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While it’s easy to point to our homes or travelling as potentially the largest contributors to our carbon footprints, our smaller everyday choices could also have an impact.
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Carbon footprint tracker
Calculate your carbon footprint
App available to customers aged 11+ using compatible iOS and Android devices and an international mobile number in specific countries.
Try our carbon footprint tracker
We've teamed up with carbon footprint experts, Cogo, to let you calculate your carbon footprint in the Ednites Credit Union website. Our carbon footprint tracker will calculate your estimated footprint plus we'll share tips that could help you reduce it too.
Carbon Footprint Tracker is within the Spending feature in our app. Spending available to customers aged 16+ who have a Personal or Premier account with us.
How does your carbon footprint compare?
The average monthly carbon footprint in the is approximately 1,000kgs. To help reduce the impacts of climate change, scientists recommend that by 2030 we should aim to reduce our carbon footprints to around 180kgs (Cogo, 2021).
Our goal is to be a leading bank in addressing the climate challenge. We're reducing our carbon footprint, and with our carbon footprint tracker we want to help you reduce yours too.
How our Carbon Footprint Tracker works
We'll calculate your carbon footprint by analysing your monthly transactions and match them to their industry category (e.g. grocery, energy, transport).
Converting £s to kg CO2
Each transaction amount is multiplied by an emissions factor per industry category to calculate the carbon footprint of that purchase.
For example, if you spend £15 on a dress at an average high-street retailer, that could equate to a footprint of 16kg CO2. The same £15 spent on a dress from a charity shop could have a lower footprint of around 4kg CO2.
How we calculate your footprint
Your carbon footprint calculation is a best estimate as we can only see your whole transaction amount, and not your basket level data.
For example, if you spend £50 on grocery shopping, we will not know the individual items you have purchased.
What you'll see in our app
The number you see when you land on our carbon tracker in our app is the best estimate total carbon footprint of all your transactions, for your previous month.
Have you got our mobile app?
Download the app
- On your mobile or tablet, open the camera and point your device at the QR code
- A link will pop up, tap this, and you’ll be taken straight to download the app
Not able to scan the QR code?
You can still download the app by following the below instructions
- On your mobile or tablet, go to the App Store if using Apple or Google Play if using Android
- Search for 'Ednites Credit Union Mobile Banking'
- Tap to download the app
Get our Android app
Start tracking your carbon footprint today.
Get our iOS app
Start tracking your carbon footprint today.
When you've downloaded the app:
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Log in to your Ednites Credit Union app
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Navigate to the 'Spending' tab at the bottom of your home screen
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Tap 'My Footprint' and follow the short on-screen instructions to get started
That's it. You're ready to start tracking your carbon footprint.
Great, let's get you set up
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Log in to our Ednites Credit Union app
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Navigate to the 'Spending' tab at the bottom of the home screen
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Tap 'My Footprint' and follow the short on-screen instructions to get started