If you’re the environmentally conscious type (You are, aren’t you?), there’s good news on the plastic frontier: you can put your credit card to good use, helping to fund renewable energy projects and offset CO2 emissions.
Brighter Planet has teamed up with Bank of America to offer the Brighter Planet Visa credit card. For each dollar spent in purchases, card holders will earn an EarthSmart point. The points are then used to help renewable energy projects. Brighter Planet claims that every 1,000 points earned will offset a ton of carbon dioxide. That’s a pretty good reward for just doing what you do every day - shopping.
If Visa or Bank of America isn’t right for you, there are other options out there: Wells Fargo launched a similar program in April. GE launched its GE Money Earth Rewards Platinum MasterCard in July, though some have branded this gesture as ironic, since GE is basically helping to erase carbon footprints it helped create by supplying parts for coal-fired plants. And MetaBank offered its GreenPay MasterCard in August; rewards from this card go directly toward the purchase and retirement of carbon credit offsets. Overseas, Barclaycard offers a green credit card, nicknamed ‘Breathe’, which gives card holders discounts on home insulation, green energy, and holidays in the UK.
Brighter Planet has teamed up with Bank of America to offer the Brighter Planet Visa credit card. For each dollar spent in purchases, card holders will earn an EarthSmart point. The points are then used to help renewable energy projects. Brighter Planet claims that every 1,000 points earned will offset a ton of carbon dioxide. That’s a pretty good reward for just doing what you do every day - shopping.
If Visa or Bank of America isn’t right for you, there are other options out there: Wells Fargo launched a similar program in April. GE launched its GE Money Earth Rewards Platinum MasterCard in July, though some have branded this gesture as ironic, since GE is basically helping to erase carbon footprints it helped create by supplying parts for coal-fired plants. And MetaBank offered its GreenPay MasterCard in August; rewards from this card go directly toward the purchase and retirement of carbon credit offsets. Overseas, Barclaycard offers a green credit card, nicknamed ‘Breathe’, which gives card holders discounts on home insulation, green energy, and holidays in the UK.
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