Carbon Footprint Management

The Long Run, 27 May 2015

1. Introduction

2. Main concepts

3. Tools and next steps

4. Questions/comments

Content

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Introduction

Kilimanjaro 2000

Decreasing snow cover and melting glaciers

“Warming of the climate system is unequivocal, as is now evident from observations of increases in global average air and ocean temperatures, widespread melting of snow and ice, rising global average sea level and more extreme weather events” (IPCC)

• Best Management Practises

• Internal communication

• Public reporting upon carbon footprint and reduction efforts

• Carbon neutral claims

• Eco-branding

Transparency & Communication

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concepts

Setting boundaries for your carbon footprint (1)

Choose your base year:

•Representative

•No more the 24 month back in time

•Consider former reduction initiatives

Setting boundaries for your carbon footprint (2)

Organizational boundaries:

•Control: – Operational control: all activities under your operational control

i.e.activities over which your have direct influence.– Financial control: ability to direct the financial and operating

policies with a view to gaining economic benefits from its activities

•Equity share– GHG emissions from operations according to its share of equity

in the operation– Normally be the same as the ownership percentage

Setting boundaries for your carbon footprint (3)

Operational boundaries (scopes):

•Scope 1: Direct GHG emission– From sources that are owned or controlled by the company

• Scope 2: Electricity indirect GHG emission– Generation of purchased electricity2 consumed by the

company

• Scope 3: Other indirect GHG emission– A consequence of the activities of the company, but occur from

sources not owned or controlled by the company

Identify emissions for your corporate footprint

Activity data (e.g. km travelled)

 

Emission factor (e.g. for car travel)

Quantity of tCO2e emissions

Calculation principle

Data examples• kWh electricity consumption• liters of heating oil• Biofuel used in fuel boiler• Miles driven in the company car• Number of miles driven in bus• Number of miles traveled by plane for business purposes• Tons of waste from production send to energy production

CO2eUniversal measuring unit for comparison of greenhouse gases relative to their impact on global warming

Definition: data that is not specific to the company’s activities. Data which is estimated or calculated (may be based on assumptions and modeling)

Examples:

• Industry average of emissions per electricity and heat per m2 office

• Financial data: expenses associated with travel

• Proxy data: per diem as an expression of hotel nights

Definition: The specific data from processes taking place or being undertaken by the company itself

Examples:

• Energy meter reading

• Number of kilometers and means of transport

• Use of heat from heating bills

• Actual km product transport by tansport company

• Actual number of business flights and destination

The basic rule is: always use primary data when possible!

Primary vs. Secondary data

Data collection

• Meter readings

• Bills

• Engaging with employees – i.e. though questionares

• Yearly data collection sheets

• Reports from payment and fanancial systems

• Enquiries to sub-suppliers, contractors and service providers

Excluded emissions from your carbon footprint

• Estimated to be insignificant • Overly costly to calculate• No existing technical knowledge about emissions or LCA• High data uncertainty• Ability to gather reliable data and influence CO2 reduction deemed low

Remember: All exclusions must be described and justified

Definition: The breakdown of data from one process or activity in different outputs, each with its own emissions

Allocation of data

Examples: • Several products

• Several waste outputs

• Recyclable input/output

• Transport processes

Data quality: criteria

• Completeness

• Technological representativeness

• Geographic representativeness

• Timely representativeness

• Uncertainty

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next steps

NEPCon Carbon Footprint Management: The basic 8 steps

Carbon Footprint Management Plan

Detailed presentation on 28 July 2015

Note that NEPCon CFM standard is open source!!

EQI: Evolution carbon calculator

Detailed presentation in Sept ‘15

Questions?Comments?

Thanks!!

Contact:Mateo Cariño FraisseForest and Climate Programmes ManagerEmail: mcf@nepcon.net