Software giant SAP AG plans to cut its greenhouse gas emissions in half during the next decade as part of a broad sustainability initiative. The Walldorf, Germany-based company (NYSE: SAP) is striving for a 51% reduction of its direct and indirect emissions of carbon dioxide and other heat-trapping gases by 2020. Hitting the target would return SAP to its year-2000 emissions level of 250,000 metric tons of CO2.
In addition to slashing its carbon emissions, SAP plans to roll out software that would help its more than 80,000 customers in 120 countries track their energy consumption as well as manage environmental risks in their supply chains. The firms account for about 5 billion metric tons of greenhouse gases, which is one-sixth of the total amount generated by humans and 10,000 times the amount generated by SAP. Read on...
Monday, March 2, 2009
Friday, February 27, 2009
The Elephant in the Room: Carving Up Scope 3 Emissions Across a Value Chain
For a Fortune 1000 company today, it is easy to be casual about Scope 3 emissions. When it comes to measurement guidance, the World Resources Institute (WRI) and the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) GHG Protocol considers the quantification of Scope 3 emissions as optional when preparing an overall corporate GHG inventory.
As for current or pending regulation, it is unlikely that companies will be held accountable for their Scope 3 emissions. And when it comes to reputation, it is understandable that companies choose to ignore a category that typically represents an exponentially larger footprint than their Scope 1 and 2 emissions. Logical decisions all.
But in the aggregate, these decisions have led to three unintended effects: one pedantic, one peculiar and one perilous.... Check out the full article from Emma Stewart,Corporate Environmental Strategy Consultant.
As for current or pending regulation, it is unlikely that companies will be held accountable for their Scope 3 emissions. And when it comes to reputation, it is understandable that companies choose to ignore a category that typically represents an exponentially larger footprint than their Scope 1 and 2 emissions. Logical decisions all.
But in the aggregate, these decisions have led to three unintended effects: one pedantic, one peculiar and one perilous.... Check out the full article from Emma Stewart,Corporate Environmental Strategy Consultant.
Friday, February 13, 2009
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Ray Anderson on Sustainability
Ray Anderson is founder and chairman of Interface Inc., the world's largest manufacturer of modular carpet for commercial and residential applications and a leading producer of commercial broadloom and commercial fabrics.
He is "known in environmental circles for his advanced and progressive stance on industrial ecology and sustainability." Since 1995, he has reduced Interface's waste by a third, and plans to make the company sustainable by 2020.
He is "known in environmental circles for his advanced and progressive stance on industrial ecology and sustainability." Since 1995, he has reduced Interface's waste by a third, and plans to make the company sustainable by 2020.
Alex Steffen: "A Shpiel on Sustainability"
An intro to sustainability, its challenges and opportunities:
The Story of Stuff
From its extraction through sale, use and disposal, all the stuff in our lives affects communities at home and abroad, yet most of this is hidden from view. The Story of Stuff is a 20-minute, fast-paced, fact-filled look at the underside of our production and consumption patterns.
The Story of Stuff exposes the connections between a huge number of environmental and social issues, and calls us together to create a more sustainable and just world. It'll teach you something, it'll make you laugh, and it just may change the way you look at all the stuff in your life forever.
The Story of Stuff exposes the connections between a huge number of environmental and social issues, and calls us together to create a more sustainable and just world. It'll teach you something, it'll make you laugh, and it just may change the way you look at all the stuff in your life forever.
Tuesday, December 9, 2008
Carbon Footprint Reduction Services
There are numerous services that allow you to pay into a fund to offset your carbon footprint. But how does it actually work?
Let Carbon Foresight show you the right way of doing things.
Source: Thanks to 'the onion'
Let Carbon Foresight show you the right way of doing things.
Source: Thanks to 'the onion'
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