8. How do you set boundaries? Carbon Footprinting – Setting the Boundaries Operational boundary
9. How do you set boundaries? Carbon Footprinting – Setting the Boundaries
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11. How do you set boundaries? Carbon Footprinting – Setting the Boundaries Assessment boundaries for product carbon footprint assessment
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13. Should we care about boundaries? Carbon Footprinting – Setting the Boundaries Does having a consistent set of boundaries for every organisation really matter? NO: Emissions reductions are what we are trying to achieve, whether they are calculated correctly or not. The climate does not care if our sums are correct, it is only affected by receiving less CO2e. Waiting to start a reduction strategy until we have a globally agreed way forward is a waste of precious time that could be better spent making reductions now. YES: If we charge on claiming reductions and communicating our emissions without a consistent methodology mistakes will be made and stakeholders will lose confidence in GHG reporting, management and reduction seeing it only as “Greenwash”.
14. Final Thoughts Carbon Footprinting – Setting the Boundaries GET ON WITH IT! The most valuable reductions are those made now – a tonne of avoided CO2 stays avoided so is not causing further warming each year. Setting boundaries is important for the sake of consistency and transparency but should not be a barrier to starting a reduction strategy.
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