As climate concerns are being raised in the business community, through various brilliant campaigns such as B Corps’ Climate Collective Campaign, our role to help businesses understand what Net Zero means and how to get there, is becoming a crucial part of our business impact model and is intrinsic to creating positive climate action. Our approach to […]
In October 2018 the IPCC published a special report highlighting the need for us to stay below 1.5 degrees warming compared to pre-industrial times. Since this announcement, a plethora of campaigns and policies have been put forward across the globe, some more pertinent than others, to achieve zero emissions. Recently Germany passed a bill to […]
The need to stabilize greenhouse gases in the earth’s atmosphere is the great environmental challenge of this century. Approximately two-thirds of the total increase in atmospheric CO2 is the result of burning fossil fuels, with the remainder coming from soil loss due to land use change, such as deforestation for food production [1]. Soil loss […]
Each year the UK government publishes an updated set of greenhouse gas emissions factors for calculating carbon emissions for a range of activities and processes. Compare Your Footprint uses this set of average carbon factors for UK-based organisations, and where relevant also for some international operations, in the GHG Protocol average data method. What’s New […]
What are carbon emissions? Carbon emissions are made up of Carbon Dioxide which is a greenhouse gas. When carbon dioxide gas is released into the atmosphere, the carbon dioxide molecules trap heat from the sun which warms our planet. To sustain life on earth we need greenhouse gases, without any the planet’s surface temperature would […]
The Smiley Movement is a not for profit organisation sponsored by a retail company called Smiley. They put on events for people to attend free of charge in order to tackle big issues in society and raise awareness. On Wednesday evening they hosted an event named ‘The Road to Net Zero,’ where various organisations spoke […]
When calculating an organisation’s carbon footprint, business travel contributes a significant amount to the final figure. Although this may not come as a shock, it does present opportunities to implement changes to achieve reductions. Initiatives like The Science Based Targets actual emission reductions are essential. Purchasing offsetting, does not count towards achieving Science Based Targets. 1. Avoid […]
How will The Guardian achieve net zero emissions by 2030? Green Element will help The Guardian to assess their carbon footprint and implement a plan to achieve their inspiring target of net zero by 2030. The Guardian understands that the climate crisis is the most urgent issue of our time. This is demonstrated by the […]
The GHG Protocol is the internationally recognised emissions reporting standard for business carbon accounting. Scope 1, 2, and 3 emissions Scope 1: direct emissions from owned or controlled sources. Scope 2: indirect emissions from the generation of purchased energy. Scope 3: all indirect emissions (not included in scope 2) that occur in the value chain […]
Hot off the press are the new 2019 UK Defra carbon conversion factors download – the full set of which you can download fast HERE These are UK government carbon conversion factors for use from June 2019 onwards. Need help applying the 2019 UK Defra carbon conversion factors? Need help or advice about when and […]