CARBON FOOTPRINT

Carbon Footprint

Carbon Footprint

Introduction

The climate change shows tangible environmental consequence, though the impact on business has recently come under focus. Every business emits CO2 through product manufacturing, administration, internal processes and distribution activities. All these account to climate change. It becomes crucial for the business practices. This paper is an account of the facility management in relation to the CSR management. Their incorporation to reducing the carbon foot print is mentioned through the case of a company (Baker, Elaine, 2004, pp. 37).

The greenhouse effect is a natural phenomenon, but the frequent allusion to it in relation to global warming some to believe that in it is undesirable, and a recent result of air pollution. It should be clarified that the warming is attributed to the mere existence, but to the enhanced greenhouse effect over their previous values. Moreover, the causation of climate and its temporal variation depends on other factors, although the general scientific community is now considering that the current warming, whose existence is denied by some, is due largely to this cause.

Part 1

A critical analysis of how a business's total carbon footprint is made up in terms of its activities, products, services, and assets.

The largest source of emissions of carbon dioxide is the burning of fossil fuels. The main emitters of CO 2 are industry, transport and service sectors including housing. Methane (CH 4) is predominantly emitted by agricultural activities (digestion of ruminants) followed by industry sources whose emissions are waste management (fermentation of waste in landfills) and energy production (mainly leakage in the distribution of natural gas) and finally by the fermentation of biomass.

The most important sources of N 2 O emissions are agriculture (the degradation of manure and mineral nitrogen fertilizers), industry and particularly the chemical industry (nitric acid) and combustion of fossil fuels for energy needs. Transport is responsible for some emissions of N 2 O, including the aging of catalytic converters installed on patrol cars (this source is small but is growing with the spread of these devices in the vehicle fleet gasoline).

Industry - leading emitter of greenhouse gases emissions

In 2007, the industry has produced a total of 24.5 million tons of CO 2, that is to say 53% of total emissions, which totaled 45.9 million tons, excluding emissions from biomass. Transport emits 21% of regional emissions. The service sector and housing are the source of 15% of global emissions. Agriculture is responsible for 9% of emissions from the territory. Other activities include the distribution of fuels and emissions of fluorinated gases are the cause of 2% of emissions. Industrial activities emitting the most greenhouse gas emissions in 2007 are:

Manufacture of nonmetallic mineral products whose emissions account for 39% of all emissions from industry,

Metal that emits 28% of industrial GHG emissions;

The chemical industry is responsible for 12% of industrial GHG emissions;

Power generation is responsible for 11% of the Walloon industrial emissions.

Manufacturing

The businesses are often careless in controlling the manufacturing activities to reduce the carbon emission. The manufacturing processes remain environmentally irresponsible due to the requirement ...