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Carbon footprint calculator
Calculate your emissions – for small and medium-sized businesses Carbon-And-More offers a cool Carbon Footprint Calculator designed by experts for non-experts. Our Carbon Footprint Calculator has been created to help businesses manage and report their company’s carbon emissions. The Carbon Footprint Calculator is focused on SMEs (Small and Medium Size Enterprises) and is featured ...
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Basic principles of CO
2emission calculations at airports: a case study from TurkeyCarbon footprint of airports is managed by Airport Council International (ACI) with the Airport Carbon Accreditation (ACA) programme. It is a 'European Carbon Standard' for airports. The programme assesses and recognises the efforts of airports to manage and reduce their carbon emissions with four levels of certification: 'mapping', 'reduction', 'optimisation' and 'neutrality'. Airports must have ...
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A web-based open emissions calculator
Many organisations and governmental agencies offer online calculators to calculate the carbon footprint of industrial activities. Furthermore, airline companies offer online tools to estimate carbon footprint and promote the purchase of carbon offsets in order to make the trip carbon neutral. This paper presents a free online emissions calculator that computes various emissions-related statistics ...
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Carbon footprints of Scandinavian wastewater treatment plants
This study estimates the carbon footprints of 16 municipal wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs), all situated in Scandinavian countries, by using a simple model. The carbon footprint calculations were based on operational data, literature emission factors (efs) and measurements of greenhouse gas emissions at some of the studied WWTPs. No carbon neutral WWTPs were found. The carbon footprints ...
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5 Must-have Features for Your Sustainability Software
What is the right feature set for your sustainability software? Calculating your CO2 footprint has never been that easy: online calculators help you with the math, online forms help you record all the information, and automated reports help you communicate. Today, sustainability software solutions are available and making a difference. Sustainability software solutions go far beyond simple ...
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Medline Industries - Case Study
Project Results and Impacts: Benchmark product carbon footprint Identification of the most energy consuming sources of the lifecycle of the product Increased awareness on climate change to its stakeholders CSE Solution "Life Cycle Analysis" CSE conducted the calculations and verification for the Carbon Footprint study. For the calculations of the Carbon Footprint, CSE performed the Life ...
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Emission factors – what are they and what are they for?
What are emission factors? Carbon emission factors, sometimes called carbon conversion factors, are used to calculate the carbon emissions arising from an activity. For the greatest accuracy, the best way to measure carbon emissions would be to monitor them directly as they are emitted, for example by placing a sensor in a power station chimney. Given the large number of different sources of ...
By Greenstone+
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How is a carbon footprint measured in a simple way?
Is Calculating Carbon Footprint Simple Math? A Carbon Footprint is relatively simple to measure. One just needs to add all the carbon emissions and subtracts the carbon offsets. Now, carbon emissions can be of different kinds. Cars, powered with fossil fuels, emit carbon for every mile they run. Once you know your car emission ratio (which varies depending on the size and efficiency of the ...
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GHG quantification reporting and lifecycle assessment: does one size fit all?
Corporate and government entities have been developing and reporting greenhouse gas (GHG) emission inventories, some for well over a decade. The basis for developing these inventories has evolved from voluntary mechanisms (e.g., sustainability reports; registries like the DOE 1605(b) or The Climate Registry) to regulatory requirements (e.g., EU Emissions Trading Scheme, US EPA Mandatory Reporting ...
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Projects to reduce the Carbon Footprint
To understand the projects aimed at reducing the Carbon Footprint on the planet, we must understand the context. Not only is it necessary to explain what the Carbon Footprint consists of, but it is also necessary to understand its effects and contribution to Climate Change. The Carbon Footprint is a metric that quantifies the amount of carbon dioxide emitted into the atmosphere in each small ...
By TECAM
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For many of us, 2020 was the year of COVID-19. But what did it mean for climate change?
Throughout 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic trumped the news and tied much of our collective and individual attention. People worldwide lost income, livelihoods or loved ones. And most of us lost a fundamental sense of certainty as we stomached the realisation that things formely taken for granted are in fact not: being with our elderly relatives, mingling with fellow humans or just moving around ...
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Idrica committed to reducing the carbon footprint of its employees’ business trips
Idrica has always had a proactive attitude towards the environment and is committed to combatting climate change. In 2022, Idrica managed to offset 100% of the carbon footprint of its employees’ business trips, as part of its environmental goals. Its ally in this task was its partner travel agency, Bizaway, the firm that arranges all the company’s business trips and estimates the ...
By Idrica
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State of Illinois Treasury Office - Case Study
Project Results and Impacts Identification of the most energy consuming sources Minimize emissions and utility costs CSE Solution “Measurement of GHG Emissions” CSE performed the calculations for all the operations of the State of Illinois Treasury Office. The calculations were performed for the buildings operated by the State of Illinois Treasury Office in Springfield, ...
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Carbon footprint, corporate strategy
Virgin Group includes nearly seventy companies across a diverse range of sectors from aviation to wine distribution, each facing different carbon management challenges. The companies range from small office based organisations with a few employees to large multinationals with thousands of employees. Greenstone was commissioned by Virgin Group to undertake a carbon mapping exercise to identify ...
By Greenstone+
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Essential sustainability KPIS for SMBS
Key sustainability KPIS all SMBS should look at Sustainability KPIs for SMBs is the topic of this article. There is no question that sustainability management, also known as Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), is a mainstream discipline in large businesses. Research shows that the vast majority of the fortune 500 companies now disclose a CSR report. But what about SMBs? Do SMBs share the ...
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Financing Carbon Emission Reduction From SMEs To Governments
Everybody is aware that governments and corporations all around the world have made commitments to become net zero. The term net zero has three limbs: Calculate the carbon footprint. Reduce GHG emissions to a minimum. Offset the residual emissions. That seems fairly straight forward on the surface of it but misunderstanding abounds about the Scope 3 emissions that should be included in ...
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Ways to reduce your impact on climate change in 2021
Climate change is at the forefront of the political sphere as we head into 2021 and with the new administration. However, climate change is complex and can be overwhelming. While real solutions will require action on a global scale, you can make small changes in your day-to-day life to lower your impact on the environment. 1. Know your carbon footprint. A carbon footprint is the total amount ...
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Wetlands International`s inputs to the ENVI Committee’s draft 2nd reading report on ILUC
Inputs to the ENVI Committee’s Draft Report on the procedure file 2012/0288(COD): Fuels and energy from renewable sources: transition to biofuels to deliver greenhouse gas savings Wetlands International welcomes the transition towards the sustainable production and consumption of bioenergy which delivers substantial greenhouse gas (GHG) savings compared to fossil fuels. As an organisation ...
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