In today’s rapidly evolving corporate environment, the need for innovative and sustainable employee benefits is more pressing than ever. While traditional benefit programs like Sodexo offer convenience through pre-paid cards, Myplan8’s Green Credit Program goes above and beyond by offering a comprehensive, value-driven approach that not only benefits employees but also contributes positively to the environment. Here’s how:
Carbon footprint is the total amount of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from a person’s or organisation’s activities (e.g., building, corporation, country, etc.). It includes both direct emissions, like the ones that come from burning fossil fuels in manufacturing, heating, and transportation, and indirect emissions, like the ones that come from making the electricity that goes into making the goods and services that people buy. Also, the idea of a “carbon footprint” often includes the release of other greenhouse gases like methane, nitrous oxide, or chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs).
The idea of a carbon footprint is related to and grew out of the concept of an ecological footprint, which was first thought of in the early 1990s at the University of British Columbia by Canadian ecologist William Rees and Swiss-born regional planner Mathis Wackernagel. An ecological footprint is a total land needed to support a population or activity. It includes how much water is used, and land used to grow food. On the other hand, a carbon footprint is usually given as a weight, like tonnes of CO2 or CO2 equivalents per year.
Carbon footprints aren’t the same as a country’s reported emissions per person (for example, those reported under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change). Instead of the greenhouse gas emissions that come from making something, carbon footprints look at the greenhouse gas emissions that come from using it. They include the emissions from goods that are brought into a country but were made somewhere else. They also usually include the emissions from international shipping and transportation, which are not included in standard national inventories. Because of this, a country’s carbon footprint can grow even if its carbon emissions go down.<br><br>The United States has the largest carbon footprint per person. According to the Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center and the United Nations Development Programme, the average American had a carbon footprint of 20.6 metric tonnes (22.7 short tonnes) of CO2 equivalent in 2004, which was five to seven times the average for the rest of the world. Averages vary widely around the world, but people living in developed countries tend to have bigger footprints. For example, France’s carbon footprint per person in the same year was 6.0 metric tonnes (6.6 short tonnes), while Brazil and India’s were 1.8 metric tonnes (about 2 short tonnes), respectively. Even though digital use is growing, the countries haven’t added to their indirect carbon footprints because of digital use in the data.
The Personal Carbon Footprint by Mypln8 aims to quantify the extent to which an individual’s actions harm the environment. Based on this estimate’s results, you can adjust your energy use and consumption patterns to lessen your influence on the environment.
Multiple variables must be considered to arrive at an accurate estimate of your annual carbon footprint. Travelling by vehicle, bus, metro, or bicycle daily, as well as by aircraft or train for special occasions. The size of the home, the number of people living there, the number of appliances they use, and the amount of energy they consume all play a role.
It’s essential to consider several variables when figuring out your carbon footprint, including:
Personal or household greenhouse gas emissions, sometimes known as “direct emissions,” are entirely under the individual’s (fuel consumption of their vehicles, fossil fuels consumed by home heating systems).
Emissions that are not directly produced by the individual but rather result from their actions are called indirect emissions (manufacture of goods and services consumed by households).
Human activities contribute mainly to the release of carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), water vapour (H2O), nitrous oxide (N2O), and ozone (O3) as greenhouse gases into the atmosphere (O3), the amount of energy utilised, the heating system, things that people buy and use regularly, like food and garbage disposal, etc.
To know your carbon footprint using Myplan8 Carbon Calculator – CLICK HERE to install the App.
Transport: Walk, ride a bike, or take public transportation instead of a car to reduce your environmental impact. Carpooling is better for the environment than driving alone, and if you must drive alone, go down and enjoy the scenery.
One of the fastest-growing sources of CO2 emissions worldwide is air travel; thus, avoiding it; if at all possible, is a good idea. If you must take a flight, it may be worthwhile to offset your carbon footprint.
Food: Try to cut back on the reduction of meat and other animal products.
Reduce your impact on the environment by eating foods that travel shorter distances. Organic garbage should be recycled or composted, allowing the disposal of organic waste to be sustainable.
Water use: Don’t run empty loads through the washer or dishwasher.
Cover your pans and only boil as much water as you need. You can save the cold water from the beginning of your shower to use on your plants.
Waste management: When an item has reached the end of its useful life, it should be recycled instead of being away. This includes reducing the amount you need, reusing it as often as possible, and giving it a new user if necessary. Reusing grocery bags instead of requesting fresh ones from stores helps reduce waste. Always select items with minimal packaging to save waste and save money.
Energy usage: Reduce your home’s temperature by 1 degree Celsius to save 5-10 per cent on your energy bills and pollution. Programme your energy devices so that they’re on only while you’re in mind that you don’t necessarily need to set your refrigerator to its coldest setting and that you probably don’t need to place your wateplaceeater’s thermostat higher than 50 degrees Celsius. Remove the cable from your phone’s charging port. Even when disconnected from the phone, it continues to use power.
Switch off: Please switch when you don’t need them and use energy-saving lights such as LED.
Not only does offsetting your CO2 emissions help in the fight against climate change, but it also gives you the option to consider switching to renewable energy.
Reducing one’s carbon footprint requires the action of carbon offsetting:
Even if you do everything you can to eliminate your own carbon footprint, some greenhouse gas emissions will still enter the atmosphere. Carbon offsetting allows for the funding and implementation of initiatives to cut emissions or sequester carbon, such as tree-planting initiatives, which absorb carbon dioxide.
With the Myplan8, we are giving options to be linked with projects that will allow our customers of funding certified organisations PAN India to counteract all or some of their CO2 emissions.
India is a developing country with one of the world’s largest populations and the third-highest pollution rates. Through these projects and initiatives, Myplan8 hopes to have an immediate impact by channelling funds toward environmental initiatives in India and beyond. WithMyplan8, we will be adding more initiatives so customers have a large option to offset the carbon footprint.
But to be more specific, there are a few primary ways in which nature-based solutions might aid in the fight against the climate crisis:
1. Awareness on the individual level on their contribution to carbon emission.
2. Enabling on an individual level with the power of carbon offsetting and creating a sustainable environment.
3. Additional carbon capture and storage, along with current carbon storage
4. Lowering Greenhouse Gas (GHGs) emissions caused by land use changes
5.. Increasing the robustness of ecosystems and social systems
Myplan8 has created a proprietary calculator which helps you evaluate your carbon footprint. You can start with our 7 basic questions on our App (DOWNLOAD THE APP). If you want a detailed calculation for your family and you on each aspect of your lifestyle, you can register with us on our App and find a detailed questionnaire on the following 7 categories:
1. Travel
2. Food
3. Home – Water &Energy Usage
4. Waste Management
5. Pets
6. Lifestyle and Shopping
7. Digital Usage
Myplan8 is the first in India to provide the digital usage impact regarding carbon emission and footprint calculation.
Myplan8 is an appointed representative of the parent company KRNY Innovations Pvt. Ltd., an organisation that has been approved and registered.
KRNY Innovation is also responsible for all digital assets and copyrights for the Myplan8 brand. A custodian’s job is to keep customer assets safe, so they don’t get stolen, lost, or used in ways they weren’t meant to be.
Registering with Myplan8 is a simple 3 steps process:
1. Download the Myplan8 App from Google Play Store or Apple Store
2. Participate using 7 basic questions to get your Carbon Footprint
3. To get the report and to further know your carbon footprint impact in each category, register using your info- Email or social login, Name and Location
With this, you will become part of a community of fellow Earthians who care about the planet.
You will be directed to your dashboard, and with your participation in each category, you will be able to know your actual impact. Plus, you will earn badges and certificates for each positive action, certifying you to be the change we need for the betterment of Earth.
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The 3 simple and basic steps of neutralising carbon are:
1. TRACK – using an effortless method of monitoring one’s carbon footprint.
You can see the full scope of your lifestyle, digital footprint and other environmental impacts with the help of our carbon tracking technology at Myplan8.
2. REDUCE – your overall effect by taking small steps over time.
Myplan8 encourages involvement in what’s important to you by revealing your changes’ positive effects on others and the world around you—allowing for a more eco-friendly future to emerge.
3. OFFSET – Lessen Your Impact On The Environment
You will be provided with a selection of alternatives to choose from. Start your road to zero carbon footprint using any of Myplan8’s carefully curated solutions.
Start your climate impact journey with Myplan8 today – GET THE APP
Well, the questionnaire linked to the calculator does ask about your home and the number of people you have residing. The idea is to help you understand your contribution plus your family’s contribution to carbon emission. Now the different individuals in the family will have their behaviour patterns. To get better data for your family and individuals, you will get an option to share the Myplan8 Carbon calculator with them. You can offset for you as an individual and also for your family’s impact.
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No, we’re the appointed representative on behalf of the company KRNY Innovations Private Limited & a registered social enterprise. With the climate crisis getting worse, we need to be able to raise money and grow our team so that we can help more and more people join the natural revolution.
My plan8 is currently on the freemium model. The carbon calculation is free of cost, and the offsetting options available are registered and certified, which can be chosen by the user at their will. We will help them by enabling them to contribute to them. Users will be at an advantage with us as they will know their impact, which is our primary goal; get tips and articles to help them reduce their impact and offset at will in the options they want. We are the Green Initiators and want more and more people to be aware of the climate impact.
Our proprietary carbon calculator evaluates the 7 major aspects of your life. Our app has a set of 7 basic questions that are a good place to begin (DOWNLOAD THE APP).
Register with us on our App to find a comprehensive questionnaire covering the following 7 areas, and we’ll provide you with a comprehensive estimate for you and your family on every facet of your lifestyle:
1. Travel
2. Food
3. Home – Water &Energy Usage
4. Waste Management
5. Pets
6. Lifestyle and Shopping
7. Digital Usage
Myplan8 is the first app in India to calculate the environmental effects of digital consumption in terms of carbon emissions and footprints.
Sure, you have the freedom to change your input at any given time. However, we at Myplan8 believe that your lifestyle and daily impact behaviour will not be modified overnight. You should, though, make a change if you drive or experience any significant change in your lifestyle.
We currently only have an app for mobile devices (available for both Apple and Android users).
Myplan8 believes you should protect, control, and be aware of how we use your personal information. We only use your data for its intended purpose and have strong access control and encryption.
We’ve taken these steps to protect your privacy and data:
1) We’ll protect your data
Myplan8 protects user data. We use in-house security processes and cutting-edge technology to protect our systems and audit our data regularly.
2) We work with industry leaders.
We use Amazon Web Services (AWS) to manage our cloud infrastructure according to AWS Well-Architected Framework. We use Amazon Web Services (AWS) to manage our cloud infrastructure according to AWS Well-Architected Framework.
3) Security and privacy best practises
Authenticated encryption protects data. Bishop Fox, a Google Partner, audits our security.
4) Regulations
We’re SEBI-registered. Family office managers/advisors are NDA-bound. You can remove the Family Office manager/advisor by emailing support@myplan8.earth
5) Follow Best practises
i) Don’t share OTP!
ii) Always lock your phones with PINs, fingerprints, or TouchID.
iii) Report phishing emails and texts
6) Troubleshooting
If you find any issues affecting Myplan8 users’ data security or privacy, please email support@myplan8.earth so we can fix them.
Sure you can! Your data is subjected to your willingness to be part of the Myplan8 group of Earthians. At any given point, you can disable and deactivate your account. You will get 30 days to resume the report if you want to change your mind, after which your account and data will be deleted.
We only select initiatives from India’s most effective climate solutions. For the execution and tracking of projects, we have developed stringent criteria and protocols.
In addition, all of our initiatives must meet the highest international quality standards and provide at least three additional benefits to their local communities that align with the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals. These include eradicating destitution, protecting endangered species, fostering female entrepreneurship, and expanding access to healthcare and education.
Definitely, we believe in gratifying our fellow Earthians for their initiation and every step they take. Myplan8 will assign you a transaction receipt with the required details, and You will earn Green Credit™ (trade and exchange worthy carbon credits) as a gratification from us to motivate you for a positive impact regularly. We will share your carbon footprint versus offsetting, showcasing whether you are carbon neutralised, positive or negative. Also, you will receive a certificate from all your offsetting initiatives.
There is no singular solution to stop climate change; it will require innovation, commitment, and action from all of us. Carbon offsetting is a significant component of this conundrum.
While political regulation and renewable technology innovations can take decades to implement, offsetting enables you to remove your carbon footprint from the earth. straight away. This is a significant advantage, and it is the reason why Myplan8 begins with this point before discussing additional methods to reduce your carbon footprint.
We urge the Myplan8 Users to adopt climate-friendly behaviours and to support political action to combat climate change. We must pursue short-term and long-term solutions that render our societies carbon-neutral on all fronts.
Myplan8 has curated offsetting projects basis the different issues faced by humanity due to climate change. Planting tree is a natural choice but just by planting trees we can not create a bigger impact on climate change. Reforestation, water level restoration, prevention of soil corrosion, avoiding air pollution, protecting biodiversity, protecting mountains and rivers, eco-tourism and farmlands and creating a balance between humans and other lifeforms are to be addressed. We amplify your positive impact by selecting the projects which can directly impact these concerns and plant native trees which create a much larger biodiversity and ecological impact.
In fact, the opposite is correct. Research shows that people who take steps to reduce their carbon footprint also make other positive environmental choices. It stands to reason that one would want a cause to succeed in which they had a personal investment.
You can always adjust the plan as needed.
You can make adjustments to your carbon footprint to reflect changes in your lifestyle or to gain more insight into your footprint calculation by going to the Reduce tab, scrolling down to your footprint summary, and tapping on one of your lifestyle areas (Travel, Diet, Mobility, Consumption, Home).
After recalculating your carbon footprint, if you want you can modify your offset plant by upgrading it to a higher package. Or you can stop your current plan and start a new plan as per your requirement. The next billing cycle will begin once you click the confirm button.
To make any necessary changes to your offsetting efficiency, simply go to the Offset Tab and click on your subscription. So simple!
The Green Credits™ are an assured reward to the users of the Myplan8 App who take any kind of positive action, primarily through subscription to Myplan8’s curated offsetting projects.
Whenever a user of the Myplan8 App does an action resulting in carbon offsetting through the curated subscription plans. It is given to the user as a reward to create a positive impact and build positive action affirmation through our ecosystem in the form of the Green Credits™.
Myplan8 gives you access to more than 150 of the best lifestyle brands in a wide range of areas. We chose Green and Sustainable.
Zomato, BigBasket, BlinkIt, Myntra, Nykaa, Ajio, Amazon, Flipkart, Croma, Uber, MakeMyTrip, PVR, BookMyShow, Decathlon, and many more are well-known lifestyle brands.We have a lot of green names, such as Bare Necessities, Brown Living, Bunko Junko, Soothe Earth, Almitra Sustainable, and more.
You can see a list of all the brands that the Myplan8 app has in the “Shop” part. You can either click on “View All Brands” or “Search” to find individual brands.
Traditional benefit programs typically offer pre-paid cards that can be used within a limited network of vendors. However, these programs often fall short in terms of maximizing the value of employees’ benefits at the point of purchase. In contrast, Myplan8’s Green Credit Program extends significant brand discounts directly to your employees. This means that when employees use their Green Credits, they are getting more bang for their buck, effectively stretching their benefits further. The ability to access exclusive discounts not only enhances the purchasing power of your workforce but also drives higher employee satisfaction and engagement.
One of the key pain points with many standard benefit programs is the complexity and cost associated with activation and allocation. Employees often have to go through cumbersome processes, and companies may incur hidden fees. With Myplan8 this feature is readily available and has no extra cost implication beyond the agreed subscription. Myplan8 eliminates operational barriers with a seamless, one-click process for allocation and absolutely no additional activation costs. This ease of use makes the Green Credit Program not only more attractive but also more efficient, allowing your HR team to focus on more strategic tasks rather than getting bogged down in administrative details.
Myplan8’s Green Credit Program is designed with sustainability at its core. Unlike standard benefit programs that provide limited options for green purchases, Myplan8 offers free access to discount coupons for a curated selection of over 200 green and lifestyle brands. Employees can spend their Green Credits on products and services that contribute to carbon emission reduction right at the source. This alignment with environmentally friendly brands not only supports employees in making sustainable choices but also reinforces your organization’s commitment to corporate social responsibility.
Another distinctive advantage of the Green Credit Program is its integration with verified carbon offsetting projects. For every purchase made through Myplan8, a portion of the funds is directed towards hand-picked, verified offsetting initiatives. This ensures that the environmental impact of employee consumption is balanced, making each transaction a step towards a more sustainable future. Our AI-powered system ensures that every purchase is optimized for sustainability, providing your employees with a unique opportunity to contribute to global climate goals without any additional effort on their part.
In summary, while standard benefit programs like Sodexo provide basic convenience, Myplan8’s Green Credit Program offers a far superior value proposition. It not only maximizes the monetary value of employee benefits but also aligns with the growing demand for sustainable and environmentally conscious choices. By adopting the Green Credit Program, your organization can offer a more compelling and forward-thinking benefits package, all while making a positive impact on the planet.