Carbon Footprints (GHG Inventories)

Your organization probably has the capacity to do a straightforward greenhouse gas (GHG) inventory using existing protocols. Our comprehensive inventory and accompanying analysis provide additional value in several respects.

Boundaries
Where does your organization stop and other entities begin? Some emissions are clearly your own, such as purchased electricity and on-site fossil fuel use. But there may be important emissions sources – your supply chain or your employee commute, for example – that fall outside of conventional boundaries and over which you do not have complete control. Still, they represent part your total mission-related footprint, and you have risks and opportunities associated with them. We will help you draw different boundaries for different kinds of analysis.

Data Gathering
For a large organization, gathering GHG data from many sources is complicated by the lack of familiarity of the task and overall goals. We can gather data -- or help your people build capacity – to make the process go smoothly. Our experience will save you time and money, and you will have a superior inventory at the end of the process.

External Communication
Increasingly, large entities are seeking GHG performance information on vendors and partners. We will help you communicate to buyers, consumers and other stakeholders who seek clear information on your climate impacts.

Learn more about:

• Data gathering and capacity building
• Carbon offsets
• Project-level GHG calculations (coming soon)
• Embodied carbon in the supply chain (coming soon)