April 13, 2018
10 ways to reduce your business carbon footprint
Businesses – however big or small – can really influence the way they operate in order to cut their carbon footprint
Reduce your business carbon footprint and benchmark against competitors
Our carbon footprint service measures the direct and indirect impacts that your company has on the environment. This is determined by the level of greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) that your operational activities generate. Emissions are usually defined under three categories, or ‘scopes’ 1, 2, and 3. The scopes help to systematically define different emission areas for a corporation and are a useful tool that is widely utilised in reporting.
Carbon footprinting is a pivotal step in understanding your organisation’s contribution to global warming. By measuring and controlling your GHG emissions, you can reduce the impact your organisation has on the environment whilst improving your sustainability credentials.
Reducing your business’s carbon footprint will help you identify ways to reduce costs and operational risks. You will be running your organisation sustainably and profitably, and rest assured that you will have minimised your operational risks whilst complying with legal requirements.
Becoming a company with “green credentials” will drive more talented individuals to your organisation. Statistics show that 92% of young employees prefer to work in purpose-driven organisations.
By showcasing that your organisation cares about people and planet, you can gain the trust of your employees and clients, whilst increasing brand reputation amongst stakeholders.
Green Element will calculate and analyse your business carbon footprint by measuring the consumption data of your head office and as many other sites as you wish within your business. The data gathering includes:
Once that step is complete, we will identify your organisation’s ‘carbon hotspots’ detailing where your largest impacts come from, and where the biggest reduction efforts need to be made. Reporting is generally done annually to allow for continuous improvements to be made.
You can measure your own carbon footprint using Compare Your Footprint, one of the most cost-effective and comprehensive carbon calculation tool for measuring and reducing your organisation’s carbon footprint.
You will spend less time measuring your carbon footprint and more time reducing it. This software will calculate your entire carbon footprint, hassle-free and accurately. You can include the results across your sustainability, financial and regulatory reporting requirements.
All you do is upload your consumption data, such as electricity, gas, waste, water, and more. Compare Your Footprint will calculate your organisation’s scope 1,2 and 3 emissions. You can track your emissions and progress over time and compare your carbon footprint against others in your industry.
Energy benchmarking enables us to identify poor performance in clients’ key operational areas. It also provides a solid foundation from which Green Element can recommend efficiency and cost-saving improvements and track the effectiveness of your environmental strategy implementation.
Carbon benchmarking allows cross-industry comparison on energy-efficiency ratings – a vital data point against which you can measure your progress and that of your competitors.
