Telstra will be entering the retail energy market with a new carbon neutral offering that deviates away from it’s traditional product offerings.
Ben Burge is head of energy at Telstra and he provided some insight into the new venture for Telstra. There is yet to be a launch date and very little in terms of details around the product however it is expected to be green energy.
Burge indicates that the market would not be receptive to the product if it was not which was carbon neutral and environmentally friendly. Burge is a strong advocate for becoming carbon neutral with his previous stint at Belong driving the company to become the first telecommunications company to become carbon neutral.
Burge was critical of many companies who claimed to be carbon neutral by simply buying some carbon offsets to offset some of their emissions. Telstra, who became carbon Neutral this year, offset all of it’s scope 1 and 2 emissions as well as most of it’s scope 3 emissions. He also believes that it isn’t right that companies should ask their customers to pay an extra amount on top of their existing bill to offset further carbon. Companies should be taking the initiative and ensuring they offset the carbon themselves on behalf of all customers.
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