The Purchasing function is at the heart of the company's operations. The implementation of responsible purchasing is an effective lever for implementing sustainable development and a policy of social responsibility (CSR) within the organization.
How do I calculate my Carbon Inventory?
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The carbon footprint opens up international opportunities
According to François Lamotte, Associate Director at Altios France, in order to encourage economic decision-makers to invest more in clean energy or low-carbon technologies and less in GHG-emitting technologies, some countries have decided to put an economic value on the emission of a ton of CO2.
The GHG assessment also means reducing as much as possible and compensating seriously!
The inventory of greenhouse gases of an organization through a GHG assessment allows to visualize the important emission points. Once these hot spots are identified, it is important to reduce them as much as possible.
It is easy to identify and qualify the emission items, and to determine an action plan to reduce them.
What is the Bilan Carbone (greenhouse gas emissions assessment)?
The Bilan Carbone® calculates all the greenhouse gas emissions of a company. Carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide... emissions of several types of gases are reviewed. The objective of this approach for a company is to have a precise idea of its carbon footprint.
The carbon footprint is an extra-financial indicator for business leaders
Benoit Desveaux, co-founder of the Hopscotch Group makes a point: France has made a commitment with its national low carbon strategy to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The Paris Agreement calls for a reduction in global warming to less than 2 degrees by 2050. Companies have a big role to play.
Carbon markets
There are two types of carbon market: the regulated market, also called the compliance market, which depends on the regulatory obligations arising from the Kyoto Protocol; and the voluntary market, which allows people to voluntarily offset their GHG emissions.
Direct and indirect emissions: Mapping of SCOPES 1, 2 and 3 according to the GHG Protocol
Doing a carbon inventory gives an account of the carbon footprint of an organization. It allows for the quantification of all greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions directly or indirectly generated by an organization.
CO2 emissions by sector of activity
The GHG assessment is the identification and the precise quantification, complete and in accordance with the regulations, of the greenhouse gas emissions of a company or an organization, in order to find ways to reduce them.
To be effective, the carbon footprint must take into account the company's sector of activity.
The carbon footprint, the heart of the strategy of sustainable companies
According to Philippe Mangeard, the carbon footprint can be the starting point of a new organization of the company decided collectively and baptized with a nice word: low carbon strategy. What we also need to understand is that we cannot reduce our carbon footprint alone within the company, we need to involve our ecosystem.
Differences between GHG and Carbon Footprints
Any company that is interested in carrying out a Greenhouse Gas Emissions Assessment will have heard two terms: Carbon Footprint and GHG Footprint. Although they have a similar approach, i.e. the accounting of greenhouse gases emitted by an entity or organization for its activities, there are particularities that differentiate them, such as the definition of the scope of accounting of emissions.Â
How to improve your carbon footprint through the circular economy?
Global Climate Initiatives was created in 2012 to allow everyone, whether a company or a community, to simply and autonomously carry out their own carbon footprint, and thus detect ways to reduce their emissions.
The Circular Economy is part of these good solutions, and also brings a number of very appreciable societal benefits.
How to better understand the carbon inventory?
Adaptation to climate change is necessary to respond to the emergency, but mitigation is essential to limit the costs of adaptation.
Carry out your company's carbon inventory with the CGI platform
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