CWT Responsible Business Report 2012 - Carlson Wagonlit Travel

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ContentsChapter 5 - Environment 2012 Responsible Business Report -Chapter 5CWT’s environmental approachCWT’s environmentalapproachCWT’s carbonmanagement projectAs CWT fulfills its environmental responsibilities, the company focusesboth on internal initiatives and on ways to help customers lower theirenvironmental footprint. The former aims to reduce the environmentalimpact of CWT’s own activities. The latter is designed to enable customersto better evaluate, manage and reduce the impact of their business travel.ENVIRONMENTPrinciples 7, 8, 9Reducing CWT’sgreenhouse gasemissions andmanaging energyconsumptionMore environmentalbest practicesin CWT geographiesManagement of environmental topicsCWT’s Global Responsible Business team’s main environmentalmission is to implement a corporate strategy in order toreduce the company’s carbon footprint and thus minimizethe environmental impact of its activities. This global strategywill also result in lower operational costs. Carbon emissionswill progressively become one of the indicators of the company’s globaloperational performance.Enabling customersto be moreenvironmentally friendlyCopyright © 2013 CWT58
ContentsChapter 5 - Environment 2012 Responsible Business Report -Chapter 5CWT’s environmentalapproachCWT’s carbonmanagement projectReducing CWT’sgreenhouse gasemissions andmanaging energyconsumptionMore environmentalbest practicesin CWT geographiesEnabling customersto be moreenvironmentally friendlyCWT’s carbon management projectGlobal greenhouse gas managementThe CWT Carbon Management Project lays the foundation for asystematic, company-wide approach to managing the company’scarbon emissions. The project will produce an overview of CWT’scarbon footprint and provide a benchmark for future carbonreduction efforts at the corporate level.A broad program, coordinated at the corporate level and designed to supportthe company’s climate change goals, was launched in 2012.Global carbon management project objectiveThe approach introduced in 2012 is designed tobroadly structure and deploy the company’s goalsfor reducing its own greenhouse gas emissions.It will enable the company to respond more completely andconsistently to:Regulatory reporting requestsRequests from customers, who integrate the reduction of CO 2from businesstravel into their environmental strategiesEmployee expectations regarding our societal and environmentalresponsibilitiesExternal requests from investors or rating agencies, in particular the CarbonDisclosure Project (see box).It consists of two main phases.Phase One in 2012: Introduction of a global approach for measuringgreenhouse gas emissions.Phase Two in 2013 and 2014: Formulation and broad execution of actionprograms. These programs will be partly defined by capitalizing on theexemplary experience and initiatives of countries, such as the Netherlandsand the UK (see pages 64-66)The Carbon Disclosure Project is a not-for-profit organization of 500institutional investors holding US$ 64,000 billion in assets throughoutthe world. Its mission is to enlighten the investment decisions of itsmembers by assessing the carbon performances of the world’s 3,000largest companies.Copyright © 2013 CWT59
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