Danish company distributes water filters in Kenya

KENYA — Danish company Vestergaard Frandsen is distributing nearly 1 million water filters to people in Kenya as part of its “Carbon for Water” initiative,NTDTV.com reported.

However, the initiative isn’t simply an act of charity. The company plans to use carbon financing to make the scheme pay, the article stated.

“By getting everybody to filter water, less water will be boiled, by boiling less water less firewood will be burnt and less trees will be chopped,” explained Mikkel Vestergaard, CEO of Vestergaard Frandsen. “We expect, actually, we are able to reduce the emission of CO₂ by between 2 and 2.5 million tons per year. When we’re audited then we get an audited report issued and that is when we can start selling those 2 to 2.5 million tons of emission reduction as carbon credit.”