Diagram of the carbon cycle. The 
million GtC of carbonate rock and 

black numbers indicate how much 
kerogen. 

carbon is stored in various 
reservoirs, in billions of tons 
("GtC" stands for GigaTons of 
Carbon and figures are circa 
2004). The dark blue numbers 
indicate how much carbon moves 
between reservoirs each year. The 
sediments, as defined in this 
diagram, do not include the ~70 
Trees can store CO2
About 30 years ago, a new forest west of Co-
penhagen was planted. During the growths of
this forest, the Research Centre for Forests and
Landscape and the Veterinary and Agricultural
University have investigated how quickly the
wood build a stock of CO2.

Beech wood in ton CO2

in 20 years 0,205 ton CO2
in 70 years 2.48 ton CO2
in 100 years 6.08 ton CO2

Norway spruce ton CO2

in 20 years 0,061 CO2
in 70 years 4,300 CO2
A short introduction to 
Meaning that in Torm with our 1.8 mill ton CO2
CO2 and it’s influence 
a year, we needed to plant 175.609.756 trees,
with a density of 600 pr square km, it would be on the environment. 
an area of 292.683 km2 or the same area as
the Philippine, or 6,8 times Denmark, or 0,08
time India.

(and this is without growth of our company)

Quite a bit !

So realistic—we do need to find some savings,

CO2 credits (indulgence) is not an option.
 CO2—an short introduction to Carbon Dioxide
CO2 in General
Carbon dioxide, with the chemical formula
CO2 is one of the main building blocks of all
the plants are the basis for most life on earth.
CO2 has a chemical structure of a molecule
composed of one carbon atom and two oxy-
gen atoms.
CO2 is a greenhouse gas that helps keep the
Earth at a suitable temperature, where we
can live
CO2 has become a symbol on Global Warm-
ing, as the gas has an effect on the global
climate.
The threat has a colossal scale, since it can
affect the Earth's climate and thus alter the
living conditions for both humans, animals
and plants worldwide.
The problem with CO2 is that when we burn
fossil fuels in order to generate energy, we
emit 3,2 times the fuel in CO2, and the natural
mechanisms that can remove CO2 from the
atmosphere, have not grown but declined
through the last 200 years.
Forrest clearings have removed vast areas of
forest, which is one way naturally to change
CO2 to Oxygen.
When CO2 is at the earth, under normal tem-
peratures, CO2 is a gas. You can not see it
because it is colorless. You can not smell it
because it is odorless and it is completely
harmless in natural quantities.
CO2 chemical structure gives it the special
property that it can absorb heat radiation. It
is precisely this characteristic that makes
that CO2 acts as a greenhouse gas.
CO2 is the end product of any combustion
of materials containing carbon, such as all
the fuels that are formed from things that
lived once. The fossil mineral fuels such as
coal, oil and gas, which are formed by living
organisms for millions of years ago. Biologi-
cal fuels such as wood, straw and corn
have in turn been living and growing organ-
isms shortly before being burned.
Digestion/putrefaction of animals and plants
substances is a different kind of combus-
tion, which just takes place at a much lower
temperature.
Also the breathing of air by humans and
animals will produce CO2
However as long as the plants grow they
take up in turn more CO2 through photosyn-
thesis than they emit through the digestion
of substance.
Carbons natural lifecycle
CO2 does not disappear from the Earth and
its atmosphere. It runs in the form of carbon
around in a loop/cycle between atmosphere,
ocean and soil.
Today the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere is
increasing. This means that CO2's greenhouse
effect becomes larger. This means again that
the balance of energy in the Earth and it’s at-
mosphere moves. It is this changing balance
which can lead to changes in Earth's climate.
To assess how the amount of CO2 may de-
velop in the future, it is therefore crucial to un-
derstand the carbon cycle. Otherwise we can
not know how we can influence this develop-
ment.
The global cycle
The overall global carbon cycle that controls
the atmospheric content of CO2 consists of two
parts or cycles.
There is a so called geochemical cycles. In this
cycle the transport of carbon between atmos-
phere, land surface and oceans will be ad-
justed over a period of millions of years.
The second cycle is the biological cycle, this
cycle consists of plants, animals and other or-
ganisms which forms and break down organic
material, and either use or dispose CO2