Every day, more companies are choosing to protect the environment and reduce their emissions to improve their performance. Carbon Footprint.
But… do you know exactly what it involves? 🤔
We can say that the Carbon Footprint is the amount of emissions of CO2 equivalent that generates an activity directly or indirectly, taking into account the emissions of six types of gases: CO2, CH4, N2O, HFC, PFC, SF6.
Their analysis covers all the stages developed in the company's activity and where the Carbon Footprint We can use it as: Environmental indicator, a point of reference for the start of reduction actions y economic savings or obtaining Green Label.
EVERYTHING I NEED TO KEEP IN MIND ✍️📑
Before we get down to the calculations, every company should take the following into account:
🔍 Carbon Footprint Approach: We need to know the different types of footprints and which one is most relevant to us.
- Organizational Carbon Footprint. This includes all emissions from activities directly related to the functioning of the organization.
- Product Carbon Footprint. This includes all gases generated throughout the entire life cycle of a product (“cradle to grave”).
- Event/Project Carbon Footprint. This includes gas emissions resulting from the consumption of electricity and fossil fuels from activities related to the event/project.
💨 Types of emissions:
- Primary/DirectThose issued by the company. It has direct control over them, or the source of issuance is its own.
- Secondary/Indirect: All other issues. The company generates an issue, but that issue is not its own.
🛑 Operational limits:
- Scope 1: Direct emissions.
- Scope 2: All indirect emissions associated with electricity.
- Scope 3: Other indirect emissions.
▶️ Standard selection:
We can calculate our footprint based on a standard (GHG Protocol, ISO 14064, ISO 14067, ISO 14069, PAS 2050, etc.) and in turn, verify it through a certification body or perform the calculation and carry out the record in it MITECO.
CARBON FOOTPRINT REGISTRATION AT MITECO.
We need to know that the registration of Carbon Footprint in it MITECO It is voluntary, but I must take into account some minimum requirements for registration:
- Type of Carbon Footprint: Organization.
- ScopeAt a minimum, 1 and 2. Scope 3 is voluntary.
- External verification: HC of non-SME organizations and SMEs that have process emissions must be verified by a certification body.
- Reduction Plan: The organization must define a plan for reducing its GHG emissions.
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Source: MITECO, AEC.
