The many enquiries we have received show that other companies are also interested in how to calculate the carbon emissions of internet data transfer.
Below is a description of the method for calculating emissions due to internet data transfer, which AMPEG commissioned another company to develop especially for its carbon neutrality project.
Using the car to go to work or visit a customer in a city nearby, a business trip consisting of a domestic flight followed by a few hundred kilometres in the company car: it’s not surprising that a large proportion of corporate emissions is caused by mobility. In German companies, a big factor here is company cars.
In this article, I will describe two practical and easy ways of reducing the carbon footprint of a company’s vehicle fleet.
After a long break – we’re back!
In the past months, we have focused on gearing our company’s environmental protection measures to achieving the target of becoming carbon neutral. Following the decision to launch this project in early 2010, we were eager to find out whether a service provider and software vendor like AMPEG could afford to achieve carbon neutral certification.
We also wanted to check the impact of the measures we had already taken to reduce our carbon emissions.
Recently we were able to read how German luxury car manufacturers have succeeded in reducing the CO2 emissions for their new vehicle fleets in recent years. Using a simple calculation as an example we can demonstrate easily why some environmental gains in efficiency do not kick in because they get eaten up immediately.
In order to substantiate the importance of the topic of environmental protection at the company, in January 2010, AMPEG adopted it in the employment contracts for all salaried employees in line with the following paragraphs.
Tuna fish: From Mexico to Malta before it lands on our plates
“Fish is healthy”. We learn this from an early age. But although it may be healthy for us, which company canteen tell us that it is in danger of becoming extinct?
And what do fish and CO2 have in common?
One thing up front: since we started buying more powerful PCs, things have really started to happen with the electricity they consume under load.
When the new PCs are switched off, they really are switched off: they use absolutely no electricity! You can find a detailed description of the results below.
A further example of the lack of attention given to energy is the Starbucks Café in the market square in Bremen (53°04’30.33“N). Last winter, many of the people who came here to enjoy a coffee could be seen sitting with their coats on next to the window. That’s not in front of the café but inside!
So loved throughout Europe, french-fried potatoes are to be found on the menu of every canteen, and nearly every restaurant and bar. How they are prepared though is astounding when it comes to the carbon footprint.
“Ladies and Gentlemen, this is your captain speaking, welcome to today’s flight from Hamburg to Munich. Please fasten your seat-belts, and get ready for a most uncomfortable trip, where we will be crediting 175 kg of CO2 to your climate account.”
This could well be the voice of the captain on a short-haul flight sometime in the near future.
