The Green Standard

The Fulton Francis Green Standard is designed to help organisations measure, reduce, and neutralise the impact of their activities on the environment.

In today's business world, there's a growing emphasis on sustainable business practices. Now more than ever, customers and stakeholders are making their purchasing and investing decisions with environmental concerns in mind. Along with effective supplier management, leading companies are adopting eco-friendly business processes by establishing baselines, taking appropriate actions, and providing full transparency.

In working to establish our Green Standard, we created a plan to measure and reduce our own carbon footprint. Isn't it time your organisation took a similar approach in the production and marketing of your goods and services? With the help of Fulton Francis, you can establish your own Green Standard that will reduce your impact on the environment while enhancing your reputation as a sustainable business.

Measurement

Detailed, accurate reporting is essential to help you measure the impact your organisation has on the environment. We use the following strategies to ensure that our clients are meeting their Green Standard.

• Consulting services: Our auditing and advisory services help you to understand the complex factors associated with evaluating your environmental footprint.
• Analytical tools: By partnering with authorities in their field we have developed analytical tools for measurement and
• analysis. Recently, in conjunction with the Carbon Reduction Institute, we commissioned a proprietary emissions calculator to determine the exact greenhouse gas emissions as a result of energy consumption by office equipment.

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• Reporting: We use independent third-party reporting to prepare the findings which we present with our recommendations.

Establishment

At Fulton Francis, we help clients develop environmental strategies that meet regulatory requirements while enhancing their reputation among eco-minded customers and stakeholders. We achieve this with the following approaches:

• Strategy development: We help you create a company policy with tangible, realistic goals, including a cost benefit analysis of all recommended actions.
• Operational excellence:After setting specific benchmarks, we help you modify your day-to-day activities to reduce your environmental impact.
• Reporting: You'll receive thorough reporting of results on an ongoing basis.

Offsetting

After helping you set environmental goals and create a plan to reduce your carbon footprint, Fulton Francis can help you take the next step toward becoming carbon neutral bysourcing certified carbon offsets from anywhere in the world. Carbon credits must meet our strict criteria and follow world recognised standards such as the Gold or Voluntary Carbon standard. One such example includes:

The Karnataka Project

Project Summary: The project generates renewable energy from the collection and clean burning of waste agricultural products, such as rice husks, purchased from local farmers. The farmers are paid for their waste, providing a new source of income for the local community.

The Karnataka Project avoids the emission of greenhouse gases via two important processes. Firstly, the collection of waste ensures that the residual crops do not rot and decay in the fields, causing methane. Secondly, the Project feeds electricity into the grid and displaces electricity generation from fossil fuels. In total, the Project reduces greenhouse gas emissions by more than 30,000 tonnes of CO2e per year.

The offsets generated by the Project have been third-party audited by DNV and are accredited to the Voluntary Carbon Standard. The Project has been registered under the United Nations Clean Development Mechanism since 2007.

To read the Carbon Reduction Institutes assessment of these credits download their Carbon Offset Profile.