Luca Schmadalla

Luca is a purpose-driven future mobility enthusiast, and HPC Delivery Manager at bp. Alongside fellow bp employee and OYW Ambassador Nick Lawson, Luca launched a new initiative, marrying bp’s carbon offsetting business with their employee benefits programme. Through 2020, they launched pilots in the UK, US and Germany with over 3,750 employees signing up to offset their personal carbon emissions. Better yet, bp supported the initiative by covering 50% of employee costs, as well as offsetting corporate aviation travel. The total carbon emissions offset in 2020 was 101,003 tonnes, achieved by supporting a range of carbon reduction and avoidance projects. These range from clean cookstoves in Mexico to forestry protection in Zambia, and biogas in China. Nick and Luca plan to develop the offer further, expanding the offer to bp employees globally and with a focus on how to reduce emissions.