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Why are other companies’ emissions part of my business’s carbon footprint?
We are often asked why other company’s emissions are part of my business’s carbon footprint. To reassure you, this is completely normal and carbon accountants know exactly how to deal with this. Read on for our short explanation…
Absolute Emissions vs Carbon Intensity Targets
Emissions reduction targets are essential to limit global warming. Absolute vs Carbon Intensity: choose the target that makes sense for your business.
What are Scope 1, 2 & 3 Emissions
Carbon reduction strategies are full of jargon and you’d be forgiven for getting a little overwhelmed. Here’s a guide to scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions to help you find your way.
30 Ways Travel Companies Are Reducing Emissions
The travel and tourism industry is experiencing rapid growth, surpassing pre-pandemic levels. However, this expansion comes at an environmental cost, contributing significantly to global emissions.
Thankfully there are LOADS of actions travel companies can take to reduce their emissions. Here are 30 ideas to get you started.
How to be a Responsible Tourism Business
Responsible tourism is about “making better places for people to live in and better places for people to visit" but issues including overtourism, economic leakage and carbon emissions are making life increasingly difficult for people living in popular destinations. Tourism can become a powerhouse for positive wealth distribution to some of the most amazing places in the world and reduce its negative impacts. Read on to find out more.
The Carbon Footprint Of Holidays
Not all holidays are equal when it comes to their carbon footprint. Most people don’t know which holidays create the most (and the least) carbon emissions. This article aims to make this clear and proposes a path holiday companies can take to not only reduce the carbon footprint of their trips, but to help customers make more informed (and lower carbon) holiday choices.
8 Areas Businesses Can Reduce Waste to Cut Emissions
We lack imagination when it comes to reducing waste but when saving waste amounts to carbon and cost savings, we really should be doing more. Read on for 8 areas any business can start reducing waste to save CO2 and money.
How to Reduce Your Company’s Digital Carbon Footprint
As we rely more and more on digital data for learning, holding meetings, transmitting information etc, emissions from this sector are rising steeply. The good news is that there is plenty your company can do to reduce its digital carbon footprint.
How To Reduce Upstream Scope 3 Emissions
Upstream scope 3 emissions are created by everything you buy to make your product: your capital goods (like buildings, machinery and vehicles), the transportation required to get materials to you, the waste generated by your operations, business travel, employee commuting and leased assets. In this article we’ll go into what these elements are and how you can reduce the emissions they create.
How To Reduce Downstream Scope 3 Emissions
Scope 3 emissions likely make up between 70-95% of your company’s carbon footprint. Find out about the opportunities for reduction.
The Carbon Footprint of Formula One
Formula One may not be the sport that comes to mind when you think of clean or low carbon pastimes but it’s in the process of cleaning up its act and there’s plenty to learn from it.
5 Company Benefits of Carbon Training
Carbon Literacy is a course designed to increase awareness and improve knowledge of climate change. Companies providing this for their employees can expect multiple benefits. Read on to find out more…
7 Employee Carbon Reduction Strategies
Having an employee carbon reduction strategy can contribute significantly to your business achieving its Net Zero goals. Read our 7 top employee-related carbon reduction ideas.
Is Carbon Neutral the Enemy?
We look at carbon neutrality and discuss whether we can simply offset our way out of the climate crisis (spoiler, we can’t) or whether having a carbon neutral strategy could be slowing down carbon reduction efforts.
The Carbon Footprint of the Aviation Industry
Learn about the carbon footprint of the aviation industry. We look at the trends, the potential solutions, how to calculate your flight emissions and the future of the industry.
The Carbon Footprint of Tennis (and how to reduce it)
Sport, like everything, has a carbon footprint. We take tennis as an example to show you where the emissions come from and how we would reduce them.
Does Working From Home Reduce Carbon Emissions?
Working from home carbon emissions are important to factor into your company’s carbon footprint calculations and there are opportunities for carbon reduction. Find out more.
10 Sustainable Travel Tips
Sustainable travel doesn’t have to be a myth. Follow Charlie’s top tips for a lower carbon holiday that you can still enjoy to the max.
How to Create a Carbon Budget for Business Travel
Business travel can be a significant proportion of a company’s carbon footprint. An effective strategy for managing this is to create a business travel carbon budget for employees.
Carbon: Frequently Asked Questions
ecollective founder, Charlie Cotton, was recently interviewed on the wonderful Sustainable(ish) podcast about all things carbon. If listening to podcasts isn’t your thing, or you’d like a quick run-down of the conversation, here is a recap in written form.
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2026
- 29 Oct 2026 Eco Labels & Certification for Travel Companies: Ditch the badge and use a performance metric
- 10 Sept 2026 PPN 006 Carbon Reduction Plans: What They Are and Who Needs One
- 26 Aug 2026 Why are other companies’ emissions part of my business’s carbon footprint?
- 26 Aug 2026 What Data is Required to Calculate a Company’s Carbon Footprint?
- 25 Aug 2026 Absolute Emissions vs Carbon Intensity Targets
- 21 Aug 2026 Carbon Neutral, Carbon Negative or Net Zero?
- 21 Aug 2026 What are Scope 1, 2 & 3 Emissions
- 11 Aug 2026 UK SRS: What It Is, Who It Affects, and What Travel and Events Companies Should Actually Do
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2025
- 27 Jan 2025 21 Ways Event Companies Are Reducing Emissions
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2024
- 20 Dec 2024 30 Ways Travel Companies Are Reducing Emissions
- 29 Nov 2024 Melting Mountains: The Paradox of Ski Resorts and Climate Change
- 8 Nov 2024 ATTA - Leading By Example
- 8 Nov 2024 Why Activity-based Carbon Calculations are King
- 24 Sept 2024 How to be a Responsible Tourism Business
- 19 Aug 2024 Investing in Nature - A Case Study
- 15 Jul 2024 ecollective’s Carbon Emissions
- 9 Jul 2024 When Everyone Is Offsetting, Why Should You Be Insetting?
- 25 Jun 2024 8 Tips For Writing An Impactful Impact Report
- 27 May 2024 Are Heat Pumps & Solar Panels Worthwhile?
- 2 Apr 2024 Ecolabels & Certifications: Are they worth it?
- 18 Mar 2024 Business Growth vs Emissions Reduction - The Airline Industry
- 15 Mar 2024 Why Carbon Reduction and Nature Protection Go Hand in Hand
- 19 Feb 2024 How to Comply with SECR Rules
- 30 Jan 2024 How To Choose The Lowest Carbon Flights
- 16 Jan 2024 9 Ways To Reduce Transport Emissions
- 9 Jan 2024 The Lowest Carbon Holidays
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2023
- 7 Dec 2023 The Carbon Footprint Of Holidays
- 28 Nov 2023 How to Integrate Carbon Credits Into A Net Zero Strategy
- 31 Oct 2023 How to Create A Carbon Budget
- 2 Oct 2023 Why Your Company Needs A Carbon Action Fund
- 15 Sept 2023 ecollective’s Carbon Report 2022/23
- 6 Sept 2023 Measuring Your Company’s Carbon Footprint - Which Option is Best?
- 24 Aug 2023 8 Areas Businesses Can Reduce Waste to Cut Emissions
- 9 Aug 2023 How to Reduce Your Company’s Digital Carbon Footprint
- 3 Jul 2023 How To Reduce Upstream Scope 3 Emissions
- 26 Jun 2023 8 Decarbonisation Tips for Tour Operators
- 13 Jun 2023 How to Run Low Carbon Events / Exhibitions
- 23 May 2023 How To Reduce Downstream Scope 3 Emissions
- 22 Mar 2023 The Carbon Footprint of Formula One
- 13 Mar 2023 5 Company Benefits of Carbon Training
- 10 Mar 2023 What is the Glasgow Declaration?
- 23 Feb 2023 7 Employee Carbon Reduction Strategies
- 3 Feb 2023 Is Carbon Neutral the Enemy?
- 18 Jan 2023 The Carbon Footprint of the Aviation Industry
- 18 Jan 2023 The Carbon Footprint of Tennis (and how to reduce it)
- 2 Jan 2023 Does Working From Home Reduce Carbon Emissions?
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2022
- 9 Dec 2022 10 Sustainable Travel Tips
- 6 Dec 2022 How to Avoid Greenwashing
- 23 Nov 2022 Designing A Low(er) Carbon World Cup
- 21 Nov 2022 How to Create a Carbon Budget for Business Travel
- 18 Nov 2022 Carbon: Frequently Asked Questions
- 7 Nov 2022 5 Carbon Reduction Actions To Achieve Net Zero
- 31 Oct 2022 Psst…Carbon Accounting is not 100% Accurate
- 27 Oct 2022 Carbon Offsetting 101
- 24 Oct 2022 5 Customer Strategies To Help Your Business Achieve Net Zero
- 17 Oct 2022 Why Should Your Company Have A Net Zero Strategy?
- 12 Oct 2022 The most carbon intensive thing you can do?
- 10 Oct 2022 What is Carbon Intensity and Why is it Useful?
- 6 Oct 2022 What is the effect of carbon labelling?
- 28 Sept 2022 What are B Corp’s Carbon Reduction Targets?
- 21 Sept 2022 The most un-sustainable travel
- 14 Sept 2022 5 ways to spot greenwashing
- 7 Sept 2022 10 carbon reduction hacks to introduce to your daily routine
- 31 Aug 2022 5 podcasts to get clued up on carbon
- 24 Aug 2022 The carbon footprint of your holiday drinks
- 17 Aug 2022 What are Science Based Targets?
- 10 Aug 2022 Plastic vs reusable - which is a better water bottle?
- 10 Aug 2022 How could carbon labels tell you the carbon cost of your shop?
- 3 Aug 2022 Why making your product (actually) sustainable will benefit your business
- 21 Jul 2022 The carbon footprint of sport
- 19 Jul 2022 How to make the changes to your life that will reduce your carbon footprint
- 6 Jul 2022 What’s peat and why is it important?
- 23 Jun 2022 The most sustainable ways to spend a sunny weekend
- 15 Jun 2022 Are Coldplay greenwashing?
- 25 May 2022 We’re reducing our own carbon footprint
- 18 May 2022 How to be a carbon reduction cheerleader
- 11 May 2022 Tipping points: what you need to know
- 6 May 2022 5 common Net-Zero mistakes
- 6 Apr 2022 The carbon footprint of your holiday
- 21 Mar 2022 How to choose carbon offsets
- 15 Mar 2022 What you need to know about carbon offsets
- 11 Mar 2022 How to become a net zero business
- 7 Mar 2022 Why every business should carbon label their products
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2020
- 12 Nov 2020 We've declared a Climate Emergency
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2019
- 11 Mar 2019 Carbon jargon explained