This document discusses carbon footprinting and reducing carbon emissions. It begins by explaining what carbon is and how carbon dioxide contributes to global warming. It then discusses worldwide legislation around reducing carbon emissions, including the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, Kyoto Protocol, and UK Climate Change Act. The document defines what a carbon footprint is and outlines the primary sources of emissions that make up an organization's carbon footprint. It provides examples of behavioral, policy, and technological changes that can help reduce an organization's carbon emissions and associated costs. The document concludes by discussing carbon offsetting and emphasizing the importance of measuring and reducing carbon footprints to meet legislative requirements and promote sustainable business practices.

1. Carbon Footprinting John Buckley Managing Director Carbon Footprint Ltd

2. Things to cover What is all this Carbon stuff? What are we (as a planet) doing about it? UK legislation Your business opportunities & benefits Your carbon footprint Reducing your impact (and costs) Workshop “How to calculate your businesses carbon footprint”

3. What is Carbon? The base for all life (as we know it) Graphite is soft and most common carbon allotrope Diamond is very hard & expensive! Coal and Oil (are carbon based) When burnt with air causes carbon dioxide to be emitted

4. What’s Carbon Dioxide (CO2) It’s a gas (at standard room temperature and pressure) We breathe it out Used by plants in photosynthesis Makes drinks fizz Colourless and odourless (in low concentrations) Trace gas in the Earth’s Atmosphere (0.039%) A Greenhouse Gas

5. Greenhouse Gases A “blanket” keeping our planet warm Without them Earth would be very different and too cold to support life (over 30oC colder)

6. Where is the CO2 coming from? 40% of gas emitted from Volcanoes is CO2 Volcanoes emit about 130 – 230 million tCO2 /year Human activity is about 130x that of volcanoes 27 billion tCO2/year Other natural sources emit about 1000x as much as volcanoes

8. The first international law to address climate change

10. Worldwide legislation EU Legislative Framework The EU agreed to a collective emissions reduction target of 8% under the first commitment period. EU member states were allocated differing targets The European Climate Change Program (ECCP) launched in 2000 to develop the EU’s strategy to implement the Kyoto protocol.

13. Committee on climate change.

16. Purchasing of allowances at £12 per tonne

17. Reducing emissions

20. Reduce company emissions

21. Early Preparation- Make the mistakes now without financial non compliance penalties

24. Customers and investors are becoming greener

25. Sales sustainability

26. tender requirements

27. competitors

29. Primary Carbon Footprint The primary footprint covers the carbon emissions which your company has direct responsibility for / has control over.

33. Forms a baseline emission level for comparisons to be set against in future years

35. Behavioural Changes Behavioural reductions can save 20% of company emissions with little to no investment costs. Turning off PC’s at night and over weekends can save £25 worth of energy per PC over a year. 20% of lighting costs can be saved by switching lights off when not required. 19% of lighting costs could be saved from better use of natural light A third of office energy can be consumed by air con –use natural ventilation where possible Reduce your heating by one degree and save 8% of energy. consider the barriers, motivators and triggers to initiate the change

38. Have your suppliers got ISO 14001

39. Have they calculated their carbon emissionsProcesses Examine your business processes – dept by dept

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42. Saves 34-56% energy (from switch start T8s)

43. Ballast life time of 50,000 hours

44. Lamp life time of 20,000 hours

48. Reduce energy costs and save money

49. Support CSR objectives

50. Promote a green company image to environmentally aware customers and investors. …It’s now time to measure your Carbon Footprint!

51. Workshop – How to calculate your business’s carbon footprint Dr Wendy Buckley Director Carbon Footprint Ltd.

52. Workshop Session Objective – Put into action what you’ve just heard Break into syndicate groups One Business Case Study each Home based ‘Start up’ Medium sized service industry Medium sized manufacturing company Syndicate Group work for 30 mins Scenarios and instructions provided Use look-up table provided . Ask if you need a calculator. Record answers on Flip-chart paper Report back & discuss with all for 30 mins Allocate you team spokesperson !