Manchester based bar and catering business Kro has teamed up with Foundation to ask customers to compensate for their carbon emissions and help fund community carbon reduction projects across Greater Manchester.

The United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP15) will be held in Copenhagen in December this year. To encourage customers in the Northwest to think about their carbon footprint, Kro, a Danish company and Foundation will be launching a campaign across all six venues in November.

Kro will be asking customers to donate to Foundation by giving one percent of the value of their bills when dining at their restaurants. These funds will go directly towards community projects across Greater Manchester that are helping to combat climate change, whilst advancing social justice and tackling problems like fuel poverty.

Kro will also contribute one percent of the value of each buffet ordered (the company takes around 500 orders each month through its catering arm) to Foundation.

Mark Ruby, Director of Kro, said: “We are really pleased to be taking part in this campaign. We feel strongly about reducing our carbon footprint and we wanted to do something to link in to the United Nations Conference in Copenhagen here in Greater Manchester. We hope this helps raise awareness of Foundation and how to address climate change.”