ERM Annual Review 2008 - (Page 29) Many of our clients are taking a bolder approach to defining what sustainability means for their business. In parallel we have established a steering committee to reinvigorate our own commitments and develop a unified, global sustainability strategy. Over the next year this program will establish a clear vision and appropriate performance goals, and ensure that our corporate sustainability commitments are embedded in all aspects of our organization. Measuring our Environmental Performance This year, we launched an internal project to improve the measurement of our environmental performance and agree on proposals for our environmental strategy. The first stage of this has been successfully completed, facilitated by the development of a tool called Global Environmental Indicators for ERM (GENIE). GENIE provides a rigorous methodology for the collection and analysis of environmental data from our 145 offices around the world. It includes a comprehensive range of indicators, including greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from buildings and travel, as well as monitoring water use, waste production and recycling. The tool has been used office-by-office across 41 countries to generate robust data sets for measuring our environmental footprint. In 2007 our total estimated GHG emissions were 15,400t CO2e or 4.5t CO2e per employee (metric tons). Around 50% of our total GHG emissions were from business travel, of which 28% was attributable to air travel. Other key performance metrics for 2007 include: Volunteers for Coastal Cleanup The ERM Foundation encouraged staff across the world to volunteer their time and support a coastal cleanup organized by the Ocean Conservancy. There is considerable variation in the performance of our offices and we will be using office ranking tables to identify priorities for improvement in the coming year. Reducing our Carbon Footprint � 70% of our offices used paper with some recycled content. � 176t (metric tons) of paper, plastic, glass and metals were recycled. Over 25% of our offices around the world have set up “Green Office Teams” to help identify actions to reduce their environmental footprint. This has led to a number of initiatives such as securing contracts for environmentally-friendly and fuel-efficient rental cars, procurement of equipment based on energy ratings, “Cycle to Work” plans providing interestfree loans to purchase bikes, carpooling in areas where there is no public transportation, as well as recycling or donating equipment such as computers and mobile phones. Supporting Low Carbon Enterprises It is a rare occasion when your company’s endeavors connect with your own passions; it makes the ERM Foundation one of our greatest attributes. Steven Avadek Rolling Meadows IL, US “ ” We will continue to provide administrative support to the activities of the ERM Foundation not-for-profit organization and its Low Carbon Enterprise Fund. In 2007 we provided US$200,000 of pro-bono technical support for low carbon enterprises in the developing world, a value equivalent to the external offsetting of our carbon footprint. ERM Annual Review 2008 29
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