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More than 1,500 major retailers have partnered with a new
website to help UK shoppers offset one million tons of carbon
by 2012.
New consumer community portal froggybank.co.uk will
buy carbon credits over the next four years in its Million
Ton Carbon Offset Campaign. Shoppers simply log onto froggybank
before buying from big name stores as normal.
Some of the retailers that sell through the site include
Currys, Comet, Marks & Spencer, Tesco and John
Lewis.
froggybank is supported by 44 staff at its parent
company eDeals UK Ltd. In total, they look after 500,000
shoppers. Marketing manager Nadeem Azam said - “The beauty
of froggybank is that you still buy from your favourite
stores online and pay the same prices - and, without any effort,
you are taking proactive action to offset your impact on the
environment.
“We estimate an average family can offset their entire carbon
emissions for the year just by making all their online purchases
through froggybank. It will take less than 1% of UK
people buying online to switch to froggybank to reach
this million ton target.”
Not only can shoppers help save the planet for free every
time they buy anything online, they can also earn hundreds
of pounds back into their pockets.
froggybank.co.uk is paid a referral commission for
sending shoppers to retail websites. It is the only portal
in the world which pays 100% of the commission back to its
members and allows them to offset carbon. They can choose
to offset more carbon, donate it to charity or keep the money.
The website deducts a modest £5 from the members’ earnings
as an admin fee and to pay for the carbon credits. It is heavily
subsidised by its parent company’s other operations.
Nadeem added - “In these uncertain economic times, cashback
shopping is becoming a more and more popular way for people
to reduce the cost of their online purchases. Now, with the
arrival of froggybank, they can use the same concept to actually
do something to help the planet and other good causes.”
To access froggybank.co.uk - Click
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