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Pathway to Carbon Net Positive
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ICT’s vast potential for carbon abatement
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ICT has the potential to enable the abatement of 9.1Gt CO2e per annum
ICT has the potential to enable the abatement of 9.1Gt CO2e per annum
SMARTer 2020 report
ICT could cut projected global GHG emissions
by 16.5%
$1.9tn in energy/fuel savings
7x the ICT sector emissions
ICT potential first estimated by The Climate Group’s
SMART 2020 report
SMARTer 2020 report
ICT could cut projected global GHG emissions
by 16.5%
$1.9tn in energy/fuel savings
7x the ICT sector emissions
ICT potential first estimated by The Climate Group’s
SMART 2020 report
BT’s response
Adopt the SMART 2020 strategy and continue to cut our own emissions and help
our customers cut their emissions through our products & services
BT’s response
Adopt the SMART 2020 strategy and continue to cut our own emissions and help
our customers cut their emissions through our products & services
Response by ICT industry
Improvements in energy efficiency
Development of new products and services
Response by ICT industry
Improvements in energy efficiency
Development of new products and services
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BT Net Good: Part of a wider business & sustainability strategy
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We’re focusing on integrating sustainability
into everything we do.
Our Better Future programme is our
commitment to use the power of communication
to improve lives and ways of doing business
without costing the earth.
We’re focusing on integrating sustainability
into everything we do.
Our Better Future programme is our
commitment to use the power of communication
to improve lives and ways of doing business
without costing the earth.
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Being a responsible & sustainable business
leader is one of BT’s six strategic priorities to grow the value of our
business.
Being a responsible & sustainable business
leader is one of BT’s six strategic priorities to grow the value of our
business.
Our strategy Our Programmes
Net GoodNet Good
Connected Society
Connected Society
ImprovingLives
ImprovingLives
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1992
BT measures corporate
carbon footprint; sets
first reduction target
2010
BT Road Tests GHG
Protocol Product Standard
2008
BT sets global / UK CO2
reduction targets <80%
Assessment of
Scope 3 emissions
BT supports development
of GHG
Protocol ICT
Sector Guidance
2011
BT Carbon Footprint Home Hub,
DECT phone & STB
Achieves 3:1 Carbon
Abatement Im
pact for
Customers
2013
Sets 2020 Carbon
Abatement Target
2020
Publication of Scope 3
supply chain emissions
London 2012/ LOG
OG
telecoms
service carbon footprint
BT has already built a strong track record in carbon measurement & management
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Global resource challenges
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Our Net Good vision is to help society live within the constraints
of our planet’s resources through
our products and people
Our Net Good vision is to help society live within the constraints
of our planet’s resources through
our products and people
Net Good vision
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Downstream (CPE)
Downstream (CPE)
Own OperationsOwn Operations
Upstream (suppliers)Upstream (suppliers)
BTExisting
and futureproducts
and services
BTExisting
and futureproducts
and services
3Abatement potential for customers
3Abatement potential for customers
1Carbon impact
of BT’s business
1Carbon impact
of BT’s business
:
Our 2020 goal puts the Net Good vision into practice for our most material environmental impact: energy & carbon. It brings together all the components of our impact, and links revenue growth to carbon abatement.
The 2020 3:1 goal: Net Good vision into practice
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3 : 1We will help customers
reduce carbon emissions by at
least three times…
… BT’s own carbon emissions
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End to end carbon impact methodology
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Upstream reductions Own operations reductions
Upstream/Supply chain (64%)Upstream/Supply chain (64%)
Own operations (8%)Own operations (8%)
Downstream (28%)Downstream (28%)
Spend based Environmentally Extended Input-Output Analysis
Measured actuals Calculated based on product volumes and consumption metrics
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X =
Case StudyReport
Current
Totalcarbon
abatement
Totalcarbon
abatement
Abatement Methodology
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• Identify BT products/services with carbon abatement potential
• For each, develop unit carbon abatement metric based on a case study or report
• Assess total carbon abatement achieved through applying product volumes
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Abatement Pathway
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2013 2020
3:1
1:1
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BT’s approach
Transparency
Independent verification & endorsement
Available to other
businesses
Engage stakeholders
Learn from feedback
Robust reporting on targets
The 3:1 methodology: A transparent, open source approach
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Ensuring robustness
BT asked the Carbon Trust and Camanoe Associates (researchers from MIT) to endorse both the methodology and BT’s assumptions
Ensuring robustness
BT asked the Carbon Trust and Camanoe Associates (researchers from MIT) to endorse both the methodology and BT’s assumptions
Endorsement
Carbon Trust and Camanoe Associates reviewed the Scope 1,2 & 3 measurement approach and the approach
to measuring carbon abatement on a product by product basis, evaluating 15 products and services in total
Endorsement
Carbon Trust and Camanoe Associates reviewed the Scope 1,2 & 3 measurement approach and the approach
to measuring carbon abatement on a product by product basis, evaluating 15 products and services in total
After establishing a firm understanding of the product or service, Carbon Trust and Camanoe Associates looked at the carbon footprint
model including the approach and assumptions; the carbon factor, their values and the data sources used in the calculations
After establishing a firm understanding of the product or service, Carbon Trust and Camanoe Associates looked at the carbon footprint
model including the approach and assumptions; the carbon factor, their values and the data sources used in the calculations
The 3:1 methodology: External endorsement
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Integrated Energy
Management Services
Integrated Energy
Management Services
Audio-conferencing
Audio-conferencingTelecommutingTelecommuting
Flexible Working Services
Flexible Working Services
No of home workers
(ONS data)
Proportion enabled by BT broadband
Carbon saving/ telecommuter [ACI
Study, Yankee Group Study, BT Study]
No of home workers
(ONS data)
Proportion enabled by BT broadband
Carbon saving/ telecommuter [ACI
Study, Yankee Group Study, BT Study]
Number of BT conference calls
per year
Carbon saving per call [University of Bradford Study]
Number of BT conference calls
per year
Carbon saving per call [University of Bradford Study]
No of Contracts/year
Energy saving per contract [from analysis of BT
savings and analysis of potential contracts]
Carbon saving due to energy savings
No of Contracts/year
Energy saving per contract [from analysis of BT
savings and analysis of potential contracts]
Carbon saving due to energy savings
No of Contracts/year
Desk / office space saving per contract
[from analysis of existing contracts]
Carbon saving due to office heating /
lighting energy savings
No of Contracts/year
Desk / office space saving per contract
[from analysis of existing contracts]
Carbon saving due to office heating /
lighting energy savings
The 3:1 methodology: Examples of carbon abatement
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As an extension of our open sourced approach we’ll be
inviting further comment/ critique at an online forum on 2 July.
The Better Future Forum will be an opportunity for BT to share its experience so far and learn from others through open discussions,
independently moderated.
We have made the methodology available via our website
& we’ll be inviting suggestions for further improvements.
Online ForumOnline Forum
The 3:1 methodology: Engaging stakeholders to evolve our approach
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Following the review BT worked with The Climate
Group and The Carbon Trust on a stakeholder consultation
to gather further feedback from industry experts.
ConsultationConsultation
The feedback from the consultation and today’s
launch event organized by The Climate Group will be
used to further evolve the methodology.
FeedbackFeedback
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