Más contenido relacionado Más de Strategic Sustainability Consulting (6) SSC Green Audit2. The Basics
The SSC Green Audit is a methodology
developed by Strategic Sustainability
Consulting. It is specifically designed
for organizations that have made a
commitment to going green, but who
need help in taking practical steps
towards that goal.
Each SSC Green Audit includes:
An Employee Survey
An Office/Building Survey
Carbon Footprint Analysis
Onsite Visits
Final Green Audit Report
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4. The Surveys
Employee Survey
Gauges employee awareness
and attitudes towards green
issues
Gathers employee-level data for
the carbon footprint
Deployed via email, takes each
employee about 10 minutes to
complete
Let’s check out a few example
questions and results of what
you would receive …
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5. The Surveys
How do employees view themselves and the company?
I consider myself an environmentally
conscious person.
I make environmentally conscious decisions at
Strongly Agree
work.
Agree
Neutral
I consider my company to be an
environmentally-friendly organization. Disagree
Strongly Disagree
Given all of our other priorities, I think it is
worthwhile for my company to investigate
ways to be more environmentally responsible.
0 10 20 30 40 50 60
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6. The Surveys
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7. The Surveys
Where should we focus our efforts?
Energy Use
Information Technology
Waste/Recycling
Paper Use
Employee Awareness/Communications
Customer Awareness/Communications
Air Travel
Commuting
Kitchen Supplies/Food
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8. The Surveys
Office/Building Survey
Collects data on your
operations, i.e. office
space, utilities, and IT
equipment
We have national averages for
when data is unavailable
Used to calculate your carbon
footprint
Takes about 2 hours per facility
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questions and results of what
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9. The Surveys
A portion of what your office survey may look like:
Your Address/Location 123 Green
Street, Sacramento, CA
How many full-time employees work in your office? 15
How would you describe your building? Concrete and Steel
In what year was your office built? April 2007
How many square feet does your organization occupy? 6112 Square Feet
What is the square feet of impervious space that your company 15 Parking Spaces
uses? (You can count the parking spaces if you aren't sure here!)
Over the last 12 months, what has the average monthly electricity 3343 KwH
usage of your facility been?
How much of this is from clean, renewable sources? None
Over the 12 months, what has the average monthly natural gas 1480 Therms
usage been?
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11. Analyzing Your Carbon Footprint
Uses information from
employee survey and
office/building survey
Calculates your
organization’s annual
carbon footprint in total
tons, and tons-per-
employee
Identifies key carbon
drivers, such as utilities, air
travel, and employee
commuting
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12. Analyzing Your Carbon Footprint
What your carbon footprint analysis graphs may look like:
If you have multiple offices, we’ll
Total Carbon compare their relative impacts:
596.4 tons per year 100%
Car commuting
90%
Car commuting Local Business Travel 80%
70% Local Business
Air travel Utilities Travel
60%
Waste Paper 50% Air travel
40%
Other 30%
5% Utilities
8% 14% 20%
7% 10%
8%
0% Waste
Buenos Aires, AR
London, UK
San Francisco
Corporate
Manhattan, NY
White Plains, NY
19%
Paper
39%
Other
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14. Onsite Visits
“Understanding Sustainability”
morning workshop for all
employees
Facility walk-through to look
at office set-up and interview
key personnel
“Results and
Recommendations” afternoon
sessions with key executives
to review results of employee
survey, carbon footprint, and
key recommendations
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16. The Final Report and Action Plan
Then comes the best part … we can benchmark your
performance against your peers and categories (number of
employees, etc.) Your standings might look something like this:
Carbon tons per employee annually
9
8
7
6
5
4
3 You have a larger –than-average
2 carbon footprint, here is where
1 you rank
0 2 4 6 8 10 12
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17. The Final Report and Action Plan
Next, we would analyze
Other
why exactly you have a
larger –than-average Paper
carbon footprint in a
Waste
separate graph. As it
turns out, you have high Utilities
utilities and high air
travel, compared to most
Air travel
of your peers. In Local Business
addition, your employee Travel
commuting is
Car commuting
substantial. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
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18. The Final Report and Action Plan
Now that we know your impacts
And where employees are enthusiastic,
We’ll make our recommendations.
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19. The Final Report and Action Plan
Our recommendations are tailored to each client
that we work with, but commonly include issue
areas such as:
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
Eco-Purchasing and Supply Chain Check out some of
Green Building and Retrofitting our resources to
Waste and Recycling prevent these issues
Commuting/Public Transit/Alternatives from arising in the
first place:
Employee Awareness and Education
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Customer Outreach and Communication
Marketing and Transparency
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20. The Final Report and Action Plan
Depending on the scope of your SSC Green Audit, your final
report may be:
A simple collection of our
audit findings and
recommendations:
Details of the employee
survey
Analysis of your carbon
footprint
Tailored recommendations
for going green along with
resources to get you started
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21. The Final Report and Action Plan
Depending on the scope of your SSC Green Audit, your final
report may be:
A complete plan to kick-
start your green initiative:
Everything you get with a
simple audit plus:
Detailed guidelines for
each of our
recommendations
A month-by-month
action plan for the first
180 days of your green
initiative
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22. Find out more about obtaining your very own green
audit on the SSC Website.
Still have questions? Contact us