Baron Traders - Corporate Social Responsibility Brochure

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Where profits and ethics unite


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Climate ChangeClimate change is arguably the most serious challenge

the world faces today. Despite the current global

economic crisis, if the planets temperature continues to

rise unabated, according to scientists around the world,

the consequences could well be such that, in addition to

the absolute destruction, loss of life and suering this

would cause through extreme weather conditions, the

people displacement and rebuilding required will only

add to the worlds current economic burden.

It is already estimated that if everyone lives in the world

like we do today in the UK and other developed countries

we would require almost 3 planets to sustain us all! With

an alarming increase in the global population and the

subsequent rise in consumption this will bring,

something has to be done.

Corporate Social

ResponsibilitySince everything we all do has an impact on the

environment such as travelling, cooking, watching TV,

using computers, etc., whether you are an individual, a

business, a government or NGO, we all have a

responsibility to do our part in tackling global warming in

whatever way we can. As a business your carbon

footprint will likely be scrutinised far more closely in the

coming years as consumers become more aware of the

problems we are facing due to climate change and the

impact it will have if not addressed. For any organisation,

large or small, the issue of sustainability is now

paramount in todays world and reaching the point of

necessitation rather than simply a nice idea.

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Good guy / bad guy:

You cannot aord to be the dirty guy when your

competition is actively demonstrating their new green

credentials. Sit back and lose business or act and

increase your opportunity to gain more.

Saving Money:Saving money by reducing bills is a no brainer for any

business. In addition, if you purchase carbon osets as

part of your strategy to neutralise your company carbon

footprint, it is a business expense which will help to

reduce your corporation tax bill.

Raise your prole:

Get ahead and set yourself apart now. By getting

involved you can incorporate what you are doing into

your goods and services giving your products

dierentiation and making it part of your PR branding.

By adding this sustainability wrapper to your brand you

can connect with your customers and integrate the

projects into your products through video and other

social media outlets to demonstrate where their

spending is making a true dierence.

Remember Fair-trade was not mainstream when it was

rst introduced and neither were organic or free range

products but now they are widely accepted and the

majority of customers choose them over other products

when given the choice. In much the same way, we

believe that companies that actively engage in practices

which do not damage the environment and aid local

communities in developing countries, are more likely to

appeal than those that do not.

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What We Do

Baron Traders is dedicated to environmental and social

issues and is proud to oer a unique and increasingly

sought after service for our clients. Together with our UK

partner provider, we are able to oer individuals,

organisations and businesses the ability to accurately

measure the size of their carbon footprint, provide

solutions to reduce it as much as possible and then oer

high quality carbon credits to oset the remaining

emissions that cannot be prevented.

No matter whether you are an individual, SME or large

organisation, or how many tonnes of carbon osets you

purchase through us, you can be safe in the knowledge

that we will deliver the amount in CO2 emission

reductions from internationally veried carbon oset

projects that meet the relevant international standards.

For businesses that want to cut costs,save money and raise their prole,

now is the time to look at "Going Green"



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Where profits and ethics unite

CalculatorWe provide online calculators for individuals and

businesses looking to oset their emissions. This covers

power sources for light and heat, etc. in the business or

home, various forms of travel including ights, public

transport, etc. and personal and / or company vehicles.

With this tool comes a choice of quality projects and

secure payment processes. Once a purchase is complete,

a certicate is issued showing the number of emissions

that have been oset.

CONSULTANCY & CARBON AUDITING

If your business is larger and more complex, we would suggest

a more accurate and bespoke service to measure yourcompanys true carbon footprint. You may wish to review your

eet vehicles, your waste and recycling processes, water

usage, your employees travel, how you power your business

and the impact of your supply chain, amongst others.

In this instance it will require the expertise of a specialist

environmental consultancy that can assist you with this. In

keeping with our commitment to excellent service and

impartiality, we are proud to be able to oer a choice of such

consultants for this purpose from our strategic partners who

will be able to advise you and guide you through the various

options available depending on the level you wish to go to, i.e.Scope 1, 2 or 3. You may then decide which option and which

consultancy matches your needs the closest and work with

them through the process. Alongside this we will be able to

source a project/s that will also suit your particular

requirements. Since you may wish to incorporate your choice

of project into your branding and marketing, we usually

recommend projects which, in addition to reducing /

eliminating GHGs from the environment, also have signicant,

measurable and permanent benets to the local communities

surrounding the project. This makes a very positive and clear

statement to everyone that you connect with, that you careabout the environment and the social wellbeing of the people

whose lives are directly impacted by the project.



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Best priced large hydro & wind

projects *

European offsets

Specific Geographical regions

Specific Methodologies

High social and economic impactprojects

Phase III prepared green CERs

EUAs

?Purchasing Carbon Osets

We have a wide range of osets available for businesses to

choose from in both the voluntary and compliance sectors.

Consumers should always look out for various international

standards in the voluntary market such as VCS, Social Carbon,

VER+ and Gold Standard. Certied Emission Reductions (CERs)

are veried by the UN and meet the stringent requirements of

the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) under the Kyoto

Protocol. We are also able to provide European Union

Allowances (EUAs) which are the permit certicates also used

within the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS).

Oset Your Company Carbon

FootPrint For As Little As

99p Per Tonne Of CO2*



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Some well-known brands that buy carbon credits

You may be surprised by how many businesses, large and

small who are not currently mandated to reduce theiremissions are actively going green and osetting their

surplus emissions with carbon credits. Google bought

over 1% of the entire voluntary osetting market in 2010

in addition to modifying their own business practices to

reduce emissions and their competitors such as Apple

and Microsoft are having to follow suit having been

criticised in the press for being dirty.

But more importantly smaller businesses are also getting

involved with many of them being forced through someof the larger organisations that they do business with to

clean up their act or lose the business to another

company which is cleaner. In a situation where the

heaviest polluters, who are bound by law to cap their

emissions, (currently around 12,500 in Europe) have no

choice but to reduce their carbon footprint, they are now,

in many instances, insisting that the smaller companies

that they trade with should also be required to show that

they are actively reducing their own emissions in order to

maintain the business relationship.

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Who is Osetting?

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To summarise, the reduction of carbon emissions to help reduce the worst eects of climate change, is not going to go away. Although there are

sceptics out there, the general consensus of opinion among scientists around the world is that, unless more action is taken now, time is running out

before catastrophic and irreversible weather changes occur. This advice is being listened to by governments in countries everywhere. In addition

to the existing EU ETS, there are currently 23 other countries looking at implementing cap and trade schemes whilst at the same time, more

companies, not currently required by law to reduce their emissions, are actively changing their business practices to include sustainability

measures, whether it be for PR and branding reasons or in anticipation of further legislation and of course, mandatory reporting.

Below are a few recent news articles relating to the voluntary market and carbon reporting.....

Coalition conrms introduction of mandatory carbon reporting

Fines issued for failure to report carbon emissions to several well known brands

McDonalds New Eco Friendly Uniforms

Kimberley Clark going green with their Kleenex

Marks & Spencer always ahead of the game with their new traceable eco friendly children's clothing range

And nally, after Google and Microsoft, eBay

Mandatory Carbon Reporting

What is Corporate Social Responsibility?

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