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Kelly Hoell Good Company Eugene, OR

NRG 173: Carbon Footprints for Climate Action in Complex Organizations Spring Term 2011 Class 14 of 20 May 17, 2011. Kelly Hoell Good Company Eugene, OR. overview. questions about EIOLCA assignment (due today) review various GHG inventories for higher ed. objectives.

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Kelly Hoell Good Company Eugene, OR

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  1. NRG 173: Carbon Footprints for Climate Action in Complex OrganizationsSpring Term 2011Class 14 of 20May 17, 2011 Kelly Hoell Good Company Eugene, OR

  2. overview • questions about EIOLCA assignment (due today) • review various GHG inventories for higher ed

  3. objectives • see real-life examples of what we have been studying • learn about best practices and common errors • hear typical questions from informed readers • learn how boundaries can impact results • provide useful critique

  4. GHG inventory overview carbon footprints: why bother? • save money • understand your climate risk • impending regulation • impending non-regulatory risk (e.g., supply chain) • potential disruption to your business model or practices • live up to institutional commitments • US MCPA / ACUPCC • proactively manage a challenge that might matter to stakeholders • develop sense of scale of your emissions • prioritize emissions reduction opportunities • it might also be the right thing to do!

  5. sustainability: the business case defining the business case There may also be alignment with mission.

  6. GHG reporting reporting climate performance • audience • purposes/objectives • styles/formats • venues • connections to eventual climate action

  7. GHG reporting presenting inventory results • absolute emissions • emissions equivalencies • absolute vs. intensity • benchmarking

  8. GHG reporting absolute emissions: City of Hillsboro

  9. GHG reporting absolute emissions: Joint Water Commission

  10. GHG reporting absolute emissions: Fiji water

  11. GHG reporting GHG intensity per product Apple iPhone Fiji Bottled Water University Emissions

  12. GHG reporting EPA’s GHG Equivalencies Calculator • Convert MT CO2e into …. • number of passenger vehicles • gallons of gasoline • energy use by homes for one year • carbon sequestered by tree seedlings grown for 10 years • railcars’ worth of coal • Source: http://www.epa.gov/RDEE/energy-resources/calculator.html

  13. GHG reporting best benchmarking: against yourself over time Marks & Spencer: How We Do Business Report 2008 Source: marksandspencer.com/howwedobusinessreport08

  14. GHG reporting results can guide you to climate action • control vs. influence • biggest opportunities for reductions • low hanging fruit • stakeholder engagement and behavior change

  15. GHG inventory comparison • What is the context? • Why was it conducted? • Who is the audience? • What are the boundaries? • What is included? • What is excluded? • How big/small do you think the missing emissions are? • What questions do you have for the authors? • What is well done? • What could be improved?

  16. sense of scale for supply chain emissions absolute emissions: OHSU

  17. LCC: 2008 GHG Emissions Enterprise Carbon Accounting Shows the Way Forward

  18. UO: 2008 GHG Emissions Enterprise Carbon Accounting Shows the Way Forward

  19. UO: 2008 GHG Emissions Enterprise Carbon Accounting Shows the Way Forward

  20. sense of scale: commute Results: UT

  21. Have a good weekend! Feel free to contact me: Kelly Hoell kelly.hoell@goodcompany.com (541) 341-GOOD (4663), ext. 217

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