(C4.3) Did you have emissions reduction initiatives that were active within the reporting year? Note that this can include those in the planning and/or implementation phases.
Change from last year
No change
Rationale
The answer to this question enables CDP data users to understand your organization’s commitment to reducing emissions beyond business-as-usual scenario (beyond standard maintenance/replacement activities).
Connection to other frameworks
SDG
Goal 7: Affordable and clean energy
Goal 13: Climate action
Response options
Select one of the following options:
- Yes
- No
Requested content
General
- It is acknowledged that maintenance activities can have a beneficial impact on carbon emissions. Only activities that have either been part of a defined program of emissions reduction activities or where additional investment beyond standard maintenance/replacement has been made for the purposes of reducing emissions should be reported here.
- It is acknowledged that diverse companies often have large number of emissions reduction initiatives operating over varying time periods and scales. You should answer this question in the context of the reporting year. This could include initiatives that have become operational within the reporting year (e.g. installation of new equipment, or instigation of new operational practices) or commitments that have been made in the reporting year (e.g. investments made which are yet to become fully operational).
- If you are reporting a market-based Scope 2 figure, you can reflect any renewable energy purchasing policies as a component of emissions reduction activities. Please bear in mind, however, that if you are already buying renewable energy instruments and accounting for them at a zero emissions factor, then emissions reduction activities can only be achieved as “additional purchases” to what you are already doing. Therefore, emissions reduction activities are established by comparing what you have done in the previous year and what you are proposing to do in the future.
- Measures taken to reduce Scope 3 emissions may be reported here.
- Initiatives do not need to relate to specific targets reported in C4.1a/b.
