Carbon reduction programmes, and the companies that deliver them, influence the lives of the people and groups with whom they interact. A business can use that influence to encourage others to reduce their own carbon dioxide emissions.
1. If you are an employer of staff, start an Employee Carbon Reduction Programme. This could be through providing information, perhaps on a dedicated website; through a competition to see who has the most creative ideas for reduction at work or at home; through purchase incentives for low carbon items; etc. The good habits employees develop at home will be brought back to the workplace to further reduce carbon emissions of your organisation.
2. If you have customers or clients providing goods or services in your supply chain, start a Customer Carbon Reduction Programme. This could be modelled on the Employee Reduction Programme, with added incentives such as allocating prime parking spaces to visitors in low carbon vehicles or in carpools; provision of electric charging stations; or discounts to those on foot or bike. The point here is that your customers or clients come to understand your business as a valued partner in community reduction efforts.
3. Encourage your Supply Chain to reduce their carbon dioxide emissions. This could be through preferred purchasing policies where the embodied energy and carbon of the things you buy is a criterion for selecting a supplier. And remember that you are part of the supply chain for other organisations, so be prepared to satisfy this same criterion for your own goods and services! You can learn about the carbon practices of many of your suppliers through the Carbon Disclosure Project.
2. If you have customers or clients providing goods or services in your supply chain, start a Customer Carbon Reduction Programme. This could be modelled on the Employee Reduction Programme, with added incentives such as allocating prime parking spaces to visitors in low carbon vehicles or in carpools; provision of electric charging stations; or discounts to those on foot or bike. The point here is that your customers or clients come to understand your business as a valued partner in community reduction efforts.
3. Encourage your Supply Chain to reduce their carbon dioxide emissions. This could be through preferred purchasing policies where the embodied energy and carbon of the things you buy is a criterion for selecting a supplier. And remember that you are part of the supply chain for other organisations, so be prepared to satisfy this same criterion for your own goods and services! You can learn about the carbon practices of many of your suppliers through the Carbon Disclosure Project.
