A new app is promising to reveal the climate impact of our spending choices, by analysing people’s bank transactions. While Motu isn't involved with the CoGo app, its free emissions data for New Zealand households is likely to feed into the footprints the app generates. Ben Gleisner/Supplied A screenshot from the CoGo app shows CEO Ben Gleisner's climate impact spiking when he flew to New Zealand from London in March. We’ve got fat content (on labels), we’ve got sugar content, we need carbon content to come in, too." But most people could cut their climate impact simply by buying less, and making different choices about discretionary items.

Source: Stuff June 22, 2020 16:52 UTC