Penn's Partnership with Amtrak

Amtrak, a supporter of Penn's Green Purchasing initiative, is a Penn preferred travel contract supplier for rail travel. Penn faculty and staff can now use Amtrak to travel even greener. Through a new partnership between Amtrak and the Carbonfund, a Penn traveler can offset the carbon emissions footprint generated by their individual rail travel by making a voluntary contribution to Carbonfund.

As a partner with Carbonfund, Amtrak has joined numerous organizations and companies, along with other Carbonfund partners Discovery, Dell, Orbitz, Lancome, and Environmental Defense, working to create a lower carbon world. By supporting the projects of Carbonfund, passengers can support the reduction of carbon dioxide emissions equal to their carbon emissions. Carbonfund projects focus on three areas: renewable energy, energy efficiency and reforestation.

To contribute to this initiative, passengers can log onto Carbonfund and choose from one of two affordable options. Selections start at only $3.00, a contribution that offsets 2,500 miles of Amtrak travel, or almost three round trips between Washington and Boston. All contributions are tax deductible and may be made online. Passengers may request that their donation support a specific offset type, such as tree planting, or choose to just make a donation towards the efforts of Carbonfund.

Visit the Environment section of the Amtrak website for more information.

Please contact Susan Storb (746-4400) in Travel Services & Procurement Cards for more information on the partnership with Amtrak.