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Please take a couple of minutes to watch the video below, you'll see there are many reasons why companies must be involved in programs such as the Carbon Literacy Project https://carbonliteracy.com/ Autotrader, a huge UK company has led the way, with other big car manufacturers such as Nissan, Ford, WW, Vauxhall, to get involved with CLP This company is leading by example and it is clearly demonstrating the benefits out of it, Let alone the huge step towards climate action, now the staff is truly engaged and committed to climate action So, it is quite easy why I have written this climate love review, by this, I really encourage the UN environment program to promote initiatives in this way, where the spread of the culture on climate action is effective and generates awareness and commitment, furthermore like the Autotrader's example, influencing others to do so https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PucFPpBULq0
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Jesús Bartolome
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The Carbon Literacy Project An action the UN environment program should promote actively and get the certifications themselves. I guess it is not by chance that this platform is called “We don’t have time”, everyone here knows that we must do something the sooner the better at fighting climate change because there is neither planet B nor plan B. Every action counts and here I want to present to you a great initiative created in the UK that is having great success and is clearly making a big difference I’m glad to present you with the https://carbonliteracy.com/ The Carbon Literacy Project is a unique project, working with everyone who lives, works or studies, to offer a day's worth of training to the Carbon Literacy Standard. Once Carbon Literate, we have an instinctive understanding of the carbon impacts of our activities, are able to make informed choices, and, driven by urgency, act positively to address climate change. Today, over 72,452 individuals from over 5,404 organizations are Carbon Literate - are you? I also guess that all of you participating in this platform, have a vast culture and awareness of climate change but, here you’ll have the chance to increment and ensure that your knowledge, culture, and awareness will be at maximum level, you’ll also be asked to make a pledge and of course, influence others Furthermore, for people who really want to enroll in climate action, there is the chance to become a Carbon Literacy facilitator, trainer, or consultant, and for companies, there is the chance as well to show their commitment by getting the C.L.O.’s (Carbon Literate Organization), among the 5,404 organizations today you’ll find Siemens, BASF, BBC, NHS, Kia, Palatine etc..) The achievements this project has reached up to September are: There are some more features you'll find there like the chance to create courses focused on particular audiences, in CLP there are some pre-accredited courses for sectors like the Health sector, Sports, social housing, Universities & Colleges There is also a monthly newsletter in which you’ll have all the information from the new project, all the near-scheduled courses, and examples of pledges made. By this, I encourage the UN environment program to enroll in this project, have the course, certificate all the staff, get the C.L.O as an organization and of course encourage and influence others to do so, it is a very effective way to increase the culture, compromise and awareness of a vast majority of the population I am a Certified Carbon Literate myself and I have created a course certified by them oriented to the company’s management as in my opinion is the best way to cascade the information down in the organization, I could give the course (altruistically) or get in contact directly with CLP or other trainers
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The Carbon Literacy Project is a commendable initiative that should be actively promoted by organizations such as the UN environment program.
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The Carbon Literacy Project is a commendable initiative that equips individuals with a deep understanding of carbon impacts and empowers them to take meaningful climate action. It's heartening to see over 72,452 individuals and numerous organizations participating. Encouraging the UN Environment Program to actively promote and embrace this project, while becoming a Certified Carbon Literate Organization (C.L.O.), is a significant step towards enhancing global climate awareness and action. This initiative can play a pivotal role in increasing climate culture, commitment, and awareness on a broader scale. Your personal involvement and course creation for company management are excellent contributions to the cause.
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It is the toolkit that is missed towards implementing SDGs💡
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@majdi_alnajjar I could not agree more with you, very good commnet
Jesús Bartolome
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The Carbon Literacy Project I guess it is not by chance that this platform is called “We don’t have time”, everyone here knows that we must do something the sooner the better at fighting climate change because there is neither planet B nor plan B. Every action counts and here I want to present to you a great initiative created in the UK that is having great success and is clearly making a big difference I’m glad to present you with the https://carbonliteracy.com/ The Carbon Literacy Project is a unique project, working with everyone who lives, works or studies, to offer a day's worth of training to the Carbon Literacy Standard. Once Carbon Literate, we have an instinctive understanding of the carbon impacts of our activities, are able to make informed choices, and, driven by urgency, act positively to address climate change. Today, over 72,452 individuals from over 5,404 organizations are Carbon Literate - are you? I also guess that all of you participating in this platform, have a vast culture and awareness of climate change but, here you’ll have the chance to increment and ensure that your knowledge, culture, and awareness will be at maximum level, you’ll also be asked to make a pledge and of course, influence others. Furthermore, for people who really want to enroll in climate action, there is the chance to become a Carbon Literacy facilitator, trainer, or consultant, and for companies, there is the chance as well to show their commitment by getting the C.L.O.’s (Carbon Literate Organization), among the 5,404 organizations today you’ll find Siemens, BASF, BBC, NHS, Kia, Palatine etc..) The achievements this project has reached up to September are: There are some more features you'll find there like the chance to create courses focused on particular audiences, in CLP there are some pre-accredited courses for sectors like the Health sector, Sports, social housing, Universities & Colleges There is also a monthly newsletter in which you’ll have all the information from the new project, all the near-scheduled courses, and examples of pledges made. By this, I encourage you to have a view at the webpage - https://carbonliteracy.com/ , you’ll also have the chance to ask to be included in the newsletter I myself am a Certified Carbon Literate and I have created a course certified by them oriented to the company’s management as in my opinion is the best way to cascade the information down in the organization, I will give you all the details on another post
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This is great! Maybe you should send climate love to the Carbon Literacy project instead :) @the_carbon_literacy_project
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#notimetowait#great achievement congrats,hope more to learn from this and implement it.
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Jesús Bartolome
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The Carbon Literacy Project I guess it is not by chance that this platform is called “We don’t have time”, everyone here knows that we must do something the sooner the better at fighting climate change because there is neither planet B nor plan B. Every action counts and here I want to present to you a great initiative created in the UK that is having great success and is clearly making a big difference I’m glad to present you with the https://carbonliteracy.com/ The Carbon Literacy Project is a unique project, working with everyone who lives, works or studies, to offer a day's worth of training to the Carbon Literacy Standard. Once Carbon Literate, we have an intuitive understanding of the carbon impacts of our activities, are able to make informed choices, and, driven by urgency, act positively to address climate change. Today, over 72,452 individuals from over 5,404 organizations are Carbon Literate - are you? I also guess that all of you participating in this platform, have a vast culture and awareness of climate change but, here you’ll have the chance to increment and ensure that your knowledge, culture, and awareness will be at maximum level, you’ll also be asked to make a pledge and of course, influence others. Furthermore, for people who really want to enroll in climate action, there is the chance to become a Carbon Literacy facilitator, trainer, or consultant, and for companies, there is the chance as well to show their commitment by getting the C.L.O.’s (Carbon Literate Organization), among the 5,404 organizations today you’ll find Siemens, BASF, BBC, NHS, Kia, Palatine etc..) The achievements this project has reached up to September so far are: There are some more features you'll find there like the chance to create courses focused on particular audiences, in CLP there are some pre-accredited courses for sectors like the Health sector, Sports, social housing, Universities & Colleges There is also a monthly newsletter in which you’ll have all the information from the new project, all the near-scheduled courses, and examples of pledges made. By this, I encourage you to have a view at the webpage - and even send an email to info@ https://carbonliteracy.com you’ll also have the chance to ask to be included in the newsletter I myself am a Certified Carbon Literate and I have created a course certified by them oriented to the company’s management as in my opinion is the best way to cascade the information down in the organization, I will give you all the details on another post
Jesús Bartolome
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I have one clear thing on my mind: since the first humans on earth, they have always wanted to improve, have a more comfortable life, and thus have more money and riches, that itself is not bad, human beings have to always improve by nature. Thus, this is what human beings have done since the beginning, but it always has caused problems because some people fall into excessive avarice, and for them, the priority n# 1, and their objective is to become richer the sooner the better, no matter what they have to do to get those riches, and what the consequences are for the planet and the population. What is exponentially increasing the problem, is technology, which allows us to do more things faster, create big companies owned by shareholders, which is making the spread of this culture widely or it is democratizing it. Now, one big consequence of that is climate change, recently called the ebullition era by the UN, and day by day is getting worse. In the pictures above, there is a small example of all the phenomena that are occurring daily in everyday most places around the planet. These phenomena have different grades of consequences for nature, biodiversity, and human beings depending on which part of the planet takes place, but, despite the fact that all of them are really negative ones, depending on the part of the planet, nowadays, in some countries are totally catastrophic ones, we have invented the term Climate justice, to define that people who emit the lees are suffering the most, leading another new concept as climate migrations While all of this is happening, big companies and corporations are on the rally to obtain more benefits and provide bigger dividends to shareholders, and of course, they are achieving it. The word here is growth, if, at any moment that is not happening, it is considered a failure, the culture now is that a company earns 10€mio one year and the next one 8€mio, they do not say we have a profit of 8€mio but a loss of 2€mio. The following article is what has triggered me to write this note. https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/aug/01/bp-profits-climate-crisis-oil-prices In this case, they are talking about BP, but you all know that it is exactly the same for all the big fossil fuel companies and others say, in the surrounding areas (banks, funds, etc) This paragraph in the article shelf explains what I say before: "The company blamed falling oil and gas markets for the drop in profits from $8.5bn in the same period last year when Russia’s invasion of Ukraine ignited a rise in global energy markets." It seems that a very catastrophic situation like the Russian invasion created the price basis, where not only does the world population have to suffer from climate consequences, but price inflation as well, with the same amount of money, people get fewer things, sometimes up to the point of not being enough for a decent human life. The sum up all of this and I’ve said if we do not stop this immediately, and change our culture and behavior, quite soon, there is not going to be a planet like there was a few years ago, today we all see and know the changes, it is clearly stated that there is no plan B. We all are advised by many sources, watch a lot of facts, and still, there are people that yet, their priority is the benefits above all. I remembered the sentence in Kansa’s song “Dust in the Wind”, “All your money won’t another minute buy”, that, no negationist could dismiss it. But the big problem here is that they are cutting the minutes for the people tat are not guilty.
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This thought-provoking piece emphasizes the detrimental consequences of a culture focused on short-term gain at the expense of our planet's future. It's a poignant reflection on humanity's innate drive to improve and accumulate wealth, which, while not inherently negative, can lead to issues when driven by excessive avarice. The author highlights how technology and shareholder-driven companies exacerbate the problem, especially concerning climate change. The concept of climate justice and the subsequent climate migrations underscore the global disparities in climate impact.
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It is important to remember that we are all in this together.
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Jesús Bartolome
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There is no doubt that we are facing all the catastrophic consequences of climate change, extreme temperatures, droughts, bushfires, sea rising, climate migrations, supply chain disruptions, and above all, climate justice where the people who emit the less are suffering the most. There is only one solution for that, and it is climate action, which itself, covers an awful lot of actions we must do to avoid a final catastrophe I will focus on energy efficiency, especially for companies of all kinds but the manufacturing sector in particular, as they are ones of the major consumers. The vision is quite clear and simple: The cleanest and the cheapest energy is the one that is not consumed – 0 energy waste. It is one big action for climate as logically, any energy consumption reduction always means emissions reduction as well so, in this course you will learn how to always consume the less energy possible from the cleanest one The benefits of getting into energy efficiency not only provide you with emissions reduction which makes you more sustainable but also there is another big benefit coming out of it. If you reduce your consumption, then your energy bill will be cheaper which will make your company more competitive. Any wasted energy is like throwing money into the waste bin and of course, generating unnecessary emissions, having done the course, this will be always in your culture. The course was designed by me when I was the energy champion at a big manufacturing foods facility from Unilever. It is based on a very simple methodology and discipline that brings huge consumption reductions, always looking at inefficiencies, energy waste, and improvements, studying them, attacking them, and correcting them. The course is split into 3 chapters and as you see there, it starts with The financial vision of energy efficiency, how paying attention to consumptions on invoices will drive cost and emissions reduction by reducing consumption, and how the financial department could lead the energy efficiency. The finance department always manages all the information in the company, then the issue, is how to share this information with the company, making everybody aware of consumptions, emissions, and costs, provide to all the company with clear graphical information on actual consumption, compared with objectives and past years. As it is shown in the chart, the successful way for the company on energy efficiency must be by increasing and growing the business while always reducing energy consumption. My proposal is to be leaders in energy efficiency, that is a clear task that needs to be led and I ask you, could the finance department lead the energy efficiency?, from my side the answer is clearly yes it could, and I am the prove to it. Chapter 2 is the technical vision of energy efficiency. Here, you’ll start calculating your footprint, create a valuable set of KPI’s, a measurement system, vital for energy efficiency, (you’ll get what you measure), the typology of energy loss, the consumption reduction steps, what is the model area, and many examples of loses detected per type, and the countermeasures applied with and without investments, calculating the ratio B/C and pay-back or ROI if there is an investment, finally on this chapter we will see the efficiency between different technologies. Chapter 3 The E.O.T. team (Energy Optimization Team) In this chapter, we will see the governance of this project, what an E.O.T. is?, and how to create and manage it. who are the components? and what methodology does the team use? This E.O.T. team is the heart of the energy efficiency approach in the company, which is totally focused, oriented, and in charge of applying the methodology and discipline. Chapter 4 Why do you need a Decarbonization Plan and how to create it? · Guide you to the SBTi (Science Based Targets initiative) as the best way to make and show credible commitments. · Greenwashing, what is it and why you should avoid it as both a company and consumer. How to get the course? I’m providing the course for free, as my purpose and action plan on climate action is to help reduce consumption and emissions, thus, I’ve put my experience into the course and, I’m totally sure that the more you follow the methodology and discipline proposed, the more emissions will be cut. This course is the translation into English from the original one that you’ll find in https://www.ateneodeenergia.org/presentamos/1406-jesus-bartolome
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This not only helps in reducing the catastrophic consequences of climate change but also brings economic benefits by saving on energy costs. Furthermore, it is essential to address the issue of climate justice, ensuring that the most vulnerable communities are supported in adapting to and mitigating the impacts of climate change.
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We are facing all these disasters simply because of our inactivity in doing and/or not turning to sustainable projects.
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Energy efficiency can help companies reduce their emissions and costs and is a key part of climate action.
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This is the epitome of commitment. Great work here
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Autotrader's commitment to the Carbon Literacy Project is a remarkable example of why carbon literacy should be a priority in ESG efforts. This video demonstrates how companies can lead the way, inspiring others in the industry to engage in climate action. The positive impact on staff engagement and commitment is evident. This review serves as a strong endorsement for the UN environment program to promote similar initiatives, effectively spreading a culture of climate action and influencing others to follow suit. #ClimateAction #ESG 🌍👏🌱
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Creating awareness is key in the whole process of transition into climate ethics and actions