Ogljični odtis podjetja in trajnostni razvoj

Climate changes are already here. And they will get much worse in time. The main reason for global warming is GHG emissions from anthropological sources. That includes transportation, industry, electricity production, agriculture, and others. The European Union has introduced a new Green Deal as an answer to climate change. The European Green Deal puts more pressure on companies to mitigate their carbon footprint and implement sustainable development. One of the basic steps in the analysis of the environmental profile of a company is the identification of hot spots by using the carbon footprint methodology. The workflow of the carbon footprint calculation follows GHG Protocol standardised methodology. The calculation was made for a medium-sized company in the plastics industry. For all GHG emission sources, hot spots were identified and analysed. Based on the hot spots, sensitivity analysis for different pre-defined scenarios has been made, which are aligned with the company’s mid- and long-term sustainability goals. The three main hot spots of the company within scopes 1 and 2 are purchased heat, purchased electricity, and combustion of fuels in company vehicles. GHG emissions of heat and electricity are dependent on their distributor and their electricity and heat sources. The hot spot of scope 3 is purchased goods, especially plastic granulate. In the study, we focus only on scope 1 and scope 2.Podnebne spremembe so že tu in s časom postajajo vse hujše. Glavni razlog za globalno segrevanje so toplogredne emisije iz antropogenih virov. Te vključujejo transport, industrijo, proizvodnjo električne energije, kmetijstvo in ostale. Odgovor Evropske unije na podnebne spremembe je Evropski zeleni dogovor. Ta povečuje pritisk na podjetja za zmanjšanje njihovim toplogrednih emisij in implementacijo trajnostnega razvoja. Eden temeljnih korakov pri analizi okoljskega profila podjetja je identifikacija vročih točk z uporabo metodologije ogljičnega odtisa. Potek izračuna ogljičnega odtisa podaja standardizirana metodologija GHG Protocol. Analiza je narejena za srednje-veliko podjetje iz sektorja plastične industrije. Med vsemi viri toplogrednih emisij so identificirane in analizirane vroče točke podjetja. Glede na identificirane vroče točke je narejena tudi občutljivostna analiza za različne scenarije, ki so v skladu s srednje in dolgoročnimi trajnostnimi cilji podjetja. Vroče točke podjetja znotraj obsega 1 in 2 so toplota, elektrika in uporaba osebnih avtomobilov podjetja. Toplogredne emisije toplote in elektrike so odvisne od distributerja in njegovih virov energije. Najvplivnejša kategorija obsega 3 je kategorija kupljeno blago in storitve, predvsem nakup plastičnega granulata. V študiji se osredotočamo zgolj na obseg 1 in obseg 2