Comments on: LifeStraw to Get Carbon Offset Funds for Cleaning Water

By: Alden Kurt

Alden Kurt — Mon, 29 Nov 2010 21:20:36 +0000

There is a reputation sometimes associated with the maker/seller that the LifeStraw itself is a broad confidence scam. Kyoto, what used to be called Global Warming, and the burgeoning Chicago Climate Exchange as necessary for a practical business model, especially vs. a political one, surely (and I think inadvertently) add to those suspicions…

By: Susan Kraemer

Susan Kraemer — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 15:59:13 +0000

Thanks, will correct.

By: Elisabeth Wilhelm

Elisabeth Wilhelm — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 15:15:02 +0000

Thanks very much for the kind mention, however there are a few items I wanted to clarify:

1. Vestergaard Frandsen is not a non-profit. We are a for-profit company committed to developing products designed to keep people in the developing world healthy.

2. We sell LifeStraw and our other products to NGOs, governments, aid agencies, and companies for their CSR programs to be used as part of major public health campaigns and in complex emergencies such as in Haiti and Pakistan. This carbon credit approach for LifeStraw is a new venture we are excited to take part in, but it is not our only business model.

If you have any further questions, feel free to email media@vestergaard-frandsen.com