This document summarizes concepts and steps for carbon footprint management. It introduces key terms like organizational boundaries, scopes of emissions, and primary vs secondary data. It explains how to set boundaries, identify emission sources, collect and manage data, and address exclusions. Tools are presented for calculating the baseline carbon footprint and managing the process. The 8 basic steps to a carbon footprint management plan are outlined. Questions or comments are invited at the end.

1. Carbon Footprint Management
The Long Run, 27 May 2015

2. 1. Introduction
2. Main concepts
3. Tools and next steps
4. Questions/comments
Content

3. 1
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Introduction

4. Kilimanjaro 2000
Decreasing snow cover and melting glaciers
“Warming of the climate system is
unequivocal, as is now evident
from observations of increases in
global average air and ocean
temperatures, widespread melting
of snow and ice, rising global
average sea level and more
extreme weather events” (IPCC)

5. • Best Management Practises
• Internal communication
• Public reporting upon carbon
footprint and reduction efforts
• Carbon neutral claims
• Eco-branding
Transparency & Communication

6. 2
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Main concepts

7. Setting boundaries for your carbon footprint (1)
Choose your base year:
• Representative
• No more the 24 month back in time
• Consider former reduction initiatives

8. Setting boundaries for your carbon footprint (2)
Organizational boundaries:
• Control:
– Operational control: all activities under your operational
control i.e.activities over which your have direct influence.
– Financial control: ability to direct the financial and operating
policies with a view to gaining economic benefits from its
activities
• Equity share
– GHG emissions from operations according to its share of
equity in the operation
– Normally be the same as the ownership percentage

9. Setting boundaries for your carbon footprint (3)
Operational boundaries (scopes):
• Scope 1: Direct GHG emission
– From sources that are owned or controlled by the company
• Scope 2: Electricity indirect GHG emission
– Generation of purchased electricity2 consumed by the
company
• Scope 3: Other indirect GHG emission
– A consequence of the activities of the company, but occur from
sources not owned or controlled by the company

10. Identify emissions for your corporate footprint

12. Activity data (e.g. km
travelled)
Emission factor (e.g. for
car travel)
Quantity of tCO2e
emissions
Calculation principle
Data examples
• kWh electricity consumption
• liters of heating oil
• Biofuel used in fuel boiler
• Miles driven in the company car
• Number of miles driven in bus
• Number of miles traveled by plane for business
purposes
• Tons of waste from production send to energy
production
CO2e
Universal
measuring unit
for comparison
of greenhouse
gases relative to
their impact on
global warming

13. Definition: data that is not
specific to the company’s
activities. Data which is
estimated or calculated (may be
based on assumptions and
modeling)
Examples:
• Industry average of emissions
per electricity and heat per m2
office
• Financial data: expenses
associated with travel
• Proxy data: per diem as an
expression of hotel nights
Definition: The specific data
from processes taking place or
being undertaken by the
company itself
Examples:
• Energy meter reading
• Number of kilometers and
means of transport
• Use of heat from heating bills
• Actual km product transport by
tansport company
• Actual number of business
flights and destination
The basic rule is: always use primary data when possible!
Primary vs. Secondary data

14. Data collection
• Meter readings
• Bills
• Engaging with employees – i.e. though questionares
• Yearly data collection sheets
• Reports from payment and fanancial systems
• Enquiries to sub-suppliers, contractors and service
providers

15. Excluded emissions from your carbon footprint
• Estimated to be insignificant
• Overly costly to calculate
• No existing technical knowledge about emissions or LCA
• High data uncertainty
• Ability to gather reliable data and influence CO2 reduction
deemed low
Remember: All exclusions must be described and justified

16. Definition: The breakdown of data from one process or
activity in different outputs, each with its own emissions
Allocation of data
Examples:
• Several products
• Several waste outputs
• Recyclable input/output
• Transport processes

17. Data quality: criteria
• Completeness
• Technological representativeness
• Geographic representativeness
• Timely representativeness
• Uncertainty

18. 3
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Tools and
next steps

19. NEPCon Carbon Footprint Management: The basic 8 steps
1. Define your
sustainability goals
2. Produce
corporate climate
policy
3. Calculate
your baseline
4. Set reduction
and offsetting
targets
5. Define
action plan
6. Manage
your
GHG data
7. Certify your
carbon footprint
management plan
8. External
communication
and reporting
Carbon Footprint Management Plan
Detailed presentation on 28 July 2015
Note that NEPCon CFM standard is open source!!

20. EQI: Evolution carbon calculator
Detailed presentation in Sept ‘15

21. Questions?
Comments?

22. Thanks!!
Contact:
Mateo Cariño Fraisse
Forest and Climate Programmes Manager
Email: mcf@nepcon.net