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Measuring Your Carbon Footprint
@climatesmart#ClimateAction#lowcarboneconomy
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Why are we here today?
• business case
• environmental case
• build your capacity
• meet you where you’re at
• measure and manage
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Training session 1 objectives
• Introduction to Climate Smart and the greenhouse gas effect
• The business case to measure and manage emissions
• Introduction to the principles of greenhouse gas measurement
• Map your operations and emissions sources
• Introduction to the climate smart GHG management tool
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Climate Smart Business
We are Climate Smart businesses.
Join us.
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Business energy and emissions profiles (BEEPs) and Impact dashboards
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The Climate Smart process
session 1
MEASUREsession 2
REDUCEsession 3
LEVERAGE
GHG management tool + access to client advisors
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Introduction to Climate Smart
• A complete and reviewed greenhousegas inventory
• An emissions reduction plan that:• Addresses most significant sources of
emissions measured
• Is approved by a senior decision-maker
• GHG inventory report
• Resources & support to share yourstory throughout
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Upon certification
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Catalyst Paper distribution centre
• Pulp & paper specialists
• Invested in 4 electric lift trucks
• Projected savings: $84,000 per year
• Projected carbon reduction: 169 tonnes CO2e annually (aka 34 cars off the road)
• Payback on marginal costs: < 6 months
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Green Coast Rubbish
• 71% reduction in emissions per $1000revenue since 2010
• Diverted up to 8 million lbs of wastefrom landfill
• Fleet converted to bio diesel
• Use in-vehicle route optimizationsoftware, reducing fuel costs and time
on the road
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Stella Jones
Reduced annual GHGs by 19%, saving $60,000+ per year:
• New boiler steam lines and processimprovements
• Improved waste sorting & fewer pickups
• Fleet management/idling policies
• Lighting retrofit
• Paper use awareness
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A GHG inventory is..
a quantified list of an organization’s GHG
emissions and sources over a one-year period.
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Climate change: an introduction
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Atmospheric concentration of carbon dioxide
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Global average temperature
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Carbon Quiz Game
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1. Give one example of impacts ofclimate change that you might beseeing or can expect to see.
2. What are the seven main greenhousegases we measure?
3. What are the main sources of human-caused GHG emissions in BC?
4. The Province of British Columbia hasset a goal of reducing total GHGemissions by what percentage from2007 levels, by when?
5. True/false: cow burps are a source ofmethane.
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Give one example of impacts of climate change that you might be seeing or can expect to see.
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Impacts of climate change
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What are the seven main greenhouse gases we measure?
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Seven main greenhouse gases
carbon dioxideCO₂
methaneCH₄
nitrous oxideN₂O
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Seven main greenhouse gases
hydrofluorocarbons
HFCs
perfluorocarbons
PFCssulfur hexafluoride
SF6
nitrogen trifluoride
NF3
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Global warming potential
GHGGlobal Warming Potential (GWP)
CO2 1
CH4 28
N2O 310
HFCs 140-11,700
PFCs 6,500-9,200
NF3 17,200
SF6 23,900
heat trapping ability
compared to CO2
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What are the main sources of human-caused GHG emissions in BC?
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Total GHGs in 2015: 61.6 M tonnes CO2e
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The Province of British Columbia has set a goal of reducing total GHG emissions by what percentage from 2007 levels, by when?
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BC climate policy
• BC• reduce total emissions by 30% from 2007
levels by 2030
• reduce total emissions by 60% from 2007levels by 2040
• reduce total emissions by 80% from 2007levels by 2050
• Canada: reduce 30% from 2005 levelsby 2030
• Paris Climate Agreement: limit warmingto no more than 2°C
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True/false: cow burps are a source of methane.
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True!
well excuuuuse me
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What does becoming Climate Smart look like?
where they started
their target
Process Challenges Successes
“Path to Sustainability”
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The business case for Climate Smart
cost reductions
competitive advantage
employee retention and recruitment
corporate social responsibility
brand alignment
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Cost reduction: Western Stevedoring - Lynnterm
• Electric lift trucks
• Retrofit old heavy equipment
• Phased out inefficient equipment
• GHGs reduced by 15% overall
• Savings: $250,000
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Competitive advantage: 505-Junk
Climate Smart certification helped win new contract with large property management company
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Employee recruitment & retention: Treen Safety
“We recently had an interviewee mention that our active involvement in the Climate Smart program was a major draw-card for her wanting to work at Treen… we joined Climate Smart to help us reduce our carbon footprint, it is an added bonus that it gives us a competitive point of differentiation for recruitment."
- Angela Foster, Marketing Coordinator
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GHG management is part of the journey
• Inclusive stakeholder responsibility
• Social responsibility
• Environmental responsibility
• Industry standards
• Embedding values in business
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Putting a number to your businesses’ greenhouse gases
identifying risks and opportunities
CARBON ACCOUNTING
applying accounting rigour
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The Greenhouse Gas Protocol
Corporate Accounting and Reporting Standard
Amazon, Fed-Ex, Bank of
Montreal, Cisco Systems, GM,
Suncor, BMW, Home Depot…
And 900 + businesses and organizations
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GHG inventory principles
transparencyrelevanceaccuracycompletenessconsistencyconservatism
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Emissions mapping
1. Map Operations and EmissionsSources
2. Understand Emission Scopes 1, 2, & 3
3. Operational Boundaries
4. Identify Data Sources
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1. Map operations and emissions sources
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A GHG inventory is..
• covers a one-year period
• is repeated annually to trackprogress against baseline year
• select an inventory period
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Emissions mapping
1. map the buildings associated withyour business• L = leased
• O = owned
Warehouses, plants, etc.Offices
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Emissions mapping
2. map the vehicles you lease or own orlease• L = leased
• O = owned
Sales fleetDelivery fleet
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Emissions mapping
3. map other transportation associatedwith your business
Business travelThird-party shipping (goods in/out)
Employee commuting
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Emissions mapping
4. map any other emission sources
equipmentrefrigeration
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Emissions mapping
4. map your waste• Office waste
• Manufacturing/processing waste
• Recycling
• Compost
waste
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Emissions mapping
4. map your paper consumption• Copy paper
• Brochures
• Catalogues
• Etc.
Paper use
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Example: Better Building Company
Head office: waste paper
Employee commuting
Business travel
Materials shippingSubcontractors: vehicles and equipment
Company fleet
Job sites: waste
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Green marker = direct emissions
Where do you burn fuel?• natural gas heating
• other heating fuel
• electricity generated on-site
• vehicle fuel (in vehicles you lease or own)
• refrigerants
not electricity
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Example: Better Building Company
Head office: waste paper
Employee commuting
Business travel
Materials shipping
Company fleet
Job sites: waste
Subcontractors: vehicles and equipment
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Red marker = indirect emissions
Anywhere you use power that you don’t generate yourself
• purchased electricity
• purchased electricity/steam for heat
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Example: Better Building Company
Head office: waste paper
Employee commuting
Business travel
Materials shipping
Company fleet
Job sites: waste
Subcontractors: vehicles and equipment
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Blue marker = indirect emissions
Everything else!
Anything you do not have ownership or operational control over
• commuting
• taxis
• paper use
• waste
• couriers
• air travel
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Example: Better Building Company
Head office: waste, paper
Employee commuting
Business travel
Materials shippingSubcontractors: vehicles and equipment
Company fleet
Job sites: waste
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Introduction to scopes
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Scopes vs emission sources
Scope: how your emissions sources are organized in reporting categories according to the protocol
Scope 1, direct emissions
Scope 2, indirect emissions
Scope 3, indirect emissions
Emission sources: a direct or indirect source of greenhouse gas emissions from your organization’s operations
examples:
Fuel consumption from vehicle
Electricity generated by BC Hydro
Emissions from landfilled waste
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Operational boundary guidance: scope 3
indirect emissions: non-owned or controlled emissions (scope 3)
• relatively large point-sourceemissions
• you can influence the emissionamount or source
• data is relatively easy to collect
• emissions result from a core businessrequirement
• significant contribution to yourcompany’s GHG risk exposure
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Scope 3 decisions: sales fleet vs. business travel & paper
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Scope 3: business travel vs third-party shipping
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Company fleet
Example: Better Building Company
Head office: waste, paper
Employee commuting
Business travel
Materials shippingSubcontractors: vehicles and equipment
Job sites: waste
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Collecting your data
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Where to begin?
1. Identify the data that needs to becollected
2. Review and refine your datacollection & storage process(es)
3. Collaborate internally and withClimate Smart to complete yourinventory
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Identify the data that needs to be collected
• Call with your client advisor to confirmemission and data sources
• Review past inventories for consistencyin reporting
• Climate Smart resources• employee commute survey
• flight aggregator templates
• And more!
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Create, review and/or refine your data collection & storage process(es)
• How has information been collected forprevious inventories?
• Could improvements be made in datacollection processes in future years?
• Talk to your Client Advisor aboutClimate Smart resources to help withconsistent data collection
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Collaborate internally and with Climate Smart to complete your inventory
• Accounting and finance
• Operations managers
• Human resources
• Support from business owners and topmanagement
Consider allocation of resources and time to collect & summarizing data.
Divide and conquer!
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Climate Smart GHG management tool
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External inventory review
What your advisor will check for
• documentation: aggregation,assumptions, methods, units are clear
• Principles of TRACC are upheld as bestas possible• Transparency, relevance, accuracy,
consistency, completeness
• iterative process: feedback
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Engaging your teams internally!
Start with ‘why’. Why does your company…
• track its environmental impact?
• your greenhouse gas emissions?
• participate in Climate Smart?
… and communicate that to everyone!
Identify your allies and share the process.
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Next steps…
• Coaching call• Your client advisor will reach out to you in
the next 48 hrs
• Collect scope 1 and 2 data
• Consent to share contact information?
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Please help us with your feedback.Thank You!
© 2020 Climate Smart Businesses Inc. Suite 507 – 163 West Hastings StreetVancouver, BC V6B 1H5Canada
phone: (604) 254-6283
email: info@climatesmartbusiness.com
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