Jumping for climate action

The national ski jumping team of Norway announces a collaboration with CHOOOSE.

Through supporting projects verified by the UN, CHOOOSE purchase carbon credits which each represent 1 tonne of CO2 reduction. This season, the national ski jumping team of Norway will reduce 500 tons of CO2 to overcompensate for their unavoidable travels.

Positive measures

– We’re ambitious, and want to become the first climate neutral team in the world, says Robert Johansson, who won RAW AIR at Holmenkollen in March this year.

The competition marked the start of the long term collaboration between CHOOOSE and the national ski jumping team. For each meter jumped in the competition, CHOOOSE reduced 1 kilo of CO2.

– Ski jumping is more fun on snow, and to us this is a great way of showing how we want to protect our playground through positive measures and create new engagement by communicating the climate message through new spheres, says CEO of CHOOOSE, Andreas Slettvoll.

UN-verfied

– The environment and nature are important to us, and we hope to be able to continue with ski jumping for many years to come, on snow. That’s why we are really careful in what we do and how we proceed in our work, says head coach, Alexander Stöckl. By implementing measures to reduce their own emissions and overcompensate the athlete’s flights through CHOOOSE, the national ski jumping team has now been certified as an official partner of the UN climate program Climate Neutral Now.

– Our vision is to become the world's most important ski jumping nation. This implies much more than podiums. Therefore, it’s only natural that we use our position to affect the sport itself to go in a more sustainable and climate-friendly direction, says marketing manager Bjørn Einar Romøren.

Within the team, their cars are replaced by hybrid ones, in addition to actively reducing the number of hours of driving. Reusing equipment has also been a major focus, both for environmental and economic purposes.

– The way that the world cup is set up now, it’s not possible to be a professional athlete without flying, and it’s great that our national ski jumping team paves the way and overcompensates their unavoidable emissions that these flights bring, says Slettvoll.

About us: CHOOOSE™ is a venture-backed leader in technology-based climate action, building digital tools so that everyone, anywhere, can easily integrate climate action into everyday life and business. Through flexible integrations, customer-friendly interfaces, automated carbon measurement, and a connected marketplace of climate solutions, CHOOOSE delivers a complete platform that enables its partners to build and manage high-impact climate programs. Learn more at www.chooose.today.