Why manage your carbon footprint?
Efficency
Benchmark current levels and:
- strive for higher levels of output
- use lower levels of input
- generate less waste.
Stakeholder pressure
- Customers are starting to ask for evidence of carbon management
- Government has committed to cut CO2 against 1990 levels by 60% by 2050, and by between 26% and 32% by 2020
- Public sector organisations and their supply chains first to experience government GHG reduction pressure
- Communities – increasing importance of maintaining a good public image with respect to the environment
- Employees, in particular younger people and those with young families, increasingly value employers taking positive steps to improve environmental performance
Legislative compliance
Levels of compliance for businesses look set to increase worldwide. Businesses that act now will be far better placed to mitigate increasing compliance costs in the future.
Competitive advantage
The following business benefits are only an advantage as long as your competition hasn’t beaten you to it:
- Prime cost reductions
- Tender & interview success rates as environmental performance increases significance in bid evaluation
- Early mover advantage - drive the agenda with customers with the confidence that you are ahead of competitors
- Reputation gains
- Corporate Social Responsibility Performance improvement
REN solutions
Why work with us
- Construction industry specialist
- Flexibility of service
- Experience and ability to communicate effectively from ground worker to chairman.
Deliverables
- Carbon footprint - overall, per employee & per £1m turnover
- Green House Gas Report to ISO 14064-1 Standard
- Recommendations for GHG reductions
- Recommended actions to improve data collection, reporting accuracy and scope
How we can work with you
- Measurement and reporting
- Auditing & inspection
- Coaching & Mentoring
- Research & development
- Impact assessment
- Stakeholder mapping, engagement and dialogue
- Workshops
- Bid support for sustainability issues
- Interim management
