Companies can do a lot to reduce emissions and their negative climate impact. Transport, heating, electricity, food, products, and material in production all play a major role in the company's climate impact.
It is key to keep track of the largest sources of emissions and find ways to reduce them to reduce your climate impact. Here's how to get started.
1. Find the emission sources
Mapping and calculating emissions is fundamental to knowing how your company should reduce its climate impact. With figures on emissions, you can review what the company can do about them. You also save costs by streamlining.
There are several simple tools to help. Here are some examples:
2. Take action
With control of emissions, it is time to prioritize your measures. Start with what easily gives a lot of climate effect. What can, for example, result in large emission reductions and at the same time mean large cost savings. Prioritize what provides the most business value. Does the company make unnecessary trips? Can the transports be made more efficient or with other modes of transport? Are there energy losses that can be remedied?
3. Make a plan
Some actions are simple. Others require time, investment, and long-term plans. With defined goals and an action plan for climate action, you get an overview of when and how it is possible to take which measures. Make sure to also plan how the company can make a business out of the efforts.
4. Follow up
Climate work needs to be followed up. Measure what climate effect the measures have had, but also what savings the company has made. Also review your climate impact on a regular basis. Emissions change as the company grows or the business changes. Remember to also evaluate how the climate work has affected your business and customer relations.
5. Communicate
Talk about your climate work and your reduced emissions. It can be a competitive advantage and win new customers. Make sure to communicate both internally and externally what you have done and why, so that customers and employees understand the benefits of your efforts. It can contribute to both a stronger brand and increased profitability.
These are some of the things that companies can do:
Choose fossil-free fuels and electric propulsion
Reduce mileage
Reduce travel, especially by air
Increase the use of travel-free meetings
Facilitate for telework
Increase the use of bicycles and fossil-free public transport
Practice efficient driving technique
Choose renewable electricity and energy
Choose district heating from waste heat and / or renewable fuels
Increase efficiency in the use of energy and raw materials
Increase the proportion of materials from reuse and recycled raw materials
Choose renewable raw materials
Review production - design for repair, recycling and increased service life
Reduce waste and increase the proportion that goes to reuse and material recycling
Reduce food waste and ensure that all food waste is treated biologically