Carbon Accounting
October 20, 2022
Understanding Key Terms of Carbon Accounting
GHG Protocol: The de facto global accounting method for measuring an entity's direct, downstream, and upstream GHG emissions. This protocol defines methodologies for calculating and defining the scope of emissions, as well as informing the standard-setting criteria of many other…
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Carbon Accounting
October 14, 2022
10 Business Use Cases of Carbon Accounting
1. Climate change ethics Increased adoption of reliable carbon accounting is critical to achieving the goals set out under the Paris Agreement to limit the temperature increase to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels. 2. Goal tracking for sustainability An entity looking…
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Carbon Accounting
September 29, 2022
Integration of Energy & Sustainability Management Is Crucial to Carbon Accounting
73% of all emissions are estimated to come from energy consumption, a fact that is often overlooked in conducting sustainability goals. Because emissions are largely derivative of energy use, it is integral to preach the integration of energy and sustainability…
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Utilities Expense & Data Management
September 23, 2022
Utility Data Automation – What It Means and Why It’s Important
Traditionally, utilities would send companies their monthly utility bills and it would be up to the company to manually extract and track their utility data in Excel spreadsheets to capture trends, identify errors in billing, and determine overall performance. This…
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Benchmarking & Sustainability Reporting
September 22, 2022
2023 Sustainability Reporting Trends and Tips
It’s that time of year again – With only three and a half months left in 2022, it’s time to start exploring 2023 corporate sustainability reporting trends and tips. From possible SEC-mandated climate disclosure to the downfall of carbon offsets,…
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Procurement & Energy Risk
September 16, 2022
How to Procure Renewable Energy at Your Company
Previously, we’ve written about why your company should be procuring renewable energy and the challenges of doing so. Now, we’d like to show you exactly how it’s done, using one of our large real estate investment trust (REIT) clients as…
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Regulatory
September 14, 2022
An Update on the SEC Climate Disclosure Guidelines
In March 2022, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued a new regulatory proposal that would mandate climate disclosure within financial reports. The proposal was originally expected to be passed over the summer. However, the SEC ultimately extended the…
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Sustainability
September 13, 2022
12 Ways to Reduce Your Scope 1, 2, and 3 Emissions
Reducing Scope 1, 2, and 3 emissions is one of the most impactful ways for companies to increase their sustainability efforts, achieve net zero, and combat climate change. Emissions can be divided into three different categories – scope 1, scope…
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Benchmarking & Sustainability Reporting
August 24, 2022
How to Get the Most Out of Your CDP Disclosure
The Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) is a non-profit organization and popular reporting framework that companies use to disclose their environmental information to investors, employees, and consumers. CDP also recognizes companies for their environmental leadership with a scoring system that ranks…
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