Agile Advisors: A Carbon Footprint Consultancy

Carbon Footprint

The demand for improved energy efficiency and carbon emission reduction rises as businesses strive to cut operational costs and protect the environment. The carbon footprint concept is used to quantify the overall greenhouse gas emissions that an individual, group, event, or product is accountable for, both directly and indirectly. The amount of carbon dioxide equivalent (tCO2e) emitted by an individual is measured in tonnes (tCO2e). All six of the greenhouse gases listed in the Kyoto Protocol are taken into account when calculating a person's carbon footprint: hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), perfluorocarbons (PFCs), nitrous oxide (N2O), sulphur hexafluoride, carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), and (SF6).

How big a carbon footprint is it?

The phrase "carbon footprint" is now frequently used as an acronym to describe how much carbon (typically measured in tonnes) a particular activity or organisation releases into the environment. Due to competition with other demands for biologically productive land, the carbon footprint represents a sizeable portion of the ecological footprint.

Carbon emissions

When fossil fuels are used, carbon emissions are produced. If there is not enough biocapacity to absorb these emissions, the emissions accumulate in the atmosphere. As a result, when reporting the carbon footprint as part of the overall ecological footprint, tonnes of CO2 emissions are indicated as the productive land area required to sequester those CO2 emissions. This reveals the biocapacity necessary to offset the emissions caused by using fossil fuels.

The measurement of carbon accumulation

When the carbon footprint is stated in terms of land area, it is not accurate to say that carbon sequestration is the only method of addressing the carbon issue. Simply put, it demonstrates the enormity of the biocapacity required to handle our untreated carbon waste and prevent atmospheric carbon buildup. With this measuring tool, we can approach the climate change problem holistically rather than simply shifting the burden from one natural system to another.

Additionally, this paradigm links the present environmental issues together and places climate change inside that framework. It also makes the self-interest of taking action much more apparent. We may handle all of the symptoms of a problem by focusing on it rather than addressing one issue at the expense of another.

Our role as a carbon footprint consulting firm

Agile Advisors, a carbon footprint consultancy, is working on "carbon footprint" projects to ascertain their contributions to the global warming issue in light of the growing concern about the effects of climate change and the role that carbon emissions play as a contributing element.

Through the use of the protocol definitions for carbon registers, we can examine their carbon footprints. Although the scope of these requirements varies, we, as a carbon footprint consultancy often advise concentrating more on determining only direct emissions from purchased energy and less on supplier chain emissions. On the other hand, there are methods for monitoring total emissions across the supply chain based on particular environmental life-cycle assessment approaches. According to experience, using methodologies for estimating that are too strictly specified will often result in considerable underestimations of the carbon emissions related to producing products and services.

How may we be of help?

We at Agile Advisors, a carbon footprint consultancy, provide a comprehensive service based on your company's demands. Our engineers look at how much energy a specific project or your complete business uses will have an impact on carbon emissions. We also draw attention to additional economic opportunities provided by the shift to a low-carbon economy.

We can help your business in the following ways, as examples:

• Evaluations of each project's use of renewable energy and energy efficiency

• Assessment of each project's product innovation

• Analyzing costs and benefits

• We will identify cost-saving opportunities and strategies for your business to take advantage of the potential for low-carbon production through the monitoring and management of energy.