Leigh Stringer, in her Green Workplace blog (which is a great blog by the way if you haven't seen it), recently posted about the results of a carbon footprint analysis of her workplace. Interestingly, while her company implements several environmentally friendly practices similar to us here at PeopleCube, such as using alternative commuting options and greening the buildings they work in, the largest contributor to their carbon footprint is travel. In fact, the report indicates that it equates to 53% of the company's total carbon footprint.
They've started using more videoconferencing as a way to offset some of this travel but she points out that many trips are customer visits that just can't be ignored. However, in her post she she does outline some negotiating tactics to help turn this potential dilemma into a mutually-beneficial solution for both parties.
Do you mean "offset", or "mitigate"? Offsetting is doing something good in addition to the bad that you've done, by way of compensation. Mitigation is reducing the amount of harm that you do.
Posted by: Ian Eiloart | September 22, 2008 at 08:36 AM
Either way I suppose. While they haven't used videoconferencing to eliminate airline travel entirely, they are using it to at least reduce it.
Posted by: John Anderson | September 22, 2008 at 08:57 AM