miljoFHS

We have been certified for our environmental management system. Think ISO 14000 – we have basically the same approach. We manage ground operations on the drop zone as evironmental freindly as possible. The certifcate did not cost us any money. Our club is not a business and all members put in work free of charge. We have had good use of the system in contact with neighbours and with local authorities. We are not CO2 neutral. Our plane produce approx 40 tons of CO2 per year. We have not calculated CO2 for all transports to and from the DZ. In our club we are discussing paying for CO2 emissions. We have not solved it yet. One solution could be to take CO2-fee of 2 kr per slot (approx 30 US dollars for 100 slots). That is a pee in the ocean. The fee could be tranferred to www.climatecare.org to reduce our carbon footprint. There are many other ways of course...

First skydive club in Sweden to be certified for actively adressing environmental issues. Smålands Fallskärmsklubb (Skydive Småland) certified as ”Green Sports Club – Golden Club” by Swedish Sports Confederation as of august 2008. Smålands Fallskärmsklubb has an environmental management system which includes environmental policy, analysis of environmental aspects and risk analysis, environmental objectives and measurable targets, information routines, complaints management, education för members, routines for handling wastes and chemicals etcetera. Firt skydive club in the world with any kind of environmental certificate? Comments to miljo@frifall.nu