CO2Compensation
With the BOKU climate mitigation projects
If you want to compensate as a company, please contact: co2.kompensation@boku.ac.at
Please let us know the following information:
- Amount of CO2 in tons of CO2 equivalent that you want to offset
- The climate protection projectof your choice
- The billing address of the company
- The UID-number
CO2Compensation
Frequently Asked Questions
Yes. Your donation is a donation to a university and serves research purposes. It is therefore deductible from income tax. For private individuals, monetary donations are deductible up to 10% of the annual income. For companies, monetary donations are deductible up to 10% of the annual profit.
If you would like your donation to be automatically forwarded to the tax office, please confirm the relevant field in the compensation input mask. Please also state your date of birthand your name (exact wording as in the passport).
eg. First name_Last name_01/01/2000_Colombia
You can then keep this the same for each month.
- If your online banking system does not allow underscores, you can simply replace them with spaces.
- If you would like to leave the project selection to BOKU, simply indicate BOKU
and provide us with the above data.
Depending on the type of project, 90 to 100% of the donations flow directly into the BOKU climate protection projects and a maximum of 10% are used for administrative costs. This is made possible because the majority of the running costs for the administration of the compensation system are borne by the university.
You can read a detailed explanation of the calculation basis for greenhouse gas emissions from flights here .