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Helping staff reduce carbon at home – How
different CSR programmes create value
David Symons, Director WSP
WSP Environment & Energy
www.wspenvironmental.com
Personal carbon allowances
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What is it?
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How does the WSP scheme work?
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Do personal carbon allowances change behaviour?
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Does the concept have wider application?
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Personal carbon allowances provides equity.
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You set the scope of the allowances
Agree what the allowance should be
Provide a framework to track emissions
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Those under their allowance can sell their allowances
To those who have emitted more.
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This is what we’ve set up in WSP
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A FTSE350 business
One of the world’s top five environmental and
sustainability consultants
HQ in London with international operations
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This is how WSP’s PACT scheme works
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A VOLUNTARY personal carbon trading scheme for staff.
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Designed and delivered on a highly professional basis
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We set a 5 TONNE ANNUAL carbon allowance
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Pioneers Club membership provides a ready made staff
engagement programme, well thought through and well
delivered.
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Marketing materials to promote PACT to your teams.
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This is how WSP’s PACT scheme works
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A VOLUNTARY personal carbon trading scheme for staff.
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Designed and delivered on a highly professional basis
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We set a 5 TONNE ANNUAL carbon allowance
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Staff track their DIRECT emissions on a quarterly basis on
www.wsppact.com
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Data is managed through a web-based portal
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Area 1 – home energy consumption
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Area 2 – cars and vehicle use
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Area 3 – Commute to work – if it’s on public transport
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Area 4 – flights, boats, trains, buses
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This gives a
quarterly
snapshot of
carbon
performance
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This is how WSP’s PACT scheme works
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A VOLUNTARY personal carbon trading scheme for staff.
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Designed and delivered on a highly professional basis
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We set a 5 TONNE ANNUAL carbon allowance
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Staff track their DIRECT emissions on a quarterly basis on
www.wsppact.com
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Staff who are under their allowance receive a bonus payment of 5p per
kilo up to £100. Staff who have used more than their allotted share of
carbon pay into the scheme.
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The scheme is based on TRUST - we do not audit the results
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The Results
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712 staff taking part in the scheme in 2010 in six countries
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Staff like it
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Average 10% reduction in participants’ footprint
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£1.4 million in advertising value equivalent media coverage in 2009
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PACT has made a huge difference to our CR profile in the industry
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Pioneers’ Group launched to extend the concept wider
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720 staff taking part in the scheme across the world today
“It was initiatives like PACT that made me want to work for a company like WSP – they actually
practice what they preach and care about sustainability issues.” Julian Elsworthy, Senior
Consultant
“As a result of PACT, I was able to see how much carbon I was using on my car. I decided to stop
driving to work and I took up cycling instead.” Marie Jones, Consultant
“At home I bought a real time energy meter. This gives me better information on where the energy is
actually being used. I am also thinking more about the impact of flights that I take.” Louise Wood, Senior
Consultant
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The Learning Points for similar schemes?
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It’s thinking differently that adds to value
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Don’t be afraid to take action
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You won’t have all of the answers to start with – start small and grow
the scheme
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Make it interesting, engaging, and long lived.
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Do personal allowances have wider application?
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Could be part of a policy landscape.
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It allows participants to decide where to use their allowance
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Tie it into help as well and stress the positive. Negative schemes are
less likely to change behaviour
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Voluntary schemes are easier to launch and less costly
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Personal carbon allowances
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Change behaviour
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In a flexible way to suit each individual
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Have the potential for wider application
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We’ve demonstrated that it’s a scheme that companies or
communities can take the lead on – not just Governments.
David Symons
Director
+44 (0)20 7314 5725
[email protected]
WSP Environment & Energy