Cutting carbon
Being Carbon Neutral is rapidly becoming a key objective in the strategies of businesses around the world. The idea is simple - change the ways in which you operate to lower emissions and then offset those emissions you cannot avoid creating by investing in high quality projects, such as renewable energy projects around the world.
There is currently a misconception that an organisation can simply add up its emissions and "offset" them all. This isn't going to change the situation, what is required is an active reduction in the emissions produced.
The Carbon Neutral Protocal (2006) lists 5 steps in the process to becoming Carbon Neutral:
- Owning the problem
- Quantifying the impact
- Reducing emissions wherever possible
- Offsetting the remainder
- Communicating effectively
However, identifying areas for carbon reduction is no easy task.
But you could be overlooking a really simple way to dramatically cut the amount of emissions your organisation uses.
Have you thought about your learning footprint?
Travel is one of the biggest single causes of carbon production and by eliminating the need to travel for staff training, you could see a dramatic reduction in emissions. Whilst we don't suggest that all face to face training can be replaced online, areas that could be done at distance can become apparent with careful analysis.
Use our calculator to see just how big your organisations training emissions currently are and then look to identify the saving you could make by introducing online or blended learning for a proportion of your training. Then look at the ways in which we can help cut your learning footprint further - after all, online learning isn't without its own footprint!
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