Hot Climate, Cool Commerce: A Service Sector Guide to Greenhouse Gas Management

Author
S. Putt Del Pino, R. Levinson, J. Larsen
Publisher
World Resources Institute
Publication date
May 2006
Type
Reports
Industry
Services
Category
Managing Corporate Responsibility
Environment/Climate Change
Discipline
Environmental Management
Language
English
Link
Hot Climate, Cool Commerce: A Service Sector Guide to Greenhouse Gas Management
Free/Pay for content
Free
 

Businesses of all types are discovering that climate change poses both challenges and opportunities. To understand what these may be for your company, you must first measure your company’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by developing a GHG “inventory,” a list of the sources of your company’s emissions and their quantities. This information will enable you to identify opportunities to reduce emissions and draw up a long-term plan to manage your company’s impact on climate change.

This guide is specifically for service-sector companies and provides:

  • An introduction to climate change, its connection to service-sector companies, and the business case for taking action.
  • Step-by-step guidance on assembling your company’s GHG inventory and managing your company’s emissions over time.
  • Detailed information about GHG-accounting issues relevant to service-sector companies. Examples include accounting for the GHG emissions associated with leased assets such as buildings or vehicles, and guidance on deciding which emission-causing activities service-sector companies should measure.
  • Case studies illustrating how service-sector companies are responding.
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