1. Carbon as a Strategic Tool
WSP Environment and Energy
Andrew Bright, Technical Director
June 2011
2. What are we going to cover?
Four Key Objectives:
Why carbon is important to business?
How carbon can be used in decision making?
Example Case Studies
Discussion: 'Where Next?'
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6. Key Message – Why is carbon important to business?
It effects everything your business does
Consumer awareness of the environment is at an all time high
Carbon and climate on the news daily
Carbon now being viewed as a commercial risk & opportunity
It has a commercial value
8. Carbon Management
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“…systematically understand
business risks & opportunities
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associated with climate change.”
The Carbon Trust
9. Strategic Carbon Management
Where Do the Business Risks Arise?
Loss of market share
Increasing cost of raw material
Increased taxation
“Carbon Leakage”
Regulatory compliance
Investor relations
Operational efficiencies
Consumer awareness
12. Carbon as a strategic tool
Should be supported at the senior management/board level in the client
organisation
Goes beyond traditional energy efficiency measures
Considers the full scope of an organisation’s activities
Considers all carbon emissions, both direct and indirect and incorporates a
life-cycle perspective
Covers all types of measures which can be employed to reduce those
emissions
Assigns monetary value to carbon and tries to build carbon into investment
decisions
Involves change management across the organisation
13. Why Calculate Your Carbon Footprint?
Understanding your organisation’s footprint will ensure the action is focused.
Carbon footprinting is an effective tool to measure your current impacts and
develop mitigation strategies.
Aim to produce a clear and visual profile of your company's carbon footprint
which is typically broken down into your direct, upstream and downstream
emissions. It enables you to prioritise action upon critical areas
Establish a clear action plan to reduce this footprint
16. Key Message – carbon as a strategic tool?
It considers all carbon emissions, both direct and indirect and incorporates a
life-cycle perspective – it is more than energy efficiency
It provides a commercial perspective – what is the value at stake for a
business?
It is a change management process across the value chain of the business
It is a systems based approach with a tradition plan do check review cycle
19. How do you do this?
1. Create a framework for
the project based on an
output specification
2. Design a tool to enable
all the bidders to work
off a level playing field
3. Provide guidance to the
bidders
4. Evaluate returns
5. Establish the forecast
as a contractual
obligation
6. Reward/Penalise the
contractor on year on
year performance
24. Thank you for Listening - Any Questions?
Andrew Bright
Technical Director
Climate Change &
Sustainable Strategy
T. +44 (0)131 344 2307
M. +44 (0) 7825 028301
E.
andrew.bright@wspgrou
p.com
