Carbon Footprint

By Sean Patrick

For Mark Hearn

CBA 350-01 Business Communications
9:15 TT Spring 2010
 Carbon Footprint:
Overview
• What is carbon footprint
• Types of carbon footprint
• Distribution of carbon footprint
• Companies that help
• How you can help

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 What is a Carbon
Footprint
• Amount of greenhouse gases produced
– Directly related to human actives
– Expressed in equivalent metric tons of
carbon dioxide
• Why is it Important?
– Pollutes the air
– Damages the ozone layer

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 Types of Carbon
Footprints
• Primary
– Direct fossil fuel burning
– Example: power and transportation
• Secondary
– Indirect fossil fuel burning
– Example: public services and house
furnishing
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 Distribution of
Carbon Footprints
• Individual

• Country

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 Distribution of Carbon
Footprint Global
2007/2008
Waste
2%
Gas
21% Business Travel
29%

Electricty
23%
Procureme
nt
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 Distribution of Carbon
Footprint by Country in
Metric Tons Per Capita,
25
19.8 18 2002
20
14.2
CO2 Metric Tons

15
9.8 9.6
10
4.9
5
0.2
0

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 Companies That Help

• Carbon Footprint, Ltd

• Go Green Initiative

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 Carbon Footprint, Ltd
• Hampshire, England
• Founded 2005
• Helps Companies
Reduce Carbon
Footprint
• Reduces Global
Carbon Effects Carbon Footprint, Ltd
Main Office Building
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 Go Green Initiative

• Generate Compost
• Recycle
• Educate
• Evaluate
• Nationalize

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 How You Can Help

• Recycling

• Reduce

• Volunteer

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 How You Can Help:
Recycling

• 60% of waste
can be recycled

• Recycling saves
energy

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 How You Can Help:
Reduce
Use Green
Electricity

Turn Off Fly Less

Lights

Carpool
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 Help Reduce CO2
effects

Carbon Footprint Ltd plants trees in Kenya,

October 2009
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 How You Can Help:
Volunteer

Volunteers Planting Trees in

Kenya April 2009
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 Carbon Footprint
Summary
• What is carbon footprint
• Types of carbon footprint
• Distribution of carbon footprint
• Companies that help
• How you can help

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