Our carbon measurement covers the emissions from our activity in all the projects we execute for our clients. This includes energy used, computers and internet usage, phone communications, transport and any embodied emissions.
Upon completion of a client engagement, we estimate the quantity of CO2e that was emitted for the project and include a statement in our invoice to the client with the relevant figure in tonnes of emitted CO2e and a notification that these emissions will be entirely compensated.
There is no doubt that our carbon footprint represents only a fraction of the total footprint of our clients’ supply chains. However, we believe that our approach is forward-looking and still uncommon among service providers and we aim to become a role model in making our clients’ supply chains greener.
See our carbon monitoring page on how we measure our emissions.In order to support local and regional communities, we essentially fund carbon offsetting projects in Southeast Asia. In previous years, we financed a geothermal energy project and a micro hydro plant project, both located in Indonesia.
Our latest funding was made for a project in generating sustainable electricity from wastewater biogas in Thailand. We purchased verified carbon units from the project amounting to 11.65 tonnes of CO2e. This amount was based on our total carbon emissions in 2017 (4.66 tonnes) multiplied by 2.5 for the “2° Path” option.
A description of the project can be found here.
Ere-S has offset all its CO2e emissions since it was created in 2010.
With this humble and continuous effort, Ere-S is proud to be a carbon neutral company. Nevertheless, we acknowledge that carbon offsetting does not remove the need to reduce our own emissions in the first place. Ere-S continues to seek and implement greener alternatives in its business processes, as highlighted in our environmental policy.