Make Your Car Carbon Neutral with Cricks

We have partnered with Greenfleet, a leading not-for-profit environmental organisation protecting our climate by restoring our forests. Greenfleet plants native biodiverse forests to offset carbon emissions on behalf of individuals, businesses, and organisations to help fight the impacts of climate change.

Greenfleet is Australia’s first carbon offset provider, and since 1997, they have planted more than 10 million native trees across 550 biodiverse forests in Australia and New Zealand. Greenfleet forests address critical deforestation, capture carbon emissions to protect our climate, reduce soil erosion, improve water quality, and restore habitat for wildlife, including many endangered species. Their forests are legally protected for up to 100 years. 

Greenfleet forests are legally protected on-title for up to 100 years from land clearing, harvesting and house construction, even if the land is sold. They return regularly to each planting during the establishment phase to check the health and growth rate of the trees and look for signs of emerging forest complexity, such as forest birdlife. They also use aerial photography (including drones and satellite imagery) to track the development of their forests. Established Australian native forests are resilient and can survive dry periods, fire, and pests. If natural disasters such as fire, floods and drought, or browsing by animals such as rabbits or deer damage the trees that they have planted, they will replace them or replant in another area. Greenfleet continues to track the forest remotely (i.e. via satellite) and with on-the-ground visits over its lifetime.

Small cars include Kia Rio, Kia Picanto, Suzuki Swift, Suzuki Swift Sport, Suzuki Ignis, Renault Megane, Renault Captur, Skoda Fabia, Skoda Kamiq, Nissan Juke, Subaru Impreza, Fiat 500, Abart 695, Volkswagen Golf, Volkswagen Polo.

Medium cars include Mitsubishi ASX, Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross, Kia Seltos, Kia Cerato, Kia Stonic, Kia Stinger, Suzuki S-Cross, Renault Kangoo, Renault Arkana, Renault Koleos, Skoda Octavia, Skoda Karoq, Skoda Scala, Skoda Superb, Nissan X-Trail, Nissan Qashqai, Subaru Crosstrek, Subaru Forester, Subaru Outback, Subaru WRX, Subaru BRZ, Honda HR-V, Honda CR-V, Honda ZR-V, Honda Civic, Honda Accord, Alfa Romeo Tonale, Alfa Romeo Giulia Quadrifoglio, Alfa Romeo Giulia, Alfa Romeo Stelvio, Volkswagen T-Cross, Volkswagen Passat, Volkswagen Tiguan, Volkswagen Arteon, Volkswagen Caddy.

Large cars includes Mitsubishi Outlander, Kia Carnival, Kia Sportage, Kia Sorento, Suzuki Vitara, Renault Trafic, Renault Master Van, Skoda Kodiaq, Nissan Pathfinder, SsangYong Korando, Alfa Romeo Stelvio Quadrifoglio, Jeep Compass, Volkswagen Touareg, Volkswagen Crafter, Volkswagen Multivan, Volkswagen Transporter, Volkswagen California, Volkswagen T-Roc.

4WDs include Mitsubishi Pajero Sport, Mitsubishi Triton, Suzuki Jimny, Nissan Patrol, Nissan Navara, SsangYong Musso, SsangYong Rexton, RAM 1500 Limited, RAM 1500 TRX, RAM 1500 Express, RAM 2500 & 3500 Laramie, RAM 1500 Laramie, RAM 1500 Warlock, Jeep Grand Cherokee, Jeep Wrangler, Jeep Gladiator, Volkswagen Amarok.

EVs include Kia EV9, Kia EV6, Kia Niro EV, Renault Kangoo E-Tech, Renault Megane E-Tech, Nissan Leaf, Subaru Solterra.

Hybrids include Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross PHEV, Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV, Kia Sorento PHEV.

Cricks Noosa has committed to offsetting the carbon of all of our service loan vehicles, demo vehicles and all of our company vehicles, which is roughly 180-200 vehicles per year.

Yes you can! Contact the team via the contact form below and we will help you organise this.

Greenfleet plants legally protected native forests that remove carbon as they grow. We use the Full Carbon Accounting Model (FullCAM), developed by the CSIRO and approved by the Australian Government to monitor and measure the carbon uptake at each of our forests. While removing carbon, these biodiverse forests also deliver ecological benefits such as providing habitat to local wildlife, conserving biodiversity, improving the health of soils, and enhancing water quality and retention.

When you offset with Greenfleet, you are funding future reforestation projects that would not be possible without your support. You are helping plant new additional forests, which are legally protected and will draw down and capture the carbon you have offset as they grow.
This is Greenfleet’s approach to climate action. Supporters offset their emissions with us and fund future revegetation projects that will capture their emissions over the lifetime of the forest. This means our supporters are not only removing carbon from the atmosphere, but also funding long-term ecosystem restoration and mitigating biodiversity loss.
Conversely, carbon credits are typically derived from already completed projects and can vary greatly in quality and impact. The completed project is audited, and a number of ‘credits’ are produced as tradeable assets. Many carbon credits are based on calculations of ‘avoided’ carbon; for example, ‘avoided deforestation’ counts the carbon that will be saved by not cutting down an existing forest.
Old forests should be protected but Greenfleet does not support this ‘avoided’ carbon calculation approach.

All of Greenfleet’s projects are in Australia and New Zealand and are managed by our specialist Revegetation Team. Most of our projects based in Victoria, New South Wales, South Australia, and Queensland.

Greenfleet forests are legally protected via an on-title agreement for up to 100 years. This means the forests we plant are protected from land clearing, harvesting and house construction, even if the land is sold. This ensures that the forests planted can deliver on Greenfleet’s carbon obligation, as well as the ecological benefits that come from established native forests.

We return regularly to each planting during the establishment phase to check the health and growth rate of the trees and look for signs of emerging forest complexity, such as forest birdlife. We also use satellite imagery and drones where possible to add additional data.

100 years gives our forests a good head start, and we really hope that by the end of this century, the attitudes and policies that enable rapid deforestation will have changed.

There are significant resources and steps taken to apply a legal encumbrance on our forests. We hope our forests will continue to grow for many centuries to come, but in the meantime, we feel confident knowing they will take critical climate action and become well established for many generations.

Bushfires and drought are a reality in Australia and their impacts will continue to be exacerbated by climate change. The long-term solution is building resilient ecosystems that can regenerate in the face of these crises and cope long-term with these impacts. Established Australian native forests are resilient and can survive dry periods, fire, and pests.
As well as legally protecting Greenfleet forests for up to 100 years, if natural disasters such as fire, floods and drought occur, and intervention is required, we will replace them or replant in another area.

Greenfleet always plants a range of native species that will provide the right foundation for a complex forest to emerge.

We choose the appropriate local canopy and understory species for each bioregion, basing our planting plans on the government-approved best practice guidelines and referencing the local landscape. By including locally adaptive species in our planting, we ensure a resilient forest can thrive over the next 100 years.

We regularly plant between 20 and 50 unique species in a forest, which are always endemic to each specific site.

Whilst Electric Vehicles and Hybrids have lower emissions, they still have an impact where the energy used to charge the car comes from non-renewable sources.