Atos acquire EcoAct
Looks like Atos is serious about their "Decarbonization". It was announced today that the outsourcing firm Atos have acquired EcoAct, a carbon reduction strategy consulting firm.
Scope 1, Scope 2 and Scope 3 - What is That All About???
As soon as you get into a conversation about CO2, GHG, GHP, CO2e, Decarbonization and so on, people start to through the terms "Scope 1/2/3" around and I am not sure that everybody who uses them actually understands them. Well, here is my attempt at summarising them, but I am not proud. If you think that I am wrong or inaccurate then feel free to help me to learn. Anyway, here it goes: Scope 1 This is the most fundamental scope. It basically means that you (or your company) directly burns fossil fuels. Popular examples are: Company cars fuelled by patrol, LPG, diesel (or gas if you are from the US) Generators to provide electricity if the mains supply fails Furnaces You get the idea - if you burn it and the result is the emission of carbon, than it is Scope 1 Scope 2 This is basically all the non fossil fuel energy you you buy. So usually that is the electricity for your offices, data centres and factories. There is not really much more to say about Scope 2. Scope 3 Now this ...
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