RTD8: Taking Responsibility – Achieving Change Monitoring & Reporting Tourism Carbon Emissions Rachel Dunk ([email protected]) Steven Gillespie, Jacob Pryor, Josh Thomas ICARB (www.icarb.org)
Dec 27, 2015
RTD8: Taking Responsibility – Achieving Change
Monitoring & Reporting Tourism Carbon Emissions
Rachel Dunk ([email protected]) Steven Gillespie, Jacob Pryor, Josh Thomas
ICARB (www.icarb.org)
“If you want me to do things only for ROI
reasons, you should get out of this stock.”Tim Cook, Feb 2014
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Why Manage Carbon?
Protecting the Environment 2.5
Sustainability 2.6
Reducing Carbon Emissions 2.8
Reducing Costs 3.6
Corporate Social Responsibility 4.5
Retaining / Winning Business 5.0
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Av R Range ModeReason
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Business Drivers
Reducing Operating Costs 2%
Meeting Customer Expectations 4%
Personal Interest 9%
Public Relations: Good Neighbours 12%
Competitive Advantage 18%
Meeting Membership Criteria 27%
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N M SMReason
Complying with Company Policy 22% 42% 37%
Complying with Regulations 31% 54% 14%90% of respondents were or had been members of GTBS
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Do Customers Care?
Price 1.9
Comfort 2.6
Safety 2.9
Distance 3.1
Environmental Impact 4.4
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Rank Range ModeFactor
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Carbon Accounting Criteria
Robustness 1.5
Accuracy of Accounting 1.5
Justifiability 1.7
Meeting Mandatory Standards 1.8
Reporting to Stakeholders/Funders 1.8
Public Reporting 1.8
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Ave Range ModeCriteria
Internal Decision Making 1.8 1-4 2
Externally Verified 2.2 1-5 2
1: Very 2: Important 3: Moderately 4: Slightly 5: Not at all
Meeting Voluntary Standards 2.3 1-5 2
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Carbon Accounting Aspects
Easy to Apply 1.3
Changes over Time 1.5
Direction of Change 1.6
Comparison to Benchmark 1.6
Evaluate Actions 1.7
Evaluate Behaviour Change 1.8
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Ave Range ModeCriteria
Magnitude of Change 1.9 1-4 2
Comparison within Sector 2.0 1-4 2
Comparison across Organisations 2.2 1-4 2
1: Very 2: Important 3: Moderately 4: Slightly 5: Not at all
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Accounting & Reporting Tool
Staged approach – to encourage early adoption
Provide simple method for identifying significant emissions
For different business types, pre-identified likely significant sources – qualify out rather than qualify in
Depending on level of significance tiered estimation methods
Not require ‘pre-work’ – i.e. allow for a range of different types of activity data to be used as inputs
Track business performance and give intensity measures
Allow automatic benchmarking & reporting
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A Proposal for Alignment
Conduct attribute analysis of existing standards and certification schemes
Create ‘wish list’ of carbon accounting tool attributes
Industry validation of ‘wish list’ through consultation
Conduct analysis of existing tools – assess ability to track and report on desired attributes
Share results publicly - provides opportunity for all tool authors to incorporate changes / align with industry needs
Central certification? Formal alignment to a core standard?