Climate Change
Over the past century average global temperatures have risen by 0.6° Celsius and the 10 warmest years on record have all been since 1990. There is scientific consensus that this warming is caused – in whole or in part – by an increase in greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, in turn exacerbated by human activities (primarily the burning of fossil fuels and changes in land use). Focus is increasing on business to demonstrate environmental sustainability and ethical trading credentials. Increasingly, companies are interested in the climate change impacts of their products and services and are extending their quantification and monitoring systems to measure and report the lifecycle greenhouse gas impacts of products and services.As awareness of the greenhouse gas impacts of alternative products increases, consumers may be encouraged to select lower carbon intensity goods and services.
At CCI we believe that business has the ability to break the cycle by helping raise consumer awareness, challenging government and looking for business opportunities in a carbon-constrained world.The most interesting questions arise when a company asks itself how far it will go,and how fast, and how much money should be spend, and what combination of strategies it should adopt. In other words what balance of internal vs external measures should a company take.
Carbon Strategies
In general
there are three strategies for reducing carbon
emissions from a company's activities:
1) Energy Efficiency: achieving the same performance / service with smaller energy use.
2) Business Process & Employee Engagement: changes in working practices which
reduce travel and energy use.
3) Renewable Energy: either on company property and/or purchased from suppliers.
There is then a final step to become carbon neutral by off-setting any remaining emissions by means of Carbon Offsets - investing in projects or buying emissions reduction certificates on the global market.
There are different perceptions of the concept among the private sector, governments and civil society organizations. Depending on the perspective, CSR may cover:
1) Energy Efficiency: achieving the same performance / service with smaller energy use.
2) Business Process & Employee Engagement: changes in working practices which
reduce travel and energy use.
3) Renewable Energy: either on company property and/or purchased from suppliers.
There is then a final step to become carbon neutral by off-setting any remaining emissions by means of Carbon Offsets - investing in projects or buying emissions reduction certificates on the global market.
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)
Being accountable. Although the concept has been developing since the early 1970s, there is no single, commonly accepted definition of Corporate Social Responsibility CSR).There are different perceptions of the concept among the private sector, governments and civil society organizations. Depending on the perspective, CSR may cover:
-An
obligation, beyond that
required by the law and economics, for a firm to pursue long term goals
that are good for society.
-The continuing commitment by business to behave ethically and contribute to economic development while improving the quality of life of the workforce and their families as well as that of the local community and society at large.
-About how a company manages its business process to produce an overall positive impact on society.
-The continuing commitment by business to behave ethically and contribute to economic development while improving the quality of life of the workforce and their families as well as that of the local community and society at large.
-About how a company manages its business process to produce an overall positive impact on society.
What is New ?
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03/01/2012 -
the consortium SQ Consult/CCI has won the EC tender for guidance on the implementation of accreditation and verification regulation 20/12/2012 - Sven Starckx becomes CDM Lead Assessor for TUV Nord |
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05/08/2011 -
the consortium CCI/DNV/JQ has won the EC tender for supporting the Commission for assessment National Implementation Measures (>800 k euro) 1/07/2011 - CCI and DNV to verify NIM baseline data for allocation post 2013. 18/04/2011 - CCI becomes member of the Central Comitee of Experts - CO2 performance ladder - skao. 01/03/2011 - CCI has been involved in the development of the new Dutch CO2 performance ladder to be launched on 16/03/2011 www.skao.nl Feb 2011 - AIB-Vinçotte CCI has been asked to provide a inhouse GHG training. 09/12/2010 -CCI becomes member of the KAURI Network 02/12/2010 - CCI is qualified by ADEME for developing a carbon footprint using BILAN CARBONE procedures 06/09/2010 -TITAN Cement, Greece CCI and DNV are contracted to verify TITAN Cement Sustainability Performance Indicators for 2010 (WBCSD CSI). 01/09/2010 - DeSlee Clama, Belgium CCi has been commissioned by DeSlee Clama to independently verify their green program. 05/2010 - CARBON EXPO Cologne CCI attended the Carbon Expo in Cologne. 23/12/2009 -CEFIC/APPE, Brussels Together with DNV we have been asked to verify the Association of Petrochemicals Producers Europe / CEFIC CO2 benchmark method for allocation . 11/12/2009 -TITAN Cement, Greece CCI and DNV are contracted to verify TITAN Cement Sustainability Performance Indicators for 2009 (WBCSD CSI). 11/12/2009 - COP15 Copenhagen CCI is present at COP15 in Copenhagen. 22/06/2009 - ProRail CCI is part of ProRail technical committee carbon footprinting certification scheme ProRail Netherlands. 10/05/2009 - Lloyds Register (LRQA) CCI was selected by LRQA as sub for their CDM capacity building. 01/05/2009 - ProRail CCI has developed a supplier carbon footprint certification scheme for ProRail Netherlands. 1/04/2009 - CRH plc - DNV (Det Norske Veritas) CCI is engaged together with DNV in the verification of CRH corporate social responsibility (CSR) report 2008. in cluding verification of CRHs Cement Sustainable Initiative preformance indicators (WBCSD CSI). 07/11/2008 - Presentation at CE2 - Poland Sven Starckx gave a presentation on the experience of NOx emission trading in the Netherlands at a conference organised by CE2 in Poland. 01/06/2008 - Det Norske Veritas (DNV) CCI and En-Vision developed a Corporate GHG Emission Inventory Design (ISO14064-1 / GHG Protocol) and Verification training course for the DNV Climate Change Academy. 01/11/2007 - Sindicatum Carbon Capital (SCC) CCI has signed a long term consultancy contract with UK-based CDM project investor SCC to provide GHG consultancy on PDD development, monitoring and verification of their project portfolio. |