Climate Positive with Carbon Handprint

#gogreen , #ecofriendly, #sustainable, #carbonneutral and #netzero, these are a few of the terms being thrown all over. But sustainability has gone to the next level with the new buzz word ‘Climate Positive”. It is going beyond carbon neutral. Carbon Neutral refers to activities undertaken by companies to offset their environmental impact by reducing their carbon emissions to zero whereas climate positive goes a little further beyond reaching net-zero emissions. It works to reduce and remove more greenhouse gases than it emits.?

What is Climate Positive??

#climatepositive means reducing more greenhouse gases than you are generating. This is possible by offsetting more than your carbon footprint. Going Climate Positive means creating more positive impacts on the environment than the negative ones you cannot avoid. It saves more greenhouse gases than it creates. This is possible by going beyond boundaries to help customers and suppliers to reduce their emissions.?

This multiplies the efforts in reducing the overall carbon footprint thereby achieving net-zero. Reducing these avoided emissions makes you Climate Positive.?

Creating environmental benefits along with neutralizing carbon emissions nurtures Earth-conscious living. In other Climate Positive leads to creating more carbon handprints than carbon footprints.??

What is a Carbon handprint??

A Carbon Handprint is something that makes a positive change in the world by helping to reduce someone else’s footprint thereby improving climate action. While carbon footprint represents the negative impact on the environment by way of contributing to global warming, #carbonhandprint represents the beneficial effects derived from reducing global warming.?

Let us see it as, Footprints can only go to zero, but size of handprints has no limits! Climate Positive is creating more Carbon Handprints than Carbon Footprints?

Why do we need to go Climate Positive??

We need to limit temperatures to 1.5?C by 2050, but we are on a path for global warming to hit at least 3?C by the end of the century. The commitments are not enough, and we have to go beyond this and faster.?

Climate positive not only reduces your emissions but helps in reducing other’s emissions too and businesses need them because?

• Climate Emergency is a Risk for businesses?
• Regulatory requirements are getting stringent with SECR requirements mandating businesses to report of all the emissions in their annual returns.?
• Customer behaviour is changing with a demand for green products.?
• Pressure from the industry is high and staying ahead of the curve helps.?

How do we increase the Carbon handprint??

• Develop low carbon products to help customers lower their carbon footprint?

Every product has carbon embedded in the material or the process of production. Manufacturing of these products also create emissions by consuming energy and creating waste. Developing a product with lower carbon footprint makes a difference as an avoided emission and counts as a carbon handprint.?

• Connect with suppliers directly to reduce their emissions?

We have to work in collaboration to realize a greater impact. Working with suppliers and customers on projects and help them reduce their energy consumption, less raw material or reducing waste helps to avoid emissions thereby adding to the carbon handprint. We need to include how each member has contributed in making an impact in this decarbonization journey.?

• Promote reusing and recycling of waste to reduce emissions associated with landfills.?

Every product we buy, and use consumes energy and generates its footprint along with the disposing of waste into landfills. Recycling materials or reusing them saves the embedded carbon, avoiding the emissions and creating a carbon handprint.?

These avoided emissions reduce the number of offsets you need to buy. There is a need to address this climate emergency quickly and we need to rope in as many businesses possible in this climate positive journey.?

Surpass the emissions you produce and get a Climate Positive Rating!