How can organizations measure their carbon footprint?

Organizations can measure their carbon footprint by calculating greenhouse gas emissions from their activities. This approach involves accounting for all the direct and indirect emissions generated by the organization’s operations, including emissions from fuel combustion, energy use, transportation, and even the supply chain.

This comprehensive measurement allows organizations to understand their overall contribution to climate change and identify key areas where they can reduce emissions. By tracking these emissions over time, companies can set reduction targets, monitor their progress, and implement strategies aimed at minimizing their environmental impact.

Other options, while contributing in some way to understanding sustainability efforts, do not directly quantify carbon emissions. For example, estimating revenue from green products reflects an organization's market performance rather than its carbon impact. Surveying employee commuting habits might provide insights into transportation emissions, but it doesn't capture the full scope of the organization's carbon footprint. Monitoring energy consumption patterns can give information on energy use but still requires the integration of this data into a broader examination of greenhouse gas emissions to accurately represent the total carbon footprint. Thus, calculating greenhouse gas emissions is the most effective and direct method for measuring an organization's carbon footprint.