You know what sustainability is, and you probably know that it's in the best interest of the planet that we all pay attention to how we go about it. Here are a few ways to reduce your carbon footprint at work.
If you sit all day you're actually shortening your life. When you get round shoulders your every breath becomes more shallow. Your body responds like its in a stressed state and releases more hormones as a natural survival instinct.... A constant release of these hormones is very damaging to our health! So if you have to sit at a desk all day, this will certainly help with your posture!
This document provides an overview of carbon footprints and activities to teach about them. It defines a carbon footprint as a measure of greenhouse gases produced per year. Primary carbon footprints are directly from energy consumption while secondary are from consumed products. Examples are classified as primary or secondary. A person's carbon footprint is examined, with the highest from home energy use. Suggestions to reduce the footprint include using less private transport and flights. A musical task examines classifying trains as a primary or secondary carbon footprint.
Carbon footprint, cause and ways to reduce itAashuutoshh
Carbon is essential for life but also a major cause of climate change when released from burning fossil fuels. A carbon footprint measures the greenhouse gas emissions from our daily activities like transportation, electricity use, diet and consumer goods. Reducing individual carbon footprints through actions like using less energy, recycling more, driving less, eating a plant-based diet, and purchasing carbon offsets can collectively help address the global climate change crisis.
A carbon footprint is a measure of the greenhouse gases produced through human activities, such as the use of electricity, transportation, and production of goods. It is quantified as the amount of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases emitted. An individual, organization, or nation's carbon footprint can be calculated through a greenhouse gas emissions assessment. Strategies to reduce carbon footprints include technological advances, process improvements, carbon offsetting projects, and decreasing energy usage or reliance on carbon-intensive fuels.
IND-2012-72 SBS Bithala -Effort to Reduce Carbon Footprinticandfc
The students of Satya Bharti School in Bithala, Haryana organized activities to raise awareness about reducing carbon emissions and promoting environmental protection in their community. They held ward meetings, performed street plays, and organized a large awareness rally to encourage villagers to use public transport, plant more trees, and adopt more sustainable practices. These efforts were well-received and over 1,000 trees were subsequently planted. The students now plan further activities over the next three months to ensure lasting behavior change.
This document discusses ways to reduce one's carbon footprint through transportation choices like carpooling and choosing more fuel-efficient vehicles. Carpooling just 2 days a week can cut greenhouse gas emissions by 1,600 pounds per year. Transportation requires burning fossil fuels, which releases carbon dioxide and other gases that cause climate change. The suggestion is made to carpool in order to lower individual environmental impact.
What can you do to lower your carbon footprint? What can you do beyond your family’s footprint that will make a difference? Elton Sherwin’s presentation to the Century Club of California
Can carbon footprint contribute to sustainability projects webinar gaia_educa...Gaia Education
Webinar giving an overview of current responses to climate change, including carbon on & offsetting. Find out how to measure and reduce our carbon footprint, how to acknowledge the costs of these impacts and generate funds that can effectively contribute to any sustainability project. Daniel Greenberg, founder of Earth Deeds, in collaboration with Gaia Education are committed to educating active change agents who use their skills, relationships, and resources to create sustainable communities and a healthy planet. This is the first of a series of webinars on sustainability design that covers the four dimensions of the Gaia Education Curriculum: social, ecological, economic and worldview. more information: www.gaiaeducation.net
If you sit all day you're actually shortening your life. When you get round shoulders your every breath becomes more shallow. Your body responds like its in a stressed state and releases more hormones as a natural survival instinct.... A constant release of these hormones is very damaging to our health! So if you have to sit at a desk all day, this will certainly help with your posture!
This document provides an overview of carbon footprints and activities to teach about them. It defines a carbon footprint as a measure of greenhouse gases produced per year. Primary carbon footprints are directly from energy consumption while secondary are from consumed products. Examples are classified as primary or secondary. A person's carbon footprint is examined, with the highest from home energy use. Suggestions to reduce the footprint include using less private transport and flights. A musical task examines classifying trains as a primary or secondary carbon footprint.
Carbon footprint, cause and ways to reduce itAashuutoshh
Carbon is essential for life but also a major cause of climate change when released from burning fossil fuels. A carbon footprint measures the greenhouse gas emissions from our daily activities like transportation, electricity use, diet and consumer goods. Reducing individual carbon footprints through actions like using less energy, recycling more, driving less, eating a plant-based diet, and purchasing carbon offsets can collectively help address the global climate change crisis.
A carbon footprint is a measure of the greenhouse gases produced through human activities, such as the use of electricity, transportation, and production of goods. It is quantified as the amount of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases emitted. An individual, organization, or nation's carbon footprint can be calculated through a greenhouse gas emissions assessment. Strategies to reduce carbon footprints include technological advances, process improvements, carbon offsetting projects, and decreasing energy usage or reliance on carbon-intensive fuels.
IND-2012-72 SBS Bithala -Effort to Reduce Carbon Footprinticandfc
The students of Satya Bharti School in Bithala, Haryana organized activities to raise awareness about reducing carbon emissions and promoting environmental protection in their community. They held ward meetings, performed street plays, and organized a large awareness rally to encourage villagers to use public transport, plant more trees, and adopt more sustainable practices. These efforts were well-received and over 1,000 trees were subsequently planted. The students now plan further activities over the next three months to ensure lasting behavior change.
This document discusses ways to reduce one's carbon footprint through transportation choices like carpooling and choosing more fuel-efficient vehicles. Carpooling just 2 days a week can cut greenhouse gas emissions by 1,600 pounds per year. Transportation requires burning fossil fuels, which releases carbon dioxide and other gases that cause climate change. The suggestion is made to carpool in order to lower individual environmental impact.
What can you do to lower your carbon footprint? What can you do beyond your family’s footprint that will make a difference? Elton Sherwin’s presentation to the Century Club of California
Can carbon footprint contribute to sustainability projects webinar gaia_educa...Gaia Education
Webinar giving an overview of current responses to climate change, including carbon on & offsetting. Find out how to measure and reduce our carbon footprint, how to acknowledge the costs of these impacts and generate funds that can effectively contribute to any sustainability project. Daniel Greenberg, founder of Earth Deeds, in collaboration with Gaia Education are committed to educating active change agents who use their skills, relationships, and resources to create sustainable communities and a healthy planet. This is the first of a series of webinars on sustainability design that covers the four dimensions of the Gaia Education Curriculum: social, ecological, economic and worldview. more information: www.gaiaeducation.net
Eco-Engineering The Grass IsAlways GreenerYes, the .docxjack60216
Eco-Engineering: The Grass Is
Always Greener
Yes, the title of this chapter has a dual meaning. Among senior execu-tives at global corporations, eco-engineering is already seen as astrategic imperative—even though the practice of eco-engineering is
not yet clearly understood by engineers. At the same time, many companies
feel constant pressure to prove that their “green” initiatives are greener than
their competitors’, leading to an upward spiral in greenwashing.
The net result is confusion. It can be difficult for engineers, executives, and
consumers to distinguish between an environmentally responsible project and
a plain old-fashioned PR grab. If you’re an engineer who’s really interested
in making a positive environmental impact, what should you focus on? Here
are a few suggestions, based on lessons learned from the real world of eco-
engineering.
Carbon Neutrality: Good Start but Not Enough
Corporate sustainability leaders tend to be a collaborative group. They are
open to sharing ideas, swapping stories, and growing their networks of col-
leagues in other companies. And that’s a great thing, because those of us who
deal with corporate sustainability on a daily basis know we’re in uncharted
territory and that we’re all learning as we go. We understand it’s in every-
one’s best interest if the overall economy becomes more sustainable. After all,
when it comes to climate changes there aren’t winners and losers—ultimately
we’ll either all win or all lose.
117
11
For example, let’s say your company magically reduces the environmental
impact of its operations to nothing so that you’re able to deliver your products
and services with no impact of any kind. But in the excitement your company
decides that you have created such a big advantage through your eco-effective-
ness that you better keep it a secret and not share your magic with anyone else.
In this case, how much better off is the world? Does erasing the impact of one
company make a big difference? Unfortunately, no.
Which brings us to the subject of carbon neutrality, the term often used to
describe the goal of corporate efforts to lessen companies’ impact on the
environment. No company can reduce its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to
zero, so the idea is that Organization A pays Organization B to plant trees,
increase energy efficiency, create green energy, or do something else with a
positive impact on GHG emissions, thus offsetting Organization A’s own car-
bon emissions.
Many companies have centered their environmental strategy on a goal of
achieving carbon neutrality. They are generally doing some efficiency proj-
ects, purchasing some green energy, and offsetting the rest. But we’ve been
looking at product and service lifecycles, and we know the part that’s within
your four walls may be only a small part of your overall impact. What about
your supply chain? What about your products in use at your customers’ facil-
ities? What about your products at the end of their usef ...
The document provides tips for businesses to save money and be more environmentally friendly, including providing reusable cups, replacing light bulbs with energy efficient ones, creating an energy policy, recycling, using recycled office furniture and appliances, installing solar panels, asking for an energy audit, using ductless air conditioning and spray insulation, choosing a green web host, and more. It also discusses the benefits of organic food, including that it tastes better and has richer colors due to being allowed to fully ripen, has an extended longevity since it doesn't travel as far, and there is speculation that GMOs may cause health risks. Ways to affordably shop organic include purchasing from local farmers markets and growing your own food.
The document discusses reasons for organizations to adopt more environmentally sustainable practices. It outlines five key benefits: 1) Save money through increased energy efficiency and cost savings. 2) Increase efficiencies through technologies that reduce carbon footprints and increase productivity. 3) Enhance reputation by meeting increasing customer and public demands for environmentally ethical behavior. 4) Win new business by adapting to society's growing expectations for environmental responsibility. 5) Increase net earnings by driving new sustainable product revenues and reducing operating expenses through initiatives like renewable energy and efficiency.
In this day and age, it's easier for your business to go green. There are so many ways you can do this and we have gathered some ideas to take into consideration.
I put together this document with an aim to instill an environmentally friendly attitude within the workplace to encourage conscious consumption.
Feel free to send me your feedback.
CarbonClick is a New Zealand based technology company revolutionising and simplifying carbon offsetting. We make carbon offsetting simple and transparent.
5 min guide to sustainability: Go green - Save money and the planetAnders Lindgren
Going Green – is it just “greenwashing”? Do organizations prefer to just talk about being green rather than really living green? Let’s be pragmatic. The majority of companies do not embrace Green livingprimarily for ideal reasons. It has always been about cost savings. In the form of reduced expenditures or efficiency gains. Nothing wrong with that approach. Actually it’s the core idea of sustainable development. Saving money and the environment at the same time.
The document discusses how e-commerce businesses can become more sustainable. It notes that consumer demand for sustainability is rising, with many willing to pay more for sustainable brands. Major e-commerce companies have pledged to reduce their environmental impact through measures like becoming carbon neutral. The document also summarizes survey results from small e-commerce businesses on sustainability, and provides tips that small businesses can take to make their operations greener like using renewable energy and reducing packaging waste.
The document discusses sustainability trends that businesses should watch out for in 2023. Some of the key trends highlighted include maintaining sustainable lifestyles as the norm, transitioning to a circular economy, mandating climate risk disclosure by law, prioritizing climate positivity over net zero, renewable energy becoming cheaper than fossil fuels, electric vehicles gaining popularity, and sustainable alternatives and eco-friendly products replacing standard options. The document emphasizes that embracing sustainability practices will help businesses cut costs, boost profits, and improve as responsible corporate citizens.
The document discusses an ITWBCG Green Initiative that aims to reduce the company's environmental impact and costs through various measures. It proposes establishing recycling bins, encouraging carpooling to reduce fuel costs and emissions, and implementing energy saving initiatives like a 4-day work week to lower electricity expenses. The initiative argues that going green can help the company become a stronger market leader, gain customer and employee trust, and maintain a competitive edge while achieving cost savings.
3
Environmental Impact:
The Big Picture
The planet’s population is now approaching 7 billion—an increase ofabout 5 billion people in just the past five decades—and the total pop-ulation is likely to increase by another 1 billion people in the next
decade. Analysts now expect that the ranks of the middle class (people who
may want your products!) will swell by as many as 1.8 billion in the next 12
years.1
You’ve probably seen similar projections, and even though you know
intellectually that an extra couple of billion people represents a sustainabil-
ity challenge, it can be hard to relate those huge numbers to your job. So, to
make the scale more real, let’s work through what it would mean to give the
next 1 billion middle-class citizens of the world a single 60-watt incandes-
cent light bulb.
Each bulb weighs about 0.7 ounce, including the packaging, so a billion of
them weigh around 20,000 metric tons, or about the same as 15,000 Toyota
Prius cars. As an engineer, you know that multiplying anything by 109 makes
a big number, but even from this simple case you start to get a feel for how
dramatic the scale is in real-world terms.
Next, let’s turn on those light bulbs. If they’re all on at the same time, they
would consume 60,000 megawatts of electricity—and that would require 120
new 500-megawatt power plants to keep them burning. Luckily, our imagi-
nary middle-class consumers will use their light bulbs only four hours per
day, so we’re down to 10,000 megawatts at any given moment. However, that
means we’ll still need 20 new 500-megawatt power plants. If coal-fired, each
of those plants burns 1.43 million tons of coal per year.2
That doesn’t sound like a good idea from an eco perspective, so let’s try
solar power for our light bulbs. If we use current commercially available solar
31
technology, we’ll need roughly 50 square kilometers of solar panels, or more
than one-third the land area of either San Francisco or Boston. Hmmm. So,
let’s try wind power instead… We’ll still need one-tenth of all the wind power
produced in the world in 2007, just to keep those new light bulbs on for a few
hours a day.
This is the scale we’re dealing with when we’re talking about a billion con-
sumers of any product or service. Thousands or millions of tons of material.
Thousands or millions of megawatts. And it keeps going. Think about the raw
materials consumed to make those light bulbs, the energy consumed by com-
muting factory workers, the packaging materials, the ships and trucks used
for distribution, and ultimately, the waste that is involved when we have a
billion light bulbs. And if we’re having trouble delivering a single light bulb
to a billion people sustainably, what happens when these billion people want
stoves, refrigerators, TVs, computers, cell phones, radios, and cars? What hap-
pens when they want street lights, low-cost air travel, hotels, and restaurants?
You get the idea.
As engineers, we are already challenged by the environmen.
Climate Change + Sustainability =The New Business Model For the FutureRobert Ryan Worley
Climate change and sustainability are shaping the new business model for the future. Businesses need to assess how environmental impacts will affect their revenues, costs, profits and more. Those that prepare by developing sustainability initiatives and green skills training will have a competitive advantage over those that do not adapt to this changing environment. Governments are increasingly supporting green economies through initiatives and investments in clean energy and efficiency.
n recent months the media has been
whipping up a storm over how a carbon
tax will send us all into poverty. The view
has been that a carbon tax is yet another
lever for the government to pull to grab
more revenue and everyone and every
business is going to suffer from a price
being put on carbon.
Here are some realities:
• Australia has commitments under
the UN to reduce national greenhouse
gas emissions;
• Australia won’t be leading the world if it
introduces a carbon tax. Many countries
have already implemented a tax or
scheme for putting a price on carbon;
• A critical issue for businesses will be
keeping a competitive advantage in a
new tax regime.
The bottom line is that a carbon price
will be another risk for businesses to
manage. BUT in some instances, a price
on carbon will provide an opportunity,
both in forcing businesses to review and
update their operations to become more
efficient, and in providing new industries
and products to service a new carbon
regime. How can your business take
advantage of these opportunities?
In this article, I propose that SME leaders
(if they haven’t already) ought to consider
getting a view of how carbon flows
through their business. This will enable
an understanding of how a carbon price
is likely to impact your balance sheet.
This document discusses carbon footprints and global warming. It defines a carbon footprint as the total greenhouse gases produced by a person's daily activities and consumption. Carbon sinks absorb more carbon than they release, while carbon sources release more carbon than they absorb. Labeling products with carbon footprint numbers can help people understand their energy usage but the numbers may not be consistent and could mislead consumers. The document provides tips for reducing individual and global carbon footprints such as driving less, using green energy, and creating more sustainable communities.
The document discusses how implementing a corporate environmental responsibility (CER) plan can benefit companies in several ways. It can increase a company's triple bottom line of profit, people, and planet by reducing energy costs. It also leads to healthier and happier employees who want to work for environmentally responsible companies. Having a strong CER plan also provides good public relations and marketing opportunities to appeal to environmentally conscious consumers. The document provides examples of financial incentives for companies to invest in renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies through tax credits.
How To Become A More Sustainable And Resilient CompanyBernard Marr
Amidst the growing climate crisis, many of us want to do our bit and make more responsible buying choices. Indeed, two out of three consumers can now be categorized as “belief-driven buyers,” and more than two-thirds expect brands to care about environmental issues. Therefore, brands that want to remain relevant must embrace sustainability and eliminate, or at least reduce, the environmental costs of doing business.
The document discusses ways for a business to be more environmentally friendly and reduce its carbon footprint. It suggests businesses examine if all lighting, electronics, and machines really need to be running constantly and consider more fuel-efficient transport options. The document also prompts considering more sustainable and natural material options for funeral products and services to avoid pollution and toxic emissions that could have wider environmental impacts. While completely green businesses may be difficult, the document advocates that many small changes across areas like energy usage, transport, and materials can collectively benefit both the environment and a company's finances.
“Digital CO₂ Footprint” or “Digital Carbon Footprint”, is the emissions, occurring from the production, use and data transfer of digital devices it causes more CO₂ emissions than one might expect.
The document summarizes a sustainability audit conducted by the Sustainable Engineering Collective. The audit has two phases: the Red Phase evaluates an organization's current environmental impact through assessments of energy and water usage, employee surveys, and monitoring. Findings are presented in a Red Report. The Green Phase provides recommendations to reduce environmental impact through a Green Report detailing strategies, benefits, and costs. The audit helps organizations reduce bills, improve operations and indoor environments, understand resource use, and empower employees towards sustainability.
(Q)SAR Assessment Framework: Guidance for Assessing (Q)SAR Models and Predict...hannahthabet
The webinar provided an overview of the new OECD (Q)SAR Assessment Framework for evaluating the scientific validity of (Q)SAR models, predictions, and results from multiple predictions. The QAF provides assessment elements for existing principles for evaluating models, as well as new principles for evaluating predictions and results. In addition to the principles, assessment elements, and guidance for evaluating each element, the QAF includes a checklist for reporting assessments.
This new Framework provides regulators with a consistent and transparent approach for reviewing the use of (Q)SAR predictions in a regulatory context and increases the confidence to accept alternative methods for evaluating chemical hazards. The OECD worked closely together with the Istituto Superiore di Sanità (Italy) and the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA), supported by a variety of international experts to develop a checklist of criteria and guidance for evaluating each criterion. The aim of the QAF is to help establish confidence in the use of (Q)SARs in evaluating chemical safety, and was designed to be applicable irrespective of the modelling technique used to build the model, the predicted endpoint, and the intended regulatory purpose.
The webinar provided an overview of the project and presented the main aspects of the framework for assessing models and results based on individual or multiple predictions.
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not yet clearly understood by engineers. At the same time, many companies
feel constant pressure to prove that their “green” initiatives are greener than
their competitors’, leading to an upward spiral in greenwashing.
The net result is confusion. It can be difficult for engineers, executives, and
consumers to distinguish between an environmentally responsible project and
a plain old-fashioned PR grab. If you’re an engineer who’s really interested
in making a positive environmental impact, what should you focus on? Here
are a few suggestions, based on lessons learned from the real world of eco-
engineering.
Carbon Neutrality: Good Start but Not Enough
Corporate sustainability leaders tend to be a collaborative group. They are
open to sharing ideas, swapping stories, and growing their networks of col-
leagues in other companies. And that’s a great thing, because those of us who
deal with corporate sustainability on a daily basis know we’re in uncharted
territory and that we’re all learning as we go. We understand it’s in every-
one’s best interest if the overall economy becomes more sustainable. After all,
when it comes to climate changes there aren’t winners and losers—ultimately
we’ll either all win or all lose.
117
11
For example, let’s say your company magically reduces the environmental
impact of its operations to nothing so that you’re able to deliver your products
and services with no impact of any kind. But in the excitement your company
decides that you have created such a big advantage through your eco-effective-
ness that you better keep it a secret and not share your magic with anyone else.
In this case, how much better off is the world? Does erasing the impact of one
company make a big difference? Unfortunately, no.
Which brings us to the subject of carbon neutrality, the term often used to
describe the goal of corporate efforts to lessen companies’ impact on the
environment. No company can reduce its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to
zero, so the idea is that Organization A pays Organization B to plant trees,
increase energy efficiency, create green energy, or do something else with a
positive impact on GHG emissions, thus offsetting Organization A’s own car-
bon emissions.
Many companies have centered their environmental strategy on a goal of
achieving carbon neutrality. They are generally doing some efficiency proj-
ects, purchasing some green energy, and offsetting the rest. But we’ve been
looking at product and service lifecycles, and we know the part that’s within
your four walls may be only a small part of your overall impact. What about
your supply chain? What about your products in use at your customers’ facil-
ities? What about your products at the end of their usef ...
The document provides tips for businesses to save money and be more environmentally friendly, including providing reusable cups, replacing light bulbs with energy efficient ones, creating an energy policy, recycling, using recycled office furniture and appliances, installing solar panels, asking for an energy audit, using ductless air conditioning and spray insulation, choosing a green web host, and more. It also discusses the benefits of organic food, including that it tastes better and has richer colors due to being allowed to fully ripen, has an extended longevity since it doesn't travel as far, and there is speculation that GMOs may cause health risks. Ways to affordably shop organic include purchasing from local farmers markets and growing your own food.
The document discusses reasons for organizations to adopt more environmentally sustainable practices. It outlines five key benefits: 1) Save money through increased energy efficiency and cost savings. 2) Increase efficiencies through technologies that reduce carbon footprints and increase productivity. 3) Enhance reputation by meeting increasing customer and public demands for environmentally ethical behavior. 4) Win new business by adapting to society's growing expectations for environmental responsibility. 5) Increase net earnings by driving new sustainable product revenues and reducing operating expenses through initiatives like renewable energy and efficiency.
In this day and age, it's easier for your business to go green. There are so many ways you can do this and we have gathered some ideas to take into consideration.
I put together this document with an aim to instill an environmentally friendly attitude within the workplace to encourage conscious consumption.
Feel free to send me your feedback.
CarbonClick is a New Zealand based technology company revolutionising and simplifying carbon offsetting. We make carbon offsetting simple and transparent.
5 min guide to sustainability: Go green - Save money and the planetAnders Lindgren
Going Green – is it just “greenwashing”? Do organizations prefer to just talk about being green rather than really living green? Let’s be pragmatic. The majority of companies do not embrace Green livingprimarily for ideal reasons. It has always been about cost savings. In the form of reduced expenditures or efficiency gains. Nothing wrong with that approach. Actually it’s the core idea of sustainable development. Saving money and the environment at the same time.
The document discusses how e-commerce businesses can become more sustainable. It notes that consumer demand for sustainability is rising, with many willing to pay more for sustainable brands. Major e-commerce companies have pledged to reduce their environmental impact through measures like becoming carbon neutral. The document also summarizes survey results from small e-commerce businesses on sustainability, and provides tips that small businesses can take to make their operations greener like using renewable energy and reducing packaging waste.
The document discusses sustainability trends that businesses should watch out for in 2023. Some of the key trends highlighted include maintaining sustainable lifestyles as the norm, transitioning to a circular economy, mandating climate risk disclosure by law, prioritizing climate positivity over net zero, renewable energy becoming cheaper than fossil fuels, electric vehicles gaining popularity, and sustainable alternatives and eco-friendly products replacing standard options. The document emphasizes that embracing sustainability practices will help businesses cut costs, boost profits, and improve as responsible corporate citizens.
The document discusses an ITWBCG Green Initiative that aims to reduce the company's environmental impact and costs through various measures. It proposes establishing recycling bins, encouraging carpooling to reduce fuel costs and emissions, and implementing energy saving initiatives like a 4-day work week to lower electricity expenses. The initiative argues that going green can help the company become a stronger market leader, gain customer and employee trust, and maintain a competitive edge while achieving cost savings.
3
Environmental Impact:
The Big Picture
The planet’s population is now approaching 7 billion—an increase ofabout 5 billion people in just the past five decades—and the total pop-ulation is likely to increase by another 1 billion people in the next
decade. Analysts now expect that the ranks of the middle class (people who
may want your products!) will swell by as many as 1.8 billion in the next 12
years.1
You’ve probably seen similar projections, and even though you know
intellectually that an extra couple of billion people represents a sustainabil-
ity challenge, it can be hard to relate those huge numbers to your job. So, to
make the scale more real, let’s work through what it would mean to give the
next 1 billion middle-class citizens of the world a single 60-watt incandes-
cent light bulb.
Each bulb weighs about 0.7 ounce, including the packaging, so a billion of
them weigh around 20,000 metric tons, or about the same as 15,000 Toyota
Prius cars. As an engineer, you know that multiplying anything by 109 makes
a big number, but even from this simple case you start to get a feel for how
dramatic the scale is in real-world terms.
Next, let’s turn on those light bulbs. If they’re all on at the same time, they
would consume 60,000 megawatts of electricity—and that would require 120
new 500-megawatt power plants to keep them burning. Luckily, our imagi-
nary middle-class consumers will use their light bulbs only four hours per
day, so we’re down to 10,000 megawatts at any given moment. However, that
means we’ll still need 20 new 500-megawatt power plants. If coal-fired, each
of those plants burns 1.43 million tons of coal per year.2
That doesn’t sound like a good idea from an eco perspective, so let’s try
solar power for our light bulbs. If we use current commercially available solar
31
technology, we’ll need roughly 50 square kilometers of solar panels, or more
than one-third the land area of either San Francisco or Boston. Hmmm. So,
let’s try wind power instead… We’ll still need one-tenth of all the wind power
produced in the world in 2007, just to keep those new light bulbs on for a few
hours a day.
This is the scale we’re dealing with when we’re talking about a billion con-
sumers of any product or service. Thousands or millions of tons of material.
Thousands or millions of megawatts. And it keeps going. Think about the raw
materials consumed to make those light bulbs, the energy consumed by com-
muting factory workers, the packaging materials, the ships and trucks used
for distribution, and ultimately, the waste that is involved when we have a
billion light bulbs. And if we’re having trouble delivering a single light bulb
to a billion people sustainably, what happens when these billion people want
stoves, refrigerators, TVs, computers, cell phones, radios, and cars? What hap-
pens when they want street lights, low-cost air travel, hotels, and restaurants?
You get the idea.
As engineers, we are already challenged by the environmen.
Climate Change + Sustainability =The New Business Model For the FutureRobert Ryan Worley
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n recent months the media has been
whipping up a storm over how a carbon
tax will send us all into poverty. The view
has been that a carbon tax is yet another
lever for the government to pull to grab
more revenue and everyone and every
business is going to suffer from a price
being put on carbon.
Here are some realities:
• Australia has commitments under
the UN to reduce national greenhouse
gas emissions;
• Australia won’t be leading the world if it
introduces a carbon tax. Many countries
have already implemented a tax or
scheme for putting a price on carbon;
• A critical issue for businesses will be
keeping a competitive advantage in a
new tax regime.
The bottom line is that a carbon price
will be another risk for businesses to
manage. BUT in some instances, a price
on carbon will provide an opportunity,
both in forcing businesses to review and
update their operations to become more
efficient, and in providing new industries
and products to service a new carbon
regime. How can your business take
advantage of these opportunities?
In this article, I propose that SME leaders
(if they haven’t already) ought to consider
getting a view of how carbon flows
through their business. This will enable
an understanding of how a carbon price
is likely to impact your balance sheet.
This document discusses carbon footprints and global warming. It defines a carbon footprint as the total greenhouse gases produced by a person's daily activities and consumption. Carbon sinks absorb more carbon than they release, while carbon sources release more carbon than they absorb. Labeling products with carbon footprint numbers can help people understand their energy usage but the numbers may not be consistent and could mislead consumers. The document provides tips for reducing individual and global carbon footprints such as driving less, using green energy, and creating more sustainable communities.
The document discusses how implementing a corporate environmental responsibility (CER) plan can benefit companies in several ways. It can increase a company's triple bottom line of profit, people, and planet by reducing energy costs. It also leads to healthier and happier employees who want to work for environmentally responsible companies. Having a strong CER plan also provides good public relations and marketing opportunities to appeal to environmentally conscious consumers. The document provides examples of financial incentives for companies to invest in renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies through tax credits.
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The document discusses ways for a business to be more environmentally friendly and reduce its carbon footprint. It suggests businesses examine if all lighting, electronics, and machines really need to be running constantly and consider more fuel-efficient transport options. The document also prompts considering more sustainable and natural material options for funeral products and services to avoid pollution and toxic emissions that could have wider environmental impacts. While completely green businesses may be difficult, the document advocates that many small changes across areas like energy usage, transport, and materials can collectively benefit both the environment and a company's finances.
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2. Your thoughts on the subject are irrelevant.
Whether you’re among the camp of people that are
taking action in changing our effect on the climate
or the group that denies the existence of climate
change is irrelevant.
RECOGNIZING YOUR FOOTPRINT
CLIMATE CHANGE
IS REAL.
Science says that climate change is very
real, very man-made, and a very big
threat to the future of Earth.
3. 5.3 MILLIONKilotons of carbon emissions in the United States alone in 2014 *
*Sources: European Commission & Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency
4. THE FUTURE IS GREEN
ENERGY, SUSTAINABILITY,
RENEWABLE ENERGY.
Arnold Schwarzenegger
THE IMPORTANCE OF SUSTAINABILITY
5. Your footprint matters.
Do you know what type of carbon footprint you and
your business are leaving on the Earth?
Chances are, it’s larger than you may think.
The burden of changing the overwhelmingly
negative impact of carbon emissions falls on the
shoulders of not just the people of the world, but
the businesses that we’re a part of.
RECOGNIZING YOUR FOOTPRINT
IT' S OUR JOB TO
CHANGE IT.
We can help to reduce our carbon
footprint by changing how we approach
sustainability.
6. Quite a bit of your emissions can be a
result of improper supply chain
management.
The supply chain can be responsible for up to 90
percent of an organization’s carbon footprint. Fuel
efficiency and vehicle maintenance can be are two
portions of the supply chain that, if properly
monitored, updated and maintained, can help cut
both your cost and your emissions.
YOUR SUPPLY CHAIN
CHECK YOUR
SUPPLY CHAIN.
of your business'
emissions could be from
your supply chain
Up to
7. Small equpiment changes can represent
large carbon footprint redution.
Install motion-sensored lights around the office.
Make sure every employee is turning off his or her
computer at the end of the work day. Look into
installing programs that monitor computer energy
use. Energy saving bulbs and/or windows are
available, often cheaper than you’d expect.
While the above options may seem minor in the
grand scheme of things, these minor changes,if
implemented across an entire business, can have a
measurable impact on your company’s footprint.
YOUR TECH
CHECK YOUR
EQUIPMENT.
8. Digitalization is the future. Embrace it.
If you can email a document instead of printing or
faxing it, do it. Instead of keeping a filing cabinet
with a million folders and documents, simply keep
folders and documents on your computer. They’re
easier to sort and search through and use exactly
zero paper waste.
Inserting signatures through Adobe or online
applications is simple. Invoices and bills can be
paperless too, many companies are beginning to
ask their clients to “go paperless,” meaning
eliminating paper bills mailed to homes in favor of
email alerts.
GOING DIGITAL
GO DIGITAL, AND
ASK YOUR
CLIENTS TO DO IT
TOO.
9. Tracking your changes helps you
determine where you can improve and
what effect you're having.
The reason we’re making these changes isn’t just to
feel better about ourselves (though that helps too),
it’s to make a real difference. Regardless of what
you’re doing to change the footprint of your
business, without a means of tracking it, your
efforts could be going to waste.
Carbonfund.org features a footprint tracker and
calculator that you can use for your business to
keep tabs on what effects your steps towards a
sustainable business are having!
GOING DIGITAL
MEASURE YOUR
EFFORTS.