Achieving a Net-Zero Greener Workspace: To Slash Carbon Footprint
Introduction
While major companies across the globe are looking to cut their carbon footprint, some companies are going net-zero to slash their carbon trace and have an eco-friendly experience completely.
Where to Start in Slashing the Carbon Footprint
- Accounting for Carbon Emissions
- Financial Incentives for Going Green
- Personal and Office-Wide Efforts to Reduce Emissions
- Signs of Growing Environmental Awareness
Slashing something isn’t as easy as it sounds. Let’s assume you’ve taken up the arduous task of cutting your office’s carbon footstep. Where would you start? The pantry, the AC, or perhaps cooling the conference rooms? Would you consider the fuel used when employees commute to work?
Accounting for Carbon Emissions
Accounting for every single bit of carbon the office produces is a cross between a tax audit and a game of Clue. We might need to involve every person coming to work and have a conversation about climate.
Direct and Indirect Carbon Emissions
Taking an Uber to the office or operating the AC can put carbon directly into the air. Indirect carbon emissions can take place by running a fridge or electricity generated by a distant coal plant. The carbon imprint of an office can be an almost hopeless tangle of causes and variables.
Financial Incentives for Going Green
Even if a company isn’t necessarily interested in the ethics of cutting its carbon, it can be very profitable to go green. We need new financial incentives for companies to be more sustainable. Plus, while saving your environment you also save your purse almost all the time.
Personal and Office-Wide Efforts to Reduce Emissions
Still, every client is unique and some carbon output is unavoidable. It becomes our duty to resolve and cut carbon emissions at a very personal level. An entire office can take up the task of reducing carbon emissions as a whole through tree plantations, solar and hydroelectric projects, or funding green projects in other parts of the world. A third-world country far away can be more sustainable and slash its emissions because of our common goal to make the earth a greener place.
Signs of Growing Environmental Awareness
We need to show signs that companies and employees are increasingly interested in protecting the planet, whether through international supply chain audits or just by biking to work.
Conclusion
Reducing our emissions is one step forward to a greener earth and a lively planet. Eco-friendly experience is crucial for the future.
