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Carbon Footprint Tracker

Calculate your carbon footprint
See the impact of your spending

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How does our Carbon Footprint Tracker work?
How can I reduce my carbon footprint?
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Try our carbon footprint tracker

With our carbon footprint tracker you'll be able to see the impact of your spending in our app. We've teamed up with carbon footprint experts, Cogo, to show you an estimate of your carbon footprint plus ideas on how you could start reducing it. 

Carbon Footprint Tracker is within the Spending feature in our app. Spending available to customers aged 16+ who have a Personal or Premier account with us. App available to customers aged 11+ using compatible iOS and Android devices and a UK or international mobile number in specific countries.

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How does our Carbon Footprint Tracker work?

How we calculate your footprint

Your carbon footprint calculation is a best estimate as we can only see your whole transaction amount, and not your basket level data. For example, if you spend £50 on grocery shopping, we will not know the individual items you have purchased.

Converting £s to kg CO2

Each transaction amount is multiplied by an emissions factor (EFs) per industry category to calculate the carbon footprint of that purchase.  So, if you spend £15 on a dress at an average high-street retailer, that could equate to a footprint of 16kg CO2. The same £15 spent on a dress from a charity shop could have a lower footprint of around 4kg CO2.

What you'll see in our app

You will be able to view your monthly, estimated carbon footprint and broken down by category. So you can then start to see the impact of every purchase you make on the environment. We'll also share some ideas for changes you could make to start reducing your footprint too.

Questions about carbon footprint tracker

Get started with Carbon Footprint Tracker

Do you have our mobile app?

Download the app

  1. On your mobile or tablet, open the camera and point your device at the QR code
  2. A link will pop up, tap this, and you’ll be taken straight to download the app

 

Not able to scan the QR code? 

You can still download the app by following the below instructions

  1. On your mobile or tablet, go to the App Store if using Apple or Google Play if using Android
  2. Search for 'Royal Bank of Scotland'
  3. Tap to download the app 

1.   On your mobile or tablet, go to the App Store if using Apple or Google Play if using Android

2.   Search for 'Royal Bank of Scotland'

3.   Tap to download the app 

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Start tracking your carbon footprint today.

Get our iOS app

Start tracking your carbon footprint today.

Then follow these steps to get setup:

  1. 01

    Log in to your Royal Bank of Scotland app

  2. 02

    Navigate to the 'Spending' tab at the bottom of your home screen

  3. 03

    Tap 'My Footprint' and follow the short on-screen instructions to get started

That's it. You're ready to start tracking your carbon footprint.

Follow these three steps to get setup

  1. 01

    Log in to our Royal Bank of Scotland app

  2. 02

    Navigate to the 'Spending' tab at the bottom of the home screen

  3. 03

    Tap 'My Footprint' and follow the short on-screen instructions to get started

That's it. You're ready to start tracking your carbon footprint.

How can I reduce my carbon footprint?

The average monthly carbon footprint in the UK is approximately 1,000kgs. To help reduce the impacts of climate change, scientists recommend that by 2030 we should aim to reduce our carbon footprints to around 180kgs (Cogo, 2021).

For ideas, take a look at our Climate hub to see ways you could reduce your carbon footprint.

Visit Climate Hub