Measuring Your Carbon Footprint

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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!

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phone: (604) 254-6283

email: info@climatesmartbusiness.com