Sustainable Business Consulting
 
 

Carbon Footprinting + Climate

SBC performs carbon footprints to help companies measure their greenhouse gas emissions and quantify their climate impacts. We work diligently with our clients to help them understand where their emissions are coming from, then develop reduction plans that meet their goals and stay ahead of regulation.
  • Carbon Footprint Analysis
  • Emissions Reduction + Scenario Planning
 
  • Carbon Inventory Management Systems
  • Corporate Climate Policy


SBC works with clients ranging from multi-national, billion dollar companies to renewable energy startups to help them save money through carbon reduction. Our team leads businesses through the carbon footprint process, allowing our clients to:

  • Learn how to measure their carbon footprint, from identifying and using the best available tools and protocols to setting the right scope and boundaries.
  • Develop internal tracking, metrics, data collection and management systems.
  • Set meaningful emissions reduction goals through industry benchmarking and alignment with larger corporate goals.
  • Put climate impacts in quantifiable terms so they are grounded in reality and easily communicated to employees and external stakeholders.

Examples of Our Work

Global green design firm

SBC worked with a cross-functional green team at this global architecture firm to gather information and develop effective carbon reduction actions and materials. We developed content for its intranet to describe different actions employees could take, and how each action would reduce environmental impacts and save money. This helped communicate complicated information around emissions reduction in plain language that employees could understand.

Washington State’s First Credit Union

Over time, we’ve worked with employees from facilities, accounting, communications and upper management to reduce the company’s energy and paper use, waste and carbon emissions.

To achieve these results, SBC:

  • Guided the development of short and long-term goals that were successfully adopted by the Board of Directors;
  • Set up more effective data gathering systems; and
  • Created tracking metrics to ensure effective and ongoing carbon management.

Fighting global warming is extremely important to Verity Credit Union’s members and staff. SBC helped us to see how we could take a leadership role by conducting our first carbon footprint, helping us identify reduction goals appropriate for our vision and
develop a practical, achievable
implementation plan.”

John Zmolek, Executive Vice President, Verity Credit Union