Carbon Footprint

WHAT IS CARBON FOOTPRINT?

The total amounts of greenhouse gases (GHG) emissions produced to directly and indirectly support human activities, usually expressed in equivalent tons of carbon dioxide (CO2).

It is expressed as carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e). It accounts for all six Kyoto emissions:• Carbon dioxide (CO2)• Methane (CH4)• Nitrous Oxide (N2O)• Hydro fluorocarbons (HFCs)• Per fluorocarbons (PFCs)• Sulphur hexafluoride (SF6)

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Flying from San Francisco to Boston, for example, would generate some 1,300 kilograms of greenhouse gases per passenger each way, while driving would account for only 930 kilograms per vehicle. Methane emission from ruminant livestock (meat and dairy products) is currently estimated to be around 100 million tonnes of methane each year and, after rice agriculture, represents the biggest man-made methane source.For many of us, a common response to this statistic is, “Oh, I never fly, and I don’t own a medium-sized car, I don’t eat meat every day …”

http://www.nature.org/greenliving/carboncalculator/index.htm#

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Production of raw materials

Distribution of raw materials

Distribution of products and

retailConsumption

Re-use/recycling/disposal

The organization

Organizational footprint

Product footprint

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ORGANIZATIONAL CARBON FOOTPRINT

QUANTIFYING GHG EMISIONS

UNDERSTAND HOW YOUR

ORGANIZATION CONTRIBUTES TO GLOBAL EMISSION

WHAT OPPORTUNITIES

YOU HAVE TO REDUCE YOUR

EMISSIONS

DEVELOP CARBON PLAN

1

2

3

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THE GREEN HOUSE PROTOCOL STANDARD

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WHY CALCULATE YOUR ORGANIZATIONAL CARBON FOOTPRINT?

MANAGE YOUR GHG EMISSIONS AND MAKE REDUCTIONS OVER THE TIME

REPORT EMISSIONS AS A PART OF YOUR CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONIBILITY ,

MARKETING OR DEMANDING CUSTOMERS

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HOW TO CALCULATE AN ORGANIZATIONAL CARBON FOOTPRINT

1• Decide on the method to be followed

2• Define organizational and operational boundaries

3• Collect the data

4• Apply emissions factors

5• Verify the results (optional)

6• Verify that you have taken action to reduce your emissions

(optional)

GHG protocol

Scopes?

kWh, fuel..

CO2e

Third party

Third party

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WHY COMMUNICATING YOUR ORGANIZATIONAL CARBON FOOTPRINT?

REPORTING YOUR CARBON FOOTPRINT (AND INDEPENDENTLY CERTIFIED)

REST OF STAKEHOL

DERS

CUSTOMERSEMPLOYEES

1. Make sure the data is presented transparently (six previous steps)

2. Communicating internally can help to engage employees in the process of carbon reduction

3. Communicating externally –in your CSR report for example- demonstrates that you are concerned with the impact your business is having on the environment

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It is a certificateREDUCING CARBON FOOTPRINTS BY PURCHASING ‘CARBON OFFSETS’

Many Carbon emissions for the hospitality industry simply cannot be avoided. Guests must fly, drive or take the train to the hotel. Guest staying in hotels..

I.e. purchase renewable electricity, donate to reforestation projects…

WHAT IS CARBON OFFSET?

HOTEL CARBON MEASURE INITIATIVE 1.0 METHODOLOGY

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APPROACHES TO MEASURE CARBON EMISSIONS WITHIN HOTELS VARIED WIDELY

CONFUSIONS AMONG CUSTOMERS, PARTICULARLY CORPORATE CLIENTS

OPPORTUNITY TO UNITE TOWARDS A COMMON METHODOLOGY FOLLOWING THE GHG PROTOCOL STANDARDS

OPPORTUNITY TO MOVING FORWARD AND MAXIMIZING THE TAKE UP OF THE METHODOLOGY BY A BROADER RANGE OF HOTELS

PROBLEMS OPPORTUNITIES

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BOUNDARIESGHG emissions result from a variety of activities within the hotel itself such as heating, cooling, lighting, catering, and laundry operations, IT and the use of electronic equipment

Restaurants

Meeting spaces

Shops

Casinos Golf Courses

Spas

Garden Space

Fitness Centres

‘Back of the House’

Rooms and hotel indoor

Laundry (also outsource)

Scopes 1 + 2

Private Space (apartments)

Scope 3

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DATA REQUIREMENTSTHE MAIN PIECES OF DATA NECESSARY FOR A HOTEL TO CALCULATE THE CARBON FOOTPRINT FOR A GUEST ROOM AND MEETING SPACE ARE AS FOLLOWS:

Total number of: (1) guest rooms+

corridors (2) meeting facility

space(sqft or sqm)

Total number of:(1) Occupied rooms

(2) Total energy consumption

(reporting year)

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DATA REQUIREMENTSENERGY CONSUMPTION MAY COME FROM THE FOLLOWING SOURCES:

• Fuels consumed on-site such as natural gas, oil and other fuels

• Purchased electricity• Mobile fuels burned (from vehicles and

landscaping equipment)• Purchased steam and chilled water• District heating or municipal power

Note: If the hotel purchases ‘green’ electricity (i.e. electricity at a ‘green’ tariff), it can disclose this information, but it cannot deduct the amount of green electricity used from its total energy consumption. Onsite renewable energy (e.g. from solar or wind) reduce the amount of energy that a hotel needs to purchase and therefore reduces its energy consumption and carbon emissions

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DATA REQUIREMENTSOutsourced laundry

Take information from laundry supplier. For example, if your supplier’s total electricity consumption for the year is 100,000 kWh and you represent 10% of their business (by volume or revenue), your share electricity consumption is 10,000 kWh

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DATA REQUIEREMENTSMobile fuels

Transportation vehicles (cars, shuttle buses), landscaping equipment etc. Only need to calculate if the hotel operates transportation vehicles

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DATA REQUIREMENTSRefurbishments

The methodology calculates GHG emissions during "normal operations". Conducting extensive refurbishments during the reporting year may falsify the results that will be used in the disclosure period once the refurbishments are completed. Routine refurbishments do not have to be disclosed or accounted for. However, hotels undertaking major refurbishments should disclose this information.

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DATA REQUIREMENTSCarbon Offsets

The methodology measures the GHG efficiency at which a hotel provides guest rooms and meeting space to its customers. If the hotel purchases carbon offsets, it can disclose this information, but it cannot deduct the amount of emissions that is offset from its total GHG emissions

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MELIA Hotels-6.3% compared with 2011 figurescarbon footprint240,654 tonnes of CO2 emitted

NH Hotels’ carbon footprint is 153,865 tonnes of CO2. A total of 55% comes from energy consumption and 45% from fuel consumption

Marriott 355,000 CO2 tonnes emitted

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