CUTTING YOURCARBON

FOOTPRINTBy Barry Fischetto

SUSTAINABILITY IN BUSINESS

Your thoughts on the subject are irrelevant.

Whether you’re among the camp of people that are

taking action in changing our effect on the climate

or the group that denies the existence of climate

change is irrelevant.

RECOGNIZING YOUR FOOTPRINT

CLIMATE CHANGEIS REAL .

Science says that climate change is veryreal, very man-made, and a very big

threat to the future of Earth.

5.3 MILLIONKilotons of carbon emissions in the United States alone in 2014 *

*Sources: European Commission & Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency

THE FUTURE IS GREENENERGY, SUSTAINABILITY,RENEWABLE ENERGY.Arnold Schwarzenegger

THE IMPORTANCE OF SUSTAINABILITY

Your footprint matters.

Do you know what type of carbon footprint you and

your business are leaving on the Earth?

Chances are, it’s larger than you may think.

The burden of changing the overwhelmingly

negative impact of carbon emissions falls on the

shoulders of not just the people of the world, but

the businesses that we’re a part of.

RECOGNIZING YOUR FOOTPRINT

IT 'S OUR JOB TOCHANGE IT .

We can help to reduce our carbonfootprint by changing how we approach

sustainability.

Quite a bit of your emissions can be aresult of improper supply chain

management.

The supply chain can be responsible for up to 90

percent of an organization’s carbon footprint. Fuel

efficiency and vehicle maintenance can be are two

portions of the supply chain that, if properly

monitored, updated and maintained, can help cut

both your cost and your emissions.

YOUR SUPPLY CHAIN

CHECK YOURSUPPLY CHAIN .

of your business'emissions could be from

your supply chainUp to

Small equpiment changes can representlarge carbon footprint redution.

Install motion-sensored lights around the office.

Make sure every employee is turning off his or her

computer at the end of the work day. Look into

installing programs that monitor computer energy

use. Energy saving bulbs and/or windows are

available, often cheaper than you’d expect.

While the above options may seem minor in the

grand scheme of things, these minor changes,if

implemented across an entire business, can have a

measurable impact on your company’s footprint.

YOUR TECH

CHECK YOUREQUIPMENT .

Digitalization is the future. Embrace it.

If you can email a document instead of printing or

faxing it, do it. Instead of keeping a filing cabinet

with a million folders and documents, simply keep

folders and documents on your computer. They’re

easier to sort and search through and use exactly

zero paper waste.

Inserting signatures through Adobe or online

applications is simple. Invoices and bills can be

paperless too, many companies are beginning to

ask their clients to “go paperless,” meaning

eliminating paper bills mailed to homes in favor of

email alerts.

GOING DIGITAL

GO DIGITAL , ANDASK YOURCLIENTS TO DO ITTOO .

Tracking your changes helps youdetermine where you can improve and

what effect you're having.

The reason we’re making these changes isn’t just to

feel better about ourselves (though that helps too),

it’s to make a real difference. Regardless of what

you’re doing to change the footprint of your

business, without a means of tracking it, your

efforts could be going to waste.

Carbonfund.org features a footprint tracker and

calculator that you can use for your business to

keep tabs on what effects your steps towards a

sustainable business are having!

GOING DIGITAL

MEASURE YOUREFFORTS .