HSE & CSR Committee Meeting
HSE Shared Experiences Platform
Following discussions regarding how IPLOCA should be
The HSE & CSR Committee continues to encourage
addressing the problem of carbon capture and how to
all industry players to visit and contribute to
assist its members in becoming greener, as a first step,
www.iploca.com/committees/hse-csr/hseplatform.
RSK Group Ltd. agreed to write an article on different methodologies for calculating carbon footprinting which
Share your experiences so that others may benefit!
has been published in the below article. The Committee
Learn from the experiences of others and don’t make the
has been working on a document, entitled “Golden
same mistakes! Around 350 documents are sorted into
Driving Rules”, comprising 15 rules, which will be made
various categories and grouped under “Lessons Learned”
available on the IPLOCA website. The next HSE & CSR
and “Safety Alerts”, including some bilingual texts; all
Workshop will be focused on sustainability and a date
languages are accepted. Note that, in addition to health
in the third quarter of this year will be agreed at the next
and safety issues, major environmental incidents and best
committee meeting in April.
practices are also included.
Carbon Footprinting: What, Why and How? Richard Appleyard, Principal Environmental Engineer, RSK Group Ltd., U.K.
What?
Institute (WRI) reported that at least 40 countries had
Carbon footprinting is beyond the buzz phrase stage.
mandatory emissions reporting programmes in place,
It was a buzz phrase 15 to 20 years ago. It’s now an
with several subnational programmes in addition. That
established part of business practice and not a day goes
number has surely increased significantly since then.
by without a news story related to the subject. But there
The schemes have highly variable criteria for inclusion
is still uncertainty about what exactly it means and how
and specific compliance requirements, which presents
to go about it.A carbon footprint is the total greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) caused directly and indirectly by a person, organisation, event or product.
challenges for businesses with multinational operations. - Stakeholder expectations – customers will ask if you are doing it and may dig further for specific data, performance metrics or other evidence. Financial
Why?
covenants are increasingly being tied to carbon
There are three principal reasons why a responsible business
performance. Employees and potential recruits are
is likely to be already undertaking work to calculate its
likely to want to know that they work for, or are joining,
carbon footprint, or at least embarking on that journey:
a sustainable business. These factors have led to many
- Compliance – legislation is increasingly being enacted
businesses publishing annual sustainability reports on a
to mandate the monitoring and reporting of GHG
voluntary basis. A carbon footprint is a key component
emissions by companies. In 2015, the World Resources
of such a report. Some report to the CDP (formerly the
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