Carbon Planet conducted a comprehensive audit of the greenhouse gas emissions accountable to Cleartext for the 2006/07 financial year and updated this for the 2007/08/09 years.
The aim of this process was to define and establish an operational boundary to account for direct and indirect GHG emissions (scope 1, scope 2, scope 3) that constitute to Cleartext's inventory for the purpose of removing those emissions with carbon credit offsets. A further aim was to identify areas where GHG emissions may be able to be reduced in subsequent years.
Carbon Planets CO2 free audits are in accordance with the standards outlined by the Greenhouse Gas Protocol in the Corporate Accounting and Reporting Standard (2004) [1] and ISO 14064-1 specifications for quantification and reporting of greenhouse gas emissions and removals.
Elucidation of the activities and items contributing to GHG emissions involves obtaining an organisational inventory of services and processes used as a result of operations within the established organisational boundary.
What does this mean in our day to day activities?
Apart from the audit and purchasing the carbon offets we do at least the following in our daily activities;
- Where possible we turn off all electrical devices when not in use
- We have reduced the amount of paper we use by around 80%
- Purchase recycled paper and re-use paper within the office
- Use public transport for business travel where possible
- Purchase environmentally friendly products and services when possible
- Champion the cause by encouraging clients and business partners to 'go green'.