Sustainability

Shipping Protection

The highlight of Shipping Protection is the Carbon Offset service we provide to customers who want to cancel any carbon due to standard freight emissions.

The impact of shipping a package

As products get shipped across the country, carbon gets emitted directly into the environment. For example, A 20 tonne truck traveling 1000 miles emits over 3 metric tonnes of CO2. To put this in perspective, the average US household produces 15 - 20 metric tons of CO2 each year.

As packages get shipped via ocean, railway, or road, the environmental cost adds up with every purchase that is placed, packaged, and shipped.

How you can help?

While your package may be small and not weigh very much, when you combine it with the millions of other packages being shipped every day, the environmental impact is staggering.

So whenever you place an order online with one of our partner merchants, you will be presented with the opportunity to pay a small amount to offset the carbon from your shipment.

For most orders placed online, unless the package is extremely heavy, this will be less than $1.

Combine all those dollars from millions of online purchases and we can really make a difference together.

How Corso (and the industry) measures carbon

The industry measures carbon in terms of metric tons. While it can fluctuate, the price to offset a metric ton of carbon is typically $15 - $30. Terrapass is always a good resource:

https://terrapass.com/product/business-carbon-offset

A fully loaded truck going 1000 miles will emit about 3 metric tons of carbon.

The customer’s carbon offset calculation

Using a simple formula, we can take the package weight, shipping distance, and current carbon offset rates to give an amount to the customer.

For example, take a 10 pound package being shipped 1500 miles. When we use a rate of $11.00 to offset a metric ton of CO2, the cost to the individual is about $0.30.

Corso has a flat processing fee of $0.25 for all carbon offset purchases which would bring the total amount to $0.55 for the carbon offset.

The entire offset amount is invested in verified Carbon Offset Projects.

Corso uses the processing fee to run our Shipping Protection program and promote the importance of offsetting carbon in e-commerce.

It’s Our Time

It’s our time to make a difference. Let’s work together on offsetting the carbon of all e-commerce shipments.