AI ImpactCover (heavy usage - 0.288 tonnes of CO2-e)

Each time you use an AI tool, servers in large data centres consume electricity that has a carbon footprint and uses significant amounts of water. The AI ImpactCover offers a simple way to effectively compensate for the carbon and water impacts of using artificial intelligence (AI). The AI ImpactCover (heavy) is a one-off payment of $26 to remove the carbon associated with annual AI use. Your annual offset covers 0.288 tonnes of CO2-e native reforestation with two additional riparian trees planted to directly support the restoration of waterways at Strzelecki Nature Link. This riparian planting improves water quality, reduces erosion, enhances biodiversity, shades aquatic habitats and helps manage water temperatures. Greenfleet is monitoring the waterways, utilising environmental DNA (eDNA) to understand how the habitat improves over time for species like platypus. Greenfleet has partnered with Cool Planet, an independent Australian sustainability consultancy specialising in carbon accounting and impact modelling, to develop AI ImpactCover. Cool Planet’s methodology established a robust and defensible estimate of the emissions associated with average annual AI use. Cool Planet has considered data published by the AI-providers, peer-reviewed research and adopted deliberately conservative assumptions. Learn more here As a registered environmental charity, eligible donations to The Trustee for Greenfleet Trust over $2 are tax deductible in Australia.