Setting greenhouse gas reduction targets is like setting a destination on your company’s GPS. It ensures that important issues stay top of mind for senior management, guiding them in making decisions about what products to offer, which materials to use, and which technologies to adopt to effectively manage the company’s environmental impact. Imagine you’ve just […]
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Scope 1 Guide to EPA’s Simplified GHG Emissions Calculator
Introduction to the Calculator The EPA’s Simplified GHG Emissions Calculator is designed to help businesses of all sizes take control of their environmental impact. This user-friendly tool looks at both Scope 1 direct emissions and Scope 2 indirect emissions, providing a comprehensive view of your carbon footprint. Leveraging the calculator is essential for accurately tracking […]
Escaping Carbon Tunnel Vision: Seeing the Bigger Picture in Sustainability
Over the past 15 years, sustainability has evolved through a series of focal points: deforestation, the ozone layer’s recovery, melting ice caps. Each issue has commanded global attention at one time or another, reflecting the dynamic challenges of environmental stewardship. Today, however, the narrative is dominated by one metric: carbon. Reducing emissions, achieving net-zero, and […]
Scope 2 Guide to EPA’s Simplified GHG Emissions Calculator
Introduction to the Calculator The EPA’s Simplified GHG Emissions Calculator is designed to help businesses of all sizes take control of their environmental impact. This user-friendly tool looks at both Scope 1 direct emissions and Scope 2 indirect emissions, providing a comprehensive view of your carbon footprint. Leveraging the calculator is essential for accurately tracking […]
Making Time for the Planet’s Wellness: A Collective Responsibility
If we don’t make time for the planet’s wellness, we’ll be forced to make time for its illness. You may have heard the phrase, “If we don’t make time for our wellness, we’ll be forced to make time for our illness.” It’s a profound reminder of the importance of prioritizing self-care before the consequences of […]
Market-Based Emission Factors
Market-Based Methodology A market-based approach accounts for emissions based on the electricity companies have actively chosen or, in some cases, not chosen. The electricity purchased from specific providers may include fossil fuels, renewable, or other types of generation facilities. Market-based emissions are calculated using information from contractual agreements, which is any type of contract between […]
Guide to Net Zero
Imagine a giant balance scale. On one side of the scale, you have all the greenhouse gases (like carbon dioxide) that people release into the air by doing things like driving cars, making stuff in factories, and powering homes with fossil fuels.