GLASGOW, SCOTLAND - September 24, 2007 - One of Scotland's newest estate agencies, Jacob & Jones, today announced that it will offset its carbon emissions with Carbonfund.org. This makes the Glasgow company, which specialises in providing quality, affordable home-selling services across Glasgow, the first CarbonFreeâ„¢ estate agency in Scotland. By supporting renewable energy, reforestation and energy efficiency projects, Carbonfund.org will offset the company's equivalent amount of carbon emissions.

John Wilson, company director, said: "When we set up Jacob & Jones last year we were determined to be true to our principles and be as environmentally responsible as possible, which is why we do most of our marketing online and our company cars are 'smart cars'. As well as reducing our carbon emissions in these practical ways, we have signed up with Carbonfund.org so that we can go one step further and offset the emissions that we can't avoid.

"Global warming affects us all and we can all make a difference by reducing and offsetting our carbon emissions. Hopefully, by being the first estate agency in Scotland to commit to being carbon neutral, we will lead the way and encourage others in the property industry to do the same.

"Global warming is a global problem, so it is with great pleasure that we welcome our first Scottish company into our CarbonFree partner list," said Steve Offutt, COO of Carbonfund.org. "We hope their leadership will spur others to follow suit."

Jacob & Jones is a growing company which has offices in the East End and South Side of Glasgow. They offer an affordable, quality estate agency service that allows vendors to get optimum market exposure so that their properties sell for the maximum price for a fixed fee.

Carbonfund.org is a non-profit organisation whose goal is to make carbon offsets and climate protection easy, affordable and a normal way of life for every individual and business. Carbonfund.org promotes affordable carbon reduction strategies and supports renewable energy, energy efficiency and reforestation projects that reduce and offset carbon dioxide emissions. Carbonfund.org combines education and outreach with affordable high-quality carbon offsets to help drive the price of clean technology down. The financial support from these offsets will then help to continue the development of clean, renewable domestic sources of energy.

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Carbonfund.org (www.carbonfund.org) reduces the threat of climate change by making it easy and affordable for any individual or business to reduce their carbon footprint and support climate-friendly projects. With its easy-to-use calculator, low offset cost per ton of CO2, and certified offset projects, Carbonfund.org is proving that anyone can reduce their impact on climate change easily and efficiently. Carbonfund.org is a nationally recognized 501(c)(3) nonprofit business, and a member of the EPA's Green Power Network, the Chicago Climate Exchange, and Ceres. Carbonfree and "Reduce what you can, offset what you can't" are trademarks of the Carbonfund.org Foundation.

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