to compensate for emissions made elsewhere, like the emissions created from ordering something online. EcoCart calculates the emissions created from your online orders and donates the exact dollar amount required to reduce those emissions directly to these projects on your behalf.
Our Partners have a robust algorithm that calculates the exact carbon emissions from both manufacturing and shipping each order by looking at variables such as raw materials, manufacturing process, product weight, shipping distance, and more.
We love how accurate it is.
The best way to slow climate change is to not release carbon emissions in the first place. There are many ways to reduce your carbon footprint, but it's impossible to eliminate it completely. For reducing climate impact that can't be eliminated, high-quality carbon offsets are the most credible and impactful tool.
We go above and beyond...
The projects we fund are carefully vetted, ethically proven, and scientifically verified according to the world’s major carbon standards.
With over 90% of each dollar going directly to projects that are proven to reduce the amount of greenhouse gases entering the atmosphere.