Measuring is knowing

As so often it is a matter of doing it. Start by measuring the emissions caused by business travel, set a goal and take action and make choices to achieve this goal. So, it starts with measuring. Measuring is knowing. 

Raphide has a budgeting system in which, just as for the financials, budgets can be used for CO₂ emissions. 

Raphide has a custom configurable dashboard on which statstics, for the current year and previous years, are displayed according to:  

• General reporting including CO₂-emission Scope-3
• Total annual CO₂-emission
• Total CO₂-emission per mode of transport: rail, car & air
• Per department, business unit & traveller
• Total distance travelled by mode of transport
• CO₂-emission ratio is the weight of CO₂-emission per kilometre travelled
• CO₂-emission saved for trips < 700 kilometres: Air2Rail

Summary on how the Raphide instrument calculates carbon

Google Maps coordinates for Airports and Train stations

• Straight line distances
• Correct with altitude
• Taxiing at Airports
• FlightAware data (speed, altitude & airplane type)

Rail emissions approach

• Bird’s eye view of the globe
• We correct it with crow flies because trains do not travel straight line
• RRG Oldenburg data

Air emission approach

Transparent simple consistent calculation

1. Rail & Air carbon Scope -3
2. Statistical method and real numbers-based correction for approximating the actual distance travelled
3. Audit log and accounting trail
4. Budget CO₂ emissions