Ireland lags behind European neighbours in Carbon Management
Hit by the increasing cost of carbon taxes, water rates, waste charges, transport and fuel costs, many Irish business are only now beginning to wake up to the importance carbon management. Our European neighbours, in particular the UK have been using comparative carbon emissions data to measure company performance for some time now . Companies with low carbon emissions relative to their peers are typically more financially sustainable and are more protected against the risk of future price shocks.
Clearstream Solutions is one of Ireland’s leading specialists in carbon management. Headquartered in Sandyford, Dublin and supported by the Dun Laoghaire Enterprise Board, Clearstream Solutions provides its clients with a range of carbon management and environmental services including carbon footprinting, training, project management and compliance.
Clearstream Solutions is headed up by Brian O’Kennedy, a seasoned supply chain executive. Having spent over 16 years in global supply chain, O’Kennedy suggests that Ireland lags behind our European neighbours in terms of compliance in this area, and that this presents a major risk. “We can no longer afford to wait for Government to legislate for Climate Change. Simply put, organisations need to measure, manage and reduce their carbon emissions, and also those of their products and suppliers”.
“It is not difficult, nor expensive to properly measure Co2 emissions, and it does result significant benefits”. O’Kennedy presents the following as compelling reasons to measure emissions.
Cost Reduction: Cut carbon emissions and you cut cost including energy, fuel, water, waste, transport and materials.
Cost impacts in the supply chain: Why does Walmart the world’s largest retailer ask its suppliers to measure carbon emissions? What happens to your organisation if oil goes over €120 a barrel?
Tenders: Public sector as well as private sector tenders will require evidence of carbon management strategy. Green Public Procurement has been slow in Ireland, but it is coming. Does your organisation have an Environmental Policy Statement, metrics, awards or certifications?
Competitive advantage: There is still an opportunity to lead by example in this area.
Sustainability: Investors, customers and employees are watching.
Reporting: Organisations will increasingly be asked to report GHG emissions under schemes such as CDP, CRC and Walmart Sustainability Assessment.
Global warming: “Are the floods and fires getting worse? Even if you are not 100% sure, is it worth taking the risk? The result of inaction on Climate Change could cost many livelihoods and even lives” argues O’Kennedy.
Take a free ‘environmental fitness assessment’, and for further information on calculating your carbon footprint and embedding a low carbon culture, contact Clearstream Solutions at www.clearstreamsolutions.ie
Clearstream Solutions is one of Ireland’s leading specialists in carbon management. Headquartered in Sandyford, Dublin and supported by the Dun Laoghaire Enterprise Board, Clearstream Solutions provides its clients with a range of carbon management and environmental services including carbon footprinting, training, project management and compliance.
Clearstream Solutions is headed up by Brian O’Kennedy, a seasoned supply chain executive. Having spent over 16 years in global supply chain, O’Kennedy suggests that Ireland lags behind our European neighbours in terms of compliance in this area, and that this presents a major risk. “We can no longer afford to wait for Government to legislate for Climate Change. Simply put, organisations need to measure, manage and reduce their carbon emissions, and also those of their products and suppliers”.
“It is not difficult, nor expensive to properly measure Co2 emissions, and it does result significant benefits”. O’Kennedy presents the following as compelling reasons to measure emissions.
Cost Reduction: Cut carbon emissions and you cut cost including energy, fuel, water, waste, transport and materials.
Cost impacts in the supply chain: Why does Walmart the world’s largest retailer ask its suppliers to measure carbon emissions? What happens to your organisation if oil goes over €120 a barrel?
Tenders: Public sector as well as private sector tenders will require evidence of carbon management strategy. Green Public Procurement has been slow in Ireland, but it is coming. Does your organisation have an Environmental Policy Statement, metrics, awards or certifications?
Competitive advantage: There is still an opportunity to lead by example in this area.
Sustainability: Investors, customers and employees are watching.
Reporting: Organisations will increasingly be asked to report GHG emissions under schemes such as CDP, CRC and Walmart Sustainability Assessment.
Global warming: “Are the floods and fires getting worse? Even if you are not 100% sure, is it worth taking the risk? The result of inaction on Climate Change could cost many livelihoods and even lives” argues O’Kennedy.
Take a free ‘environmental fitness assessment’, and for further information on calculating your carbon footprint and embedding a low carbon culture, contact Clearstream Solutions at www.clearstreamsolutions.ie