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Prince of Wales Carbon Footprint

26 June 2007

The results of The Prince of Wales annual review will be released today. Although detailed figures have not been released – Best Foot Forward confidently predict that the vast majority of his carbon emissions will be attributable to foreign flights taken by The Prince and Duchess of Cornwall on official engagements. Craig Simmons, co-founder of Best Foot Forward is able to comment on Prince Charles’ carbon footprint, the actual figures, and what his HRH could do to reduce his carbon footprint further. Currently, Prince Charles’ footprint is equivalent to:

To driving 241 times around the equator in a V8 Land Rover
Or taking about 60,000 return trips from London to Highgrove in Tetbury: that is a return trip everyday for 165 years
Or taking about 12 return trips to the Moon driving a V8 Land Rover.

These are just a selection of our figures.

Prince Charles is well known for championing environmental issues (through everything from establishing Business in the Community - 25 years ago - to In Kind Direct - which distributes surplus goods to charities that might otherwise have been sent to landfill.

He has made many modifications to Clarence House, Highgrove and Birkhill to reduce the carbon footprint of these residences.

In 2006-07, HRH took 86 overseas trips. Many of these would have been in specially chartered aircraft mainly from the RAF 32 Squadron (also used by The Queen and the PM). Prince Charles' published accounts show that he expended almost Ł1.5m on air and rail travel in 06/07. In 2006-07, Their Royal Highnesses travelled 52,268 miles to and from official engagements in the UK and overseas. This figure includes 31,500 miles of overseas travel.

For example, Monday 19th February - Wednesday 28th February 2007

The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall visited Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates. Assuming that this was on a specially chartered aircraft, then emissions from this flight alone would have been in the order of 150 tonnes CO2.


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	Prince of Wales Carbon Footprint 26 June 2007 The results of The Prince of Wales annual review will be released today. Although detailed figures have not been released – Best Foot Forward confidently predict that the vast majority of his carbon emissions will be attributable to foreign flights taken by The Prince and Duchess of Cornwall on official engagements. Craig Simmons, co-founder of Best Foot Forward is able to comment on Prince Charles’ carbon footprint, the actual figures, and what his HRH could do to reduce his carbon footprint further. Currently, Prince Charles’ footprint is equivalent to: To driving 241 times around the equator in a V8 Land Rover Or taking about 60,000 return trips from London to Highgrove in Tetbury: that is a return trip everyday for 165 years Or taking about 12 return trips to the Moon driving a V8 Land Rover. These are just a selection of our figures. Prince Charles is well known for championing environmental issues (through everything from establishing Business in the Community - 25 years ago - to In Kind Direct - which distributes surplus goods to charities that might otherwise have been sent to landfill. He has made many modifications to Clarence House, Highgrove and Birkhill to reduce the carbon footprint of these residences. In 2006-07, HRH took 86 overseas trips. Many of these would have been in specially chartered aircraft mainly from the RAF 32 Squadron (also used by The Queen and the PM). Prince Charles' published accounts show that he expended almost Ł1.5m on air and rail travel in 06/07. In 2006-07, Their Royal Highnesses travelled 52,268 miles to and from official engagements in the UK and overseas. This figure includes 31,500 miles of overseas travel. For example, Monday 19th February - Wednesday 28th February 2007 The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall visited Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates. Assuming that this was on a specially chartered aircraft, then emissions from this flight alone would have been in the order of 150 tonnes CO2.
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