{"id":2109,"date":"2022-11-21T07:00:31","date_gmt":"2022-11-21T07:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ie.amtivo.com\/resources\/%resource%\/https-ceurope-submerge-digital-insights-how-save-energy-carbon-footprint-calculator\/"},"modified":"2025-10-20T16:29:49","modified_gmt":"2025-10-20T15:29:49","slug":"how-save-energy-carbon-footprint-calculator","status":"publish","type":"resources-filter","link":"https:\/\/amtivo.com\/ie\/resources\/insights\/how-save-energy-carbon-footprint-calculator\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Save Energy With a Carbon Footprint Calculator"},"content":{"rendered":"

Green businesses and the need to demonstrate more environmental working practices are an increasing requirement from stakeholders, investors and customers. Coupled with rising energy costs and government legislation aimed at migrating Irish businesses to a net-zero economy, it can pay to know how much energy your organisation uses and its carbon footprint.<\/em><\/p>\r\n

Using a carbon footprint calculator<\/strong> is the first step for many businesses to combat climate change.<\/p>\r\n

What is a carbon footprint?<\/h2>\r\n

Your carbon footprint measures the total amount of greenhouse gases (GHGs) released due to your organisation’s activities.<\/p>\r\n

To determine your carbon footprint involves measuring different types of emissions, known as ‘scopes’.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n

The GHG Protoco<\/a>l has defined three scopes of emissions. The scopes correlate to who is responsible for the emissions and how much control they have in changing those emissions.<\/p>\r\n

Scope 1 <\/strong> \u2013 covers emissions from sources that an organisation owns or controls directly, such as the amount of purchased energy and emissions from company vehicles.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n

Scope 2 \u2013\u00a0<\/strong>are emissions that an organisation causes indirectly when the energy it purchases and uses is produced.<\/p>\r\n

Scope 3<\/strong> \u2013 relates to the indirect emissions that an organisation is responsible for in its value chain. For example, emissions from customers using your products or from your organisation purchasing materials from suppliers. \u00a0<\/p>\r\n

Typically, Scope 3 accounts for the majority of a business’s emissions and is the trickiest when calculating your carbon footprint activity.<\/p>\r\n

Read our guide to five ways to build a sustainable supply chain<\/a>.<\/p>\r\n

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Carbon footprint calculators \u2013 what are the benefits of calculating your carbon footprint?<\/h2>\r\n

Calculating your carbon footprint activity is one of the first steps towards reducing your emissions.<\/p>\r\n

It is hard to introduce and track your efforts to reduce carbon emissions without knowing your carbon footprint.<\/p>\r\n

Calculating your carbon footprint is not only good for the environment, but it can also benefit your business.<\/p>\r\n

Some of the benefits include:<\/p>\r\n