Phil Duddell, Olive - "Workshop: How to Work Out Your Travel Carbon Footprint"

Philip Duddell, Operations Director, The Olive Consultancy

www.consultolive.com

Transport Carbon-footprint

1%

26%

14%

26%

33%

Sources of UK CO2 emissions

2Source: The Carbon Trust 2008

Transport

Agriculture

Industrial Processes and

Buildings

Commercial and Public

Buildings and Activities

Housing

• ‘You can’t manage what you don’t measure’ - as true for carbon as it is for £

• Carbon emissions – transport is fastest growing source

• Understand your baseline• Prioritise actions for carbon

reduction• Set targets• Others?

Why do it?

Why do it – save money

The Carbon Management Cycle

2

Establishing baselines

2

Scope

Establishing Your BaselineCarbon Footprint

A carbon footprint should follow five key principles:

RELEVANCE

TRANSPARENCY

PRAGMATISM

CONSISTENCY

ACCURATE/COMPARABLE

Normalise data

Establishing Your BaselineCarbon Footprint

Identification of Carbon Sources

Collection of data

Select or develop calculation method

Convert data into carbon emissions

Calculate total carbon footprint

Data requirements

Fuel consumption figures

Owned transport

Staff commuting

Transport product

Business transport

Data issues

• In practice, data may not be available or be available in a form that needs some extrapolation

• What secondary data is needed if we don’t have the primary data?

In practice...Sources of travel

emissionsWhere to find data Units

Owned vehicles MOT certs, odometers, log books

Mile/km

Leased vehicles Lease company/fuel cards/receipts

Mile/km/litres

Public transport Expense claims, journey planners

Mile/km

Flights Journey planners, air miles, calculators, travel company, receipts

Mile/km

Commuting Commuter survey, staff postcodes

Mile/km

Cycling, walking Expense claims, pedometers, journey planners

Mile/km

Data solutionsWhat do you do if you don’t

have Primary data?

Extrapolate from secondary/proxy data

Calculate Carbon FootprintWorkshop

• Use the table provided to identify:scope and sources of transport emissions within your

organisation,data that is available – mode, distance, fuel, otherx data that is not available

• If you can, calculate your organisation’s estimated transport carbon footprint

• Who has the lowest carbon footprint per km getting here?!

Workshop Session

2009/10 expenses record both mileage and cost for car travel. Public transport is hidden within ‘Miscellaneous Travel’.

Example

2010/11 miles Cost % Cost £/mileBusiness Miles 4,288,888 £ 1,930,000.00 85.76% £ 0.45 Lease Car Miles 934,500 £ 111,000.00 4.93% £ 0.12 Pedal Cycle 500 £ 50.00 0.00% £ 0.10 Miscellaneous Travel £ 110,500.00 4.91% Expenses £ 6,000.00 0.27% Subsistence Payments - £ 15,000.00 0.67% Parking Costs - £ 45,000.00 2.00% Course Expenses - £ 6,000.00 0.27% Course Fees - £ 27,000.00 1.20%

5,223,888 £ 2,250,550.00 100%

• Healthcare organisation• 3000+ staff• £2.2 million travel expenses spend (limited breakdown)• No other transport data collected• Limited site related travel surveys (2 years old)

The relative proportion of business mileage costs for 2010/11 can be applied to total expenditure for previous years to estimate business mileage costs.

The known mileage rate can then be applied to costs to estimate distance travelled.

2010/11 2009/10 2008/09

Total expenditure £ 2,250,550 £ 1,800,000 £ 2,500,000

Business miles expenditure £ 1,930,000 ?? ??

% 86% ?? ??

£/mile £ 0.45 £ 0.40 £ 0.40

miles 4,288,889 ?? ??

Example

2010/11 2009/10 2008/09Total expenditure £ 2,250,550 £ 1,800,000 £ 2,500,000 Business miles expenditure £ 1,930,000 £ 1,543,623 £ 2,143,920 % 86% 86% 86%£/mile £ 0.45 £ 0.40 £ 0.40 miles 4,288,889 3,859,057 5,359,801

Puts the carbon footprint into the context of your business

Example

•KgCO2 / km

•KgCO2 / Turnover (sales)

Enable comparisons of carbon efficiency

Normalise data

Remember the principles...

RELEVANCE

TRANSPARENCY

PRAGMATISM

CONSISTENCY

ACCURATE/COMPARABLE

Philip Duddell, Operations Director, The Olive Consultancy

www.consultolive.com

Thank you..

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