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By EDWARD MUNGAI
Sustainability — maintaining a balance between profit, planet and people goals — is hardly a static undertaking, but a fluid one since social expectations are ever in flux.
Why companies need sustainability officers
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A chief sustainability officer's (CSO) role is to specifically monitor, champion and improve environmental and social performance. PHOTO | SHUTTERSTOCK
As sustainability gains currency among organisations so is the need for chief sustainability officers (CSOs) whose role is to specifically monitor, champion and improve environmental and social performance.
It, therefore, helps to have a dedicated manager — the CSO, also known as a chief environmental officer — steering the ship. However, less clear is the CSO's remit and how the role affects a company's sustainability performance.
Having arrived on the corporate scene only over the last two decades, the CSO is still evolving. To be clear, this role varies from industry to industry and from company to company.
The CSO's main job generally is to monitor and identify areas of concern and action and to offer suggestions on how the company might be able to perform better. This involves more engagement in socially responsible activities and less in irresponsible ones.
Impact of CSOs
The CSO could be seen as a change agent. The officer foresees how the future is developing and tracks shifts in social expectations as well as changes in regulations and the business landscape.
He/she then decides what to change concerning how the company is interacting with the communities and the broader societal context in which it operates.
Studies indicate that companies with a CSO tend to engage in more socially responsible activities — such as investments to reduce carbon emissions — and fewer socially irresponsible activities like polluting the natural environment. In other words, a firm can improve its sustainability performance by appointing a CSO to the C-suite.
In light of climate change and social upheavals fanned by globalisation and urbanisation, more and more companies are monitoring the impact they are having on the natural environment as well as on society.
They are increasingly coming under pressure to embed environmental, social and governance (ESG) commitments in their investment decisions. Regulators and investors are asking for sustainable operations and products, customers are demanding it, and employees are expecting it.
While for some firms, sustainability is almost entirely tied to environmental issues such as water and energy use, others are stretching their efforts further by improving working conditions in their supply chain and creating better safety procedures. Some are even making profits from products and innovations that promise to address environmental and social problems.
Companies across the globe are most often engaged in sustainability in three ways.
First, there is the compliance phase. In this initial stage, companies often start with activities related to complying with regulations. Here, activities are not necessarily strategic. Most companies at this stage have not yet created a formal CSO position.
The next stage is the efficiency phase where companies become more strategic about sustainability by finding ways to achieve efficiencies that will save them cash, such as cutting energy and water use or reducing waste generation through recycling. It is at this stage that companies are likely to hire or appoint a sustainability officer, who works closely with the CEO. The CSO is often tasked with building a business case for making changes that improve the company's bottom line, while also protecting or enhancing the company's reputation.
Higher up the corporate sustainability ladder is the innovation phase.
Unfortunately, only a handful of companies have managed to transition to this advanced stage marked by the integration of sustainability into the core of the business in ways that transform the company. Here, strategies tend to be driven by the market, the goal being to maximise long-term profitability while sustainability efforts are designed to address bigger social problems, including climate change and natural resource management. Here, the ultimate responsibility for sustainability goals shifts from the CEO to CSO.
At the innovation stage, enterprises focus their strategy from an inward perspective to an outward focus.
The question becomes: how can we enable our customers, suppliers and others to behave and operate more sustainably? It allows a firm to envision new markets, new opportunities and new needs.
Many companies do not make it to the innovation stage because they focus only on short-term goals like the cost savings they achieve from reduced energy. Organisations tend to be afraid to raise the stakes and make bigger bets. Given that it is not easy to make this transition, it makes a strong case for firms to have a dedicated CSO to reimagine new possibilities.
In conclusion, adding CSO to a firm's executive suite should be done in the knowledge that sustainability goals are bound to change over time. Therefore, the best approach to adopt is evolutionary, not revolutionary.
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Dr. Fauci Credits Trump for Speedy Development of Coronavirus Vaccines
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Dr. Anthony Fauci offered some rare praise for former President Donald Trump during a press briefing with President Joe Biden's coronavirus advisory team, crediting his administration for speedily developing the coronavirus vaccines.
"Because of the wise investment in Operation Warp Speed and we give credit to the Trump administration for doing this, particularly Secretary Alex Azar," Fauci said.
He acknowledged that many people expressed concerns about the speedy development of the vaccine, but he reassured people hesitant to get the vaccine that it had been rigorously tested.
Fauci specifically credited the Trump administration's decision to start manufacturing the vaccine before different phases of the medical trials were completed.
He said Trump's gamble worked, as the vaccines were approved for emergency authorization.
"If the vaccine doesn't work, you've lost a lot of money. If the vaccine does work, you've saved a lot of time, and that's exactly what happened," Fauci said.
Biden and his administration continue to struggle to get more Americans vaccinated against the virus, especially Republicans who voted for Trump's reelection.
During the 2020 campaign, Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris both expressed hesitancy about a vaccine developed under the Trump administration.
"Let me be clear. I trust vaccines. I trust scientists. But I don't trust Donald Trump. And at this moment, the American people can't either," Biden said during a September 2020 speech.
"If the public health professionals, if Dr. Fauci, if the doctors tell us that we should take it, I'll be the first in line to take it, absolutely. But if Donald Trump tells us that we should take it, I'm not taking it," Harris said during the vice presidential debate.
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Closing the Year with Success for Boutsen Aviation
Boutsen Aviation | 2019-12-16
As 2019 comes to a close, Boutsen Aviation is pleased to reflect back on the recent events and sales that took place over the last few months both at home and abroad. Whether it was at various aviation events around the world, or gracing the pages of industry magazines, the entire team was not only closing transaction deals but expanding its presence worldwide.
Newsflash: Thierry Boutsen named ZOUTE CONCOURS D'ELEGANCE® judge
Former F1 and Le Mans racing driver Thierry Boutsen has been named on the international judging panel of this year's ZOUTE CONCOURS D'ELEGANCE® by Degroof Petercam.
Summer Sum-Up and Fall Outlook for Boutsen Aviation
September 2, 2019 — Monaco — It's back to school and back to work season, as the long and luxurious days of summer slowly come to a close. For the team of Boutsen Aviation, however, the warm weather was anything but luxurious as they hustled to close a series of transactions, with four sales and three new additions to the listing...
Boutsen Aviation Adds British Flair
James Hughes Joins the Team as Regional Sales Director for Northern Europe
May 24, 2019 – Monaco - Just in time for EBACE, Boutsen Aviation is pleased to announce the company's expansion into the Northern Europe region, with particular focus on the United Kingdom. James Hughes will act as the Regional Sales Director for this territory, effective immediately.
Focus on Falcons
Boutsen Aviation closes two 7X Deals in One Week
Geneva – May 22, 2019 – While Boutsen Aviation deals with a multitude of aircraft models, ranging from light jets and helicopters to heavy jets and bizliners, one particular model stands out: the Falcon 7X. President Dominique Trinquet is the company's expert in Falcon transactions, and has seen a substantial amount of activity around this model over the years.
The Air Up There
Boutsen Aviation Showcases Airbus A319CJ at this year's EBACE
Geneva – May 21, 2019 – There is something remarkable about flying in a bizliner. From the moment you step on board, you feel as if it is not an aircraft at all, but an entire home capable of taking flight to a plethora of worldwide destinations. Boutsen Aviation's A319CJ MSN 3826 G-NOAH is no exception, and it will showcase its glory for all to see this week on the static display at EBACE 2019.
April Race Brings May EBACE
Monaco – May 6, 2019 – While the saying goes, "April Showers Bring May Flowers", here at Boutsen Aviation we have a different way of looking at it that goes above and beyond the weather. We've been jam-packed full of events this past month, and the next promises to be even busier...
Marching Forward at Boutsen Aviation
Monaco, March 15, 2019 - There is an informal term in the United States dubbed "March Madness" relating to an annual basketball championship. While we are some kilometers away from the courts, this month we have some slam dunks of our own that we would like to share with you, including our latest additions to the listing and our sponsorship and attendance for the upcoming Winter Aviation Summit...
Boutsen Aviation Already Flying Sky High in 2019
January 31st, 2019 – Monaco – Even though it has been less than a month into the new year, Boutsen Aviation is already moving at full speed with new aircraft added to the listing, mandates to source, new members joining the team, as well as traveling for industry-related events...
Boutsen Aviation's Mid-East focus touches down in Dubai for MEBAA 2018
December 10, 2018 – Dubai – For the occasion of MEBAA 2018, Boutsen Aviation is pleased to announce the display of its Airbus A319CJ in collaboration with AIRBUS on the static. The aircraft was recently showcased at EBACE earlier this year, and it makes for the first presentation of a business liner the company has presented for MEBAA.
Boutsen Gears Focus on India and Middle East
November 28, 2018 – Monaco – This season, Boutsen Aviation's activities are highly concentrated east of Monaco, with a combination of events and sales in India, Saudi Arabia, and Dubai...
Boutsen Aviation Takes Off into September
The summer holidays are over and the new season is in full force for the team of Boutsen Aviation. With the shortening of days, the activity within the company grows larger, including international trips, events, and new aircraft in the listing...
Boutsen Aviation Heats Up Summer with Over 360 Aircraft Sold
Monaco – August 6, 2018 – Summer is in full swing in Monaco, and the heat has only served to rev the engines of the Boutsen Aviation team. The company has surpassed its 360th aircraft transaction, another milestone coming quickly on the heels of the 350th that closed earlier this year...
Looking Back on EBACE 2018
June 7, 2018 - Monaco - Less than a week ago, Boutsen Aviation was on site in Geneva at EBACE, Europe's largest business aviation convention...
Big Dreams Lead to Big Aircraft
Geneva - May 25, 2018 - When Thierry Boutsen sold his first Piper Cheyenne II in 1997 after finishing his career as an F1 pilot, he never imagined to what great lengths his blossoming company would grow to. Twenty-one years and 355 aircraft later, Boutsen Aviation is proud to present an Airbus A319 Corporate Jet at this year's EBACE, the largest aircraft to be displayed by the company to date. The entire team is thrilled to welcome clients aboard such a prestigious and impressive vessel.
Spring Has Sprung for Boutsen Aviation
Monaco - May 17, 2018 - Things are in full bloom at Boutsen Aviation this month and show no sign of slowing down as the season continues ...
Boutsen Aviation Spreads its Wings into the Southeast Asian Market
Monaco - May 17, 2018 - This month, Boutsen Aviation is pleased to welcome Atiesh Mishra as the newest member to the company's international sales representative team. Based in New Delhi, India, Mr. Mishra will be responsible for expanding and developing the rapidly growing southeast Asian market, with particular focus on India, Indonesia, Vietnam and Malaysia...
A New Milestone
I have the great pleasure to announce an outstanding new milestone for our company: the 350th aircraft sold to date, thanks to the combined efforts of our expert sales team ...
"Chicane" is renamed "Thierry Boutsen Chicane"
Big news for all loyal racing fans and sympathizers of Circuit Zolder! The well-known "little chicane", located before the sacrament slope, now bears the name "Thierry Boutsen Chicane". This is due to an enthusiastic group of employees at Circuit Zolder, who wants to avoid that valuable memories will disappear...
WINTER AVIATION SUMMIT - MARCH 2018
Monaco - March 20, 2018 - Boutsen Aviation will be leaving the sunshine in Monaco this week and heading towards sub-zero temperatures in Vevey Switzerland for the 3rd edition of the Winter Aviation Summit (WAS) from March 22 – 23...
17 in '17 : Boutsen Aviation Closes the Year 2017 with 17 Aircraft Sales
January 30, 2018 – It was the week before Christmas, and all through the office … the entire Boutsen Aviation team was bustling to close the last transactions of the year. Instead of wrapping paper, they were flipping through contracts, instead of gift lists for Santa, it was checklists of what was needed for the final closing, and instead of holiday carols, it was the sound of jet engines that rumbled through the ears of the broker team...
A Perfect Fusion of Luxury Industries: Boutsen Aviation & Partners Host Prestigious Cocktail Dinner at the Monaco Yacht Show
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Monaco - September, 2017 - It was not only superyachts which took center stage at last month's Monaco Yacht Show. In fact, the annual event has now come to represent a meeting point for all players in the luxury industry, in particular those of private aviation.
Thierry Boutsen parrain de la 10ème Edition du Stars Rallye Télévie
The "Stars Rallye Télévie" is a fundraising rally created to support the fight against cancer and leukaemia. Initiated by former professional driver Willy Braillard, and Allan Sport, the event is held each year in Belgium where the general public has a chance to share their driving passion for "Télévie" with celebrity stars from the sport and show-business. For this special 10th Anniversary rally on October 15th, 2017, Boutsen Aviation Founder & Chairman Thierry Boutsen will be the honorary ambassador and will drive the latest Honda NSX hybrid.
Boutsen Aviation: the Rallye continues! Two Gulfstream G550 transactions in one week!
October 5th, 2017 – Traditionally, September is a hard working month for Boutsen Aviation, mainly because we are at the heart of the Monaco Yacht Show, in the bustle and hustle of its visitors, high-end clientele and partners coming from all around the world. Our sales team is very solicited with important meetings and events occurring throughout the month.
A Gulfstream G550 Month for Boutsen Aviation
The summer season is over, and Boutsen Aviation is heading into autumn full throttle. Before the end of August, the company successfully closed the sale of a 2010 Gulfstream G550, marking the 19th Gulfstream transaction to date. According to sales broker Timothée Marcie, "the G550 market has been incredibly active for the past few months, and we are proud to be at its forefront".
Two Birds, One Successful Show:
Boutsen Aviation at EBACE 2017
Monaco, June 10, 2017 — Though clouds and rain were initially predicted in the forecast, the first day of EBACE 2017 broke with clear blue skies and bright sunshine on the Static Display where Boutsen Aviation was one of 24 companies showcasing aircraft for viewing. Upon entering the Static, the first impressive view your eyes met with was the stunning Falcon 7X MSN 135, which is the only Falcon 7X in the entire world to feature a shower.
Boutsen Aviation's Spring News
As winter turned to spring in Monaco, Boutsen Aviation has been highly active both at home and abroad. April has been a busy month, both in sales and acquisitions, events and traveling, and preparations for the upcoming EBACE this month.
Boutsen Aviation - First Quarter Summary
Boutsen Aviation has had an active Q1, as it kicks off the first three months of its 20th Anniversary year with a number of sales, acquisition mandates, travels, and events. Founded in 1997 by Formula One driver Thierry Boutsen and his wife Daniela, Boutsen Aviation has since grown to be one of the most esteemed aircraft sales and acquisitions companies in Europe, and has sold a total of 335 aircraft to date...
Boutsen Aviation Sells 15 Aircraft in 2016 and is Already Taking Off into 2017
The team at Boutsen Aviation closed 2016 with a record of four sales in December alone. As the year came to an end, the Monaco-based company sold two Gulfstream and two Falcon 7x, adding to the previous 13 aircraft sold throughout the year. Founder and Chairman Thierry Boutsen closed the sale of a G550 in Basel, Switzerland, just one week following the sale of a GV in Luton...
Boutsen Aviation Awarded 'Special Jury Prize' by Monaco Economic Board
Last night, Boutsen Aviation Founders Thierry and Daniela Boutsen were awarded the Special Jury Prize at the 5th Annual "Trophées de l'Eco" at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco. Hosted by the Monaco Economic Board, six entrepreneurs were awarded prizes based on their contributions to the Principality...
Another Successful EBACE for Boutsen Aviation
June 7, 2016 - Monaco. The week at EBACE 2016 proved to be a successful one for the team at Boutsen Aviation. Over the course of the three day event, a letter of intent for a Gulfstream GV was executed, and a price drop for the Embraer Legacy 650 was concluded by the week's end. Additionally, Executive Vice President Mathieu Pezin signed an exclusive sales mandate for Hawker 800B MSN 258056 and an acquisition mandate for a EC135T2+...
Another Milestone Aircraft Sale for Boutsen Aviation
Boutsen Aviation is pleased to announce the sale of the Falcon 2000 - s/n 226 (manufactured in 2006), representing the 320th aircraft transaction to date for the Monaco-based company. Additionally, it is the second aircraft delivered to an Indian customer, demonstrating the growth and development of Boutsen Aviation's worldwide customer base.
Boutsen Aviation Announces Timothee Marcie as New Salesman
Boasting a total of 305 aircraft sales of the world's finest new and preowned aircraft since its inception in 1997, BOUTSEN AVIATION has seen an impressive track record of sales in the past 14 months...
Recent Phenom 300 Sale Marks the Third Successful Collaboration by Boutsen Aviation and Kunak Jet Sales
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In May of last year, Boutsen Aviation and Kunak Jet Sales announced their second successful cooperation with the sale of a pre-owned Dassault Falcon 7X. Nearly 6 months on, the two companies were pleased to join forces again for the sale of a Phenom 300.
Boutsen Aviation Sells its Fourth Dassault Falcon 7X in Just 12 Months
Boutsen Aviation, aircraft sales and acquisition specialists, have enjoyed a flying start to 2015 with the successful sale of the 2008 Dassault Falcon 7X s/n 019. The milestone sale represents the fourth Dassault Falcon 7X transaction successfully closed by Boutsen Aviation in the last 12 months.
By Appointment to HSH the Sovereign Prince of Monaco
Boutsen Aviation honoured with its newly acquired title "By Appointment to HSH the Sovereign Prince of Monaco"
Boutsen Aviation Welcomes Karim Hijazi to Sales Force
Boutsen Aviation | 13/12/2012
Boutsen Aviation, concurrently with its successful sale of its 250th aircraft, announces that Karim Hijazi is joining the aircraft sales team. Hijazi, a French citizen with residency in the UAE, has logged over 3,000 hours in military and civilian helicopters and fixed wings, and holds commercial, multi-engine, and airline transport pilot certificates;


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I'm Richard Heffner, your host on THE OPEN MIND … and if my guest today isn't just about the most controversial person ever to grace this program throughout all of its broadcast years since 1956, then I just don't know who else could possibly lay claim to that distinction.
Chris Whittle is the peripatetic head of Whittle Communications whose sheer innovativeness, aggressiveness and business acumen, pure gall and real brilliance could now conceivably combine to parlay him into an enormously achieving educational pioneer.
Up to now, of course, our schools have largely been immune to the importunings and the seductions of the marketplace. To improve their lot, however, and who could picture America's schools worse off than they are now — Mr. Whittle's Channel One has already brought the claimed (but also disputed) benefits of television with attendant commercials into classrooms around the country. And now, with his Edison Project, he has set about to make our schools instruments of public progress through private enterprise. Adam Smith, rather than John Dewey, may become their patron saint … and, perhaps, Mr. Whittle, their prophet.
Yet one does detect some ambivalence here. Even before Channel One, his television news-plus-commercials began in our schools, Mr. Whittle wrote, in a New York Times OpEd piece, "Doubtless, the merging of business interests with public education raises questions. Purists argue there is no place for such activity, even for enlightened examples. They call it greed, exploitation or, in one case, 'a pact with the devil.' Well, it's easy to hurl these charges, but doing so does not answer the tough question: Where will schools get the necessary funds to educate students? My answer", he writes, "is the education-business partnerships could be a significant source".
Yet it almost sounds as if, when push comes to shove, my guest himself would prefer the "purist", old-fashioned way of supporting our schools: publicly, not privately. And I want to begin by asking Mr. Whittle whether that's totally unfair an interpretation?
Whittle: No. If push comes to shove I think it might be a good idea for, for schools in America to be completely funded by public funds. What I don't think would be a good idea is that we have only public schools.
Whittle: Or that we have only one variety of schools.
Heffner: Why does that surface?
Whittle: I'm not sure that we get the diversity that we need in schools. I'm not sure that we get the innovation that we need in schools when we have only one variety of them. And by having many different entries into that world, I think we will get a richer mix. I think we'll get a lot of back and forth between different kinds of systems. And I do believe that there's a value in a competitive marketplace, and, and if we only have one kind, we're not going to have that.
Heffner: Have you any concerns about "the mix" as you call it, including commercials in schools?
Whittle: You mean television commercials?
Heffner: … as they are in your … in your program.
Whittle: As, as you know, we didn't introduce advertising to schools. There's advertising in newspapers in schools and in magazines in schools throughout the libraries, and in many television programs that already find their way there. I think that commercials can be used for a public good … meaning I think they can provide things of value. I think they can be abused in a variety of different ways, and I think, like many things, they can be done well and done poorly.
Heffner: Well, you say "done well and done poorly", and last night I, I had the opportunity of looking at some of the programs that you … some of the, the commercials that fit into the news programs that Channel One consists of, and I think they're brilliantly produced, but they do contain, not just advertisements … when you say you haven't begun the business of advertising in schools, you mentioned school papers, etc …. But this is in the classroom, this is the same kind of commercialism that one sees on commercial television in our schools … have you no concern about that at all?
Whittle: Yes, I have concern and that's one of the reasons we have a lot of restrictions. Example, we restrict far more categories of commercial in the kind of television that we provide to schools than typical networks do. We have far less advertising, meaning we have two minutes a day as opposed to a 24 hour network that has six hours of commercials a day. So I think there are limits both in type .. , example, we don't take religious advertising, we don't take political advertising, we don't take, obviously alcohol or cigarettes … so we are restrictive in that way, and we're restrictive in amount. And … but I think that when you focus only on commercials, that we leave out what they are supposed to be doing, and that is that they are bringing news and they are bringing technology into America's classrooms. That that's really what they are funding. And when you look at what we do, a very small percentage of it is actually commercials. The remainder is news and technology. And one of the things we have to ask ourselves … would we rather have no news in America's schools, and I don't think that's a good choice.
Heffner: Look, I don't want to focus so totally on the business of the commercials that we don't deal with the questions that you raise. You talk about technology in the school, and I gather you see this as a device for bringing technology and all that it means today and in the future into the schools. Why so?
Whittle: Well, first of all, I, I think we have a great national treasure in, in our communications industry that, that is tragically left out of our schools. One, one of our great industries, one of the only industries we can export in America is our communications industry. And yet we don't bring it into the service of education. Some examples .. , every high school at the high school level in, in Britain has a television set. In Japan they make television sets in class. In America three years ago, one in 10 high school classrooms even had access to a television set. I mean one in 10 classrooms had their own television set. And those were on carts that you rolled around in hallways. That's a disgrace in American education. And obviously the reason is lack of funds. But, if you don't have the technology you then can't bring the programming, any kind of programming, whether that's PBS or a newscast with commercials.
Heffner: Okay, let's deal with England. You say that in England much more frequently you will find technology. In the schools. Fair enough. Accompanied by – commercials?
Whittle: I don't believe so. I think the television system in Britain is primarily government.
Heffner: Then could we not, can this great nation not afford to do what you think needs to be done to harness technology for education?
Whittle: This country has been trying to do that, meaning there have been various and sundry bills proposed about bringing technology and bringing programming into America's schools. And they just haven't happened. Meaning it just didn't occur. One in a hundred schools in America, at the high school level, had a satellite dish three years ago. Today 40 times that because of Channel One does. So within three years we moved it from 1 % to 40%. And that's the impact of what the private sector can do when it gets mobilized. And for whatever reasons, and I don't know that I know them all, it hasn't happened through the public sector.
Heffner: You mean we have to harness the private sector and have to pay the, the price that the private sector demands? We have to bring commercials into our schools before we can enjoy technology?
Whittle: I don't think we have to do that. Now, first of all every school can choose whatever they want to do.
Heffner: You mean to take Channel One or not to take it.
Whittle: Absolutely. Meaning they, they can choose to divert funds out of their budgets to technology and programming or they can choose to take them from us for free. And that is their choice. What has happened is they have chosen again and again not to find those funds in their current budgets, and, by the way, they have chosen in great numbers to take what we're offering.
Heffner: … do you think they're paying any price at all? Any significant price in terms of American education?
Whittle: No, I don't. And, and the reason is … I think for us, and I'll say it the way a Principal said it in Cincinnati one day, when we were in his school. He said, "We, we have much more important issues in this schools such as AIDS, and teenage pregnancy and enormous ignorance and drop-outs than a commercial". And he said, "A commercial is not very high on my list of issues, and if it helps me deal with those than I'm going to do that". And I think his decision was this is a good trade-off. It is a trade-off. And ideally, the technology, the programming, the news everything would be there without them, but if I have to choose of no news at all … I'll take it this way.
Heffner: … was the succession of images, was the nature of the commercial appeal which some people feel is very basic to the surfacing of the drug problem in our country and to many other problems, the kind of ways we choose to live connected to the commercialization of America. Now, before, when you heard me fall all over myself in trying to start this program you, you doubted that you could possibly be the, the most controversial person on this program over these years, and yet, to me, you are because what you are saying, it seems to me, that we're going to commercialize, we're going to take the successes of the marketplace and we're going to say, "look, schools were no place for them in the past, but we can't solve our financial problems without commercializing, so we'll do it. We have more important things to think about". Boy, that makes me feel you're very, very controversial.
Whittle: And I think that …, I think that is just an example of what is to come, in many different ways. And by the way, we're not going to be the only provider. The schools are now taking this technology pipeline and using it in all sorts of different ways that they couldn't do before. And, and we're just one piece of this puzzle, but we did kind of lay the pipe.
Whittle: It is …, it is a decision that everyone's going to have to make. And, and if you were to ask me what that decision is going to be, I think 90% of America's schools, within three years are going to say … right, right now 40% have said that, and within three years I think 90% are going to say, "This makes sense, and this is a way to bring the world straight into our classrooms. It's a way to excite our kids about different topics that we can then work with as part of the rest of the school day".
Heffner: … pure news. The other question is the price that they pay.
Heffner: … having students watch.
Whittle: … a lot of those things are in the classroom.
Whittle: I mean newspaper and education programs are in classrooms. And another thing I would mention is I am sure that a lot of people would say, "We think certain programs from even primetime make sense to bring into the classroom, if, if they're educational". You got to decide, "is it educational or is it not"?
Heffner: Well, now, the, the Edison Project in which you're saying that you are going to … let me see if I can find this, this statement … where you say you're going to bring into, what, a thousand, thousand schools … you're going to create a thousand private enterprise schools.
Heffner: How is your education … again now in the commercial area because it is going to be a commercial private enterprise school. How is your education going to differ from public education?
Heffner: … for profit, is that fair?
Whittle: Yes, yes. That's correct.
Whittle: We don't know. And one of the most important things about this project is that we are not starting with the answers. And, and we think more often than not reformers of the system that we know today in the past have started with a set of answers. We are starting with a set of questions. And, and very fundamental questions about … that a lot of people go, "Well, these are unanswerable", but we go, "But they have to be asked" and a sincere attempt needs to be made to answer them. And our plan is … is to start with some fundamental questions. Example, "what is an education today?". And when was that question last asked by the current system. And when was it last answered. And in many ways I would argue, "In the 16th century", in, in some basic ways. And I think we've got to ask those questions and build a system around those answers. So I think, I think we're going to be so radically different than any … if we succeed you will not recognize this as a school. And it isn't going to be like you and I attended when we were there.
Heffner: Well, let me ask this. I, I know from the press that you're pouring millions and millions and millions and millions of dollars and I could go on and on because that's the way it strikes me into this effort to develop the, the Edison Project. You must have an idea of pay-out finally or pay-off finally, and you must have some idea, not only of what the dollars and cents pay-off will be, but of what the educational pay-off will be. You don't invest … Chris Whittle is too doggone good a businessman to invest his own, or other people's monies into something that he doesn't have a fairly good idea of about the pay-off.
Heffner: How much, by the way?
Whittle: $60 million dollars in, in think money. Meaning that doesn't build a school, that doesn't do a text book, it doesn't produce a program … that is design funds.
Heffner: Think of all the people who are watching now and given the, the nature of the people who watch a program like this, who are going to write you and say, "I want to think with you".
Whittle: Thousands have. Seriously. And, and we spent the last seven months talking with thousands of people and we just selected seven, if you will, scientists, that are, are the Research and Development Design Team, that are going to be designing the system. It is an enormously exciting endeavor. There's nothing like it in my knowledge that's ever been tried like this. It is a "take it down below grade level, re-think this in fundamental ways" and, do I know what that outcome is going to be? No. Do I have a sense of what it could be? Yeah. I have some picture. Do I have possible economic impacts? Yes.
Heffner: Do you want to share them with us today?
Whittle: Sure, I mean, I'll give you an example. What does, what does education cost us as a country? K through 12 education in America … and by the way, this is radically understated because public school systems understate their costs, they don't overstate their costs, but if you look at K through 12 education in the US on the public side, it's roughly $250 billion dollars a year is what we spend on our current educational system. Not including day-care and not including colleges. You look at that and you say, "Well, well, let's say we build a national New Age school system that had 1 % of America's students … you have a $2.5 billion enterprise, if you have a 1% of America's students". So you can, you can run different models however you want to look at it. It, it is a very large world.
Heffner: And the money will come from where?
Whittle: The money in the early stages will come direct 'from parents. And essentially parents are going to have to make a decision whether they want to pay twice. Because obviously they pay tax dollars for public education and then they will have to decide "do we want to pay again to send students to this particular school?". That's true with 80% of the kids who will go there. 20% of the kids will be on scholarships, which basically has to come out of the 80%'s pocket.
Whittle: … that will come back around ….
Whittle: … to this, this question. Some people have interpreted this effort as a privatization move. I am not a privatization freak, I could care less about privatizing American education, that is not why I'm doing this. Over the last three years to achieve Channel One, our company had to attend 30,000 school board meetings across the United States. We know what that agenda is, and, and we learned a lot about schools. And, and two things that we learned, one is no news to anyone is there are big problems out there. And the second thing we learned that in fact was more depressing than that was we became very concerned about whether the current reform efforts were actually going to work. And many intelligent observers, if you take them behind closed doors, and say, "what do you think?", will tell you that they're very skeptical about whether we're going to be able to work our way out of the problem that we currently have in education. So I began thinking about is there a different way to do this? And, and I came up with the idea of what if we had a Manhattan Project, if you will, of education, where we were going to be as radical in our design of an education model as the scientists in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, not far from where I live, were about explosives, if they were going to take it from TNT to a nuclear model. There were only two ways I could think that could happen. One is if the Federal government took it on, which we advocated. And second, if it was done with a private sector. And we said, we're going to try it on the private sector. And what this is all about is not to privatize and is particularly not to design an elitist model. We will accomplish nothing here if we create an elitist model. We will be harmful if we create an elitist model.
Heffner: You say that's not your objective.
Whittle: It isn't our objective.
Heffner: But aren't you privatizing on the way to your objective?
Whittle: No, no. I'm going to continue here. The critical thing in not doing an elitist model is a certain set of design criteria. An elitist model would do some of these things … an elitist model would say, "We're not going to take problem kids, because they just cause us problems". An elitist model would say, "We're going to charge 9, 10, 12 thousand dollars per child. We, we don't care". An elitist model would have absolutely strict entrance requirements … saying that unruly kids aren't going to be part of it, whatever. We're not doing any of that. We are saying … we're going to work for the same money that a public school has, $5,300 per child, we're not going to have entrance requirements, anyone that comes and says, "I want to be here in this school", random selection, and knowing that one of the entrance requirements is whether you can pay, we're going to say, "Alright, 20% of our kids are on scholarship", but it's different. In an inner city campus of ours 95% of the kids are going to be on scholarship. In a Westchester campus, 1 % are going to be on scholarship, and we're literally going to build in a transfer of wealth between those two systems. And so we will never perfectly replicate the problems that a public school has to deal with, but we are sincerely trying. And, and we are going about this and go, "let's take their problems and their resources and see if we can come up with a different way to do this".
Heffner: What support are you getting from the educational establishment?
Heffner: That's a remarkable answer.
Whittle: I have never thought that the problems of our school systems are with the people that go to work in the trenches of education every day. Every school I visit I come out inspired by the fact that the people even show up under, under what they have to deal with. I have always thought that the problem is the system that we sit on top of those people. That is the creaking old bureaucracy. And, and I don't know how they get anything done in the environment. The people out there, principals and teachers that run America's schools are remarkably supportive of this because they, they understand that if we can find a breakthrough it's going to ripple into their world as well.
Heffner: To what degree, and we have a minute left perhaps … to what degree do your successes in Channel One feed into the Edison Project? Intellectually.
Whittle: Our successes do in two ways. First of all, we would have never thought of this without Channel One. Channel One sparked our interest in this. Secondly, Channel One in many ways is funding this. Meaning without the successes of Channel One, which it's an enormous success, I'm not sure we could do this. And three, Channel One has provided us with immense credibility within that educational world because they know, despite very tough going in, in the early days of Channel One and in fact, we did pull it off and, and they're not counting us out so quickly this time.
Heffner: If you come back here 36 years from now, when we've doubled our age, and … of the program … and if you're no longer the most controversial guest I've ever had, it will be a very interesting thing. Obviously, one wishes you luck and thanks you for joining me today on THE OPEN MIND.
Heffner: And thanks, too, to you in the audience. I hope you'll join us again next time. And if you'd like to share your thoughts about our program, about today's guest, please write THE OPEN MIND, P. O. Box 7977, FDR Station, New York, New York 10150. For transcripts, send $2.00 in check or money order. In the meantime, as an old friend used to say, "Good night and good luck".
Continuing production of this series has generously been made possible by grants from: The Rosalind P. Walter Foundation; The M. Weiner Foundation of New Jersey; The Thomas and Theresa Mullarkey Foundation: The New York Times Company Foundation; and, from the corporate community, Mutual of America.
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Framing Xu Bing's The Suzhou Landscripts
I first met the artist Xu Bing last year in the company of Judith Goldman and Shelagh Vainker. Judith's Deuce II Editions published his four panel lithographic work, and Shelagh is Curator at Oxford's Ashmolean Museum, where the work was to be exhibited. Our meeting was at United Limited Art Edition's studio on Long Island where the work was being printed; the project had been started there almost ten years before. Over the next several months we made samples of prospective mouldings and sent them back and forth, as well as meeting further with Judith and Xu Bing at his studio in Brooklyn.
Key to framing this monumental work in four parts is to provide a strong border at the outer perimeter while keeping the framing elements between the panels as slender as possible—the framing must not isolate and over-emphasize the parts at the expense of the whole. We accomplished this by designing a Tee profile whose "wing" is clipped on the inner borders, so the frame elements between the parts become simple L -profiles. The following pictures illustrate the profile.
Xu Bing was interested in both a patinated aluminum and lightly toned maple version of the Tee profile. For the Ashmolean framing, the aluminum model was chosen.
"Landscape/Landscript is a cerebral submersion in nature, as well as a vivid set of reflections on the power and treachery of words. Xu's Landscripts teach us another way of seeing the world, where language flows over the landscape, becoming a feature of the natural world itself."
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How I Became Fluttershy
Posted: April 16, 2013, 10:46 p.m. Among fellow fans of My Little Pony, I often describe myself as "real-life Fluttershy". On the surface, it fits, sort of; I tend to be shy and quiet about meeting new people, I enjoy the solitude of nature, and while I'm certainly not the embodiment of...
#TwitterPonies: Twitter Ponies Save The Day Again
Posted: May 2, 2011, 9:50 p.m. A bit of a recap: I'm a huge fan of the Twitter Ponies. If you're not familiar with them, they're basically a group of RPers who do an exceptional job playing the day-to-day adventures of the cast of My Little Pony. Such an exceptional job, in fact,...
Art Etiquette: Free Art
Posted: Feb. 9, 2011, 12:21 p.m. Simply put, character artwork is a privilege, not a right, even in an art-centric group. You do not have the inherent right to have your character drawn by someone, and no artist is under any obligation to draw you for free. Ever. So, the best advice...
Las Pegasus Unicon, and Convention Overplanning
Posted: Feb. 27, 2013, 12:09 a.m. This past weekend, a new My Little Pony convention, Las Pegasus Unicon, came and went. Normally, this would be just an ordinary occurance, but this con's mere existance turned into a large-scale problem at the end of the con, when it came time to pay...
Trotcon 2012 Report
Posted: Aug. 4, 2012, 4:16 p.m. I don't usually write con reports anymore, but this is a special case, because I've never had such a great experience at a new con. Depending on your definition of a "con", this was somewhere between my 23rd and 35th con, ranging in size from under-100...
Tips For Convention Photography
Posted: May 26, 2012, 11:03 p.m. At geeky/nerdy conventions of all types and genres, two things will always be true: The number of photos taken at the con will exceed the number of attendees at the con by an order of magnitude. The number of photos taken that are worth looking at,...
#TwitterPonies: Ponies on Twitter = Magical
Posted: March 11, 2011, 9:48 p.m. Recently, a group of in-character account popped up on Twitter, consisting of people playing the roles of various cast members from My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. Pretty much every character is represented, including the main cast, supporting...
Art Etiquette: Character Design/Use
Posted: Feb. 9, 2011, 12:04 p.m. 1. If it's art from within the fandom, and you didn't draw it, and it wasn't drawn for you, don't use it to represent yourself or your characters. Period. No exceptions. This includes everything from pulling artwork straight from a Google search, to...
Thoughts on Commissions at Cons
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An increase in the percentage of S&P 500 companies that disclosed audit firm tenure from 47% in 2014 to 70% in 2018; among mid-cap companies, 52% disclosed auditor tenure in 2018 (an increase from 42% in 2014), compared to 51% of small-cap companies in 2018 (an increase from 50% in 2014).
An increase from 8% in 2014 to 20% in 2018 among S&P 500 companies that stated in their proxy statements audit committee responsibility for fee negotiations; among mid-cap companies, 5% included these statements in 2018, an increase from 1% in 2014, and 4% of small-cap companies included statements to that effect in 2018, also an increase from 1% in 2014.
The percentage of S&P 500 companies that included in their proxy statements explanations for changes in fees paid to audit firms was flat at 28% relative to 2014 (although a decrease from 31% in 2017); among mid-cap companies, 26% included explanations of the changes in 2018 (declines from 30% in 2014 and 32% in 2017), compared to 30% of small-cap companies in 2018 (an increase from 24% in 2014, but a decline from 35% in 2017).
An increase from 8% in 2014 to 46% in 2018 in the percentage of proxy statements for S&P 500 companies that discussed the criteria the audit committee considered when evaluating the audit firm; in 2018, 36% of mid-cap companies disclosed these criteria (an increase from 7% in 2014), compared to 32% of small-cap companies in 2018 (an increase from 15% in 2014).
An increase from 4% in 2014 to 26% in 2018 in the percentage of proxy statements for S&P 500 companies that disclosed that audit firm evaluations were conducted at least annually; among mid-cap companies, 17% included that disclosure in 2018 (an increase from 3% in 2014), compared to 12% of small-cap companies in 2018 (an increase from 4% in 2014).
An increase from 13% in 2014 to 52% in 2018 in the percentage of proxy statements for S&P 500 companies that explicitly disclosed audit committee involvement in the selection of the audit engagement partner; in 2018, 20% of mid-cap companies disclosed that involvement (an increase from 1% in 2014), compared to 10% of small-cap companies in 2018 (an increase from 1% in 2014).
An increase from 16% in 2014 to 49% in 2018 in the percentage of proxy statements for S&P 500 companies that disclosed that the audit engagement partner rotated every five years; among mid-cap companies, 20% disclosed the rotation in 2018 (an increase from 3% in 2014), compared to 12% of small-cap companies (an increase from 4% in 2014).
Ironically, additional company transparency may ultimately result from rules adopted by the PCAOB for disclosures by auditors in audit reports. As discussed in this PubCo post, disclosure of auditor tenure in the audit report has become mandatory for audits of fiscal years ended on or after December 15, 2017. In addition, at later phase-in dates, most audit reports will need to include disclosure of "critical audit matters," that is, "matters communicated or required to be communicated to the audit committee and that: (1) relate to accounts or disclosures that are material to the financial statements; and (2) involved especially challenging, subjective, or complex auditor judgment." Essentially, the concept is intended to capture the matters that kept the auditor up at night, so long as they meet the standard's criteria. The new CAM disclosure requirement will apply (with some exceptions) to audits conducted under PCAOB standards, including audits of smaller reporting companies and non-accelerated filers (although not to emerging growth companies).


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In Samsung apple case update Samsung Electronics Co Ltd has been asked to pay $120m to Apple Inc. regarding the patent case that has been in the court for months on end now.
The order came on Friday from a jury in the United States. The amount of $119.6 million to be exact, is actually far too less than what Apple was expecting. As a matter of fact, Apple was asking to ban a range of Samsung devices and damages amounting to around $2 billion.
The amount that Samsung has been asked to pay is less than 10%, which is far too low in Apple's eyes.
According to Brian Love, who is the assistant professor at the Santa Clara University School of Law, Apple had initiated the case against Samsung after the Korean company came up with products with Android OS that saw the devices become popular and swift rise.
He further added that the case won't serve Apple's purpose.
In the latest Samsung apple case update, the trial that was underway in San Jose, California, Samsung was accused by Apple of violating the patents on the Smartphone features. Samsung had plainly refuted the claims.
During the hearing on Friday, the jury came to the conclusion that Samsung had violated a couple of Apple patents. A couple of years back, the US-based company was awarded $930 million at this same place. However, Apple could not bring a permanent ban on Samsung Smartphone sales in the US.
However, it is not only about the legalities of the case that the two companies are involved in. If some experts in the business are to be believed, the current legal tussle between Samsung and Apple is an attempt on the part of Apple to restrain the growth of the Smartphones that run on Android OS.
Android OS is the rival operating system brought out by Google Inc. to battle Apple's iOS. Samsung had sold the most devices that run on Android OS.


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Exempts Certain Taxable Services provided to a Goods Transport Agency with effect from 1-1-2005 - 01/2009 - Service Tax
Exempts Certain Taxable Services provided to a Goods Transport Agency
Notification No. 1/2009-Service Tax,
Dated: January 5, 2009
G.S.R. 10(E) - In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 93 of the Finance Act, 1994 (32 of 1994) (hereinafter referred to as the Finance Act), and in supercession of the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), No.29/2008- Service Tax, dated the 26thJune, 2008, published in the Gazette of India Extraordinary, vide G.S.R.482 (E), dated the 29th June, 2008, except as things done or omitted to be done before such supercession, the Central Government, on being satisfied that it is necessary in the public interest so to do, hereby exempts the taxable services specified in sub-clauses (j), (k), (zr), (zza), (zzb), (zzzf), (zzzq) and (zzzzj) of clause (105) of section 65 of the Finance Act, provided by any person to a goods transport agency for use by the said goods transport agency to provide any service, referred to in sub-clause (zzp) of clause (105) of section 65 of the Finance Act, to a customer in relation to transport of goods by road, from the whole of the service tax leviable thereon under section 66 of the Finance Act subject to the condition that the invoice issued by such service provider, providing services should mention the name and address of the goods transport agency and also the name and date of the consignment note, by whatever name called, issued in his behalf.
F. No. 137/175/2008-CX-4
Unmesh Sharad Wagh
Vide Finance (No. 2) Act, 2009
Validation of exemption given to a person providing specified taxable services to goods transport agency with retrospective effect.
(H) (1) The notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue) No. G.S.R. 10(E), dated the 5th January, 2009, issued in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 93 of the Finance Act, 1994 (32 of 1994) granting exemption from the whole of service tax leviable under section 66 to any person providing specified taxable services to goods transport agency, shall be deemed to have, and to always have, for all purposes, validly come into force on and from the 1st day of January, 2005 at all material times.
(2) Refund shall be made of all such service tax which has been collected but which would not have been so collected if the notification referred to in sub-section (1) had been in force at all material times.
(3) Notwithstanding anything contained in the Finance Act, 1994 (32 of 1994), an application for the claim of refund of service tax shall be made within six months from the date on which the Finance (No. 2) Bill, 2009 receives the assent of the President.
Explanation.— For the removal of doubts, it is hereby declared that the provisions of section 11B of the Central Excise Act, 1944 (1 of 1944), shall be applicable in case of refunds under this section.


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Q: How to know where I am in a html table (calendar)? I have a calendar made with a html table with buttons in each cell, and when a button is clicked, I need to know the day and the name where that button is located (the coordinates in the table) to send that location to a function

NOTE : Each cell of the table is a button.

A: Working fiddle.
You've just to give your buttons a common class, then attach the click event to this class and get the cell and the row using cellIndex/rowIndex like :
var classname = document.getElementsByClassName("my-btn");

var myFunction = function() {
    var cellIndex = this.parentNode.cellIndex;
    var rowIndex = this.parentNode.parentNode.rowIndex;

    alert("cellIndex : "+ cellIndex + " / rowIndex : "+rowIndex);
};

for (var i = 0; i < classname.length; i++) {
    classname[i].addEventListener('click', myFunction, false);
}

Hope this helps.

var classname = document.getElementsByClassName("my-btn");

var myFunction = function() {
  var cellIndex = this.parentNode.cellIndex;
  var rowIndex = this.parentNode.parentNode.rowIndex;

  console.log("cellIndex : " + cellIndex + " / rowIndex : " + rowIndex);
};

for (var i = 0; i < classname.length; i++) {
  classname[i].addEventListener('click', myFunction, false);
}

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A: I assume that you've created the table dynamically. In the following I also handle the click of a cell, not a button, as I'd propose you that. Of couse you can use the same methods for buttons.
I just had several solutions, decide which one suits your needs the best.
Use the cell index (Quick'n'kinda Dirty)
When creating the cells, give each one an index with a similar syntax like the following: [row-name]|[col-name]. That way you can extract the names when catching the click event.
1.a Create the cells with any language e.g. PHP
echo "	";

1.b JS: Catch click Event
You could add an EventListener to every single cell. You shouldn't, as this article explains: https://www.kirupa.com/html5/handling_events_for_many_elements.htm
Rather use this concept:
// Catch click inside the table (so either the table itself or one of the children -> cells)
document.getElementById("table").addEventListener("click", function(e) {

    // be sure that user clicked a cell, not the table
        if (e.target !== e.currentTarget) {
            var id = e.target.id;
            // split id into rowname and colname
                var names = id.split("|");
            if (names[0] != '' && names[1] != '') {
                alert("Day: " + names[1] + ", Name: " + names[0]);
            }
        }

    // stop catching the event
        e.stopPropagation();

}, false);

Pro: fast, easy to implement
Con: Only for dynamic table creation, data in id / split charachter mustn't be used
Use row- and col-index
Got inspired by this thread on StackOverflow: Finding the location of a TD in a table
JS: Catch click event
document.getElementById("table").addEventListener("click", function(e) {

    // be sure that user clicked a cell, not the table
        if (e.target !== e.currentTarget) {
            var cell = e.target;
            // get index of cell in a row -> column
              var col = cell.cellIndex;
            // get index of the cell's parent -> row
              var row = cell.parentNode.rowIndex;
            // search for the right row
                var rows = table.childNodes(); // childNodes -> tr-nodes
                var i=0;
                var rowname = '';
                while (i < rows.length && rowname == '') {
                    if (i==row) {
                        rowname = rows[i].textContent;
                    }
                    i++;
                }
            // search for the right column
                var cols = rows[i].childNodes(); // childNodes -> td-nodes
                i=0;
                var colname = '';
                while (i < cols.length && colname == '') {
                    if (i==col) {
                        colname = cols[i].textContent;
                    }
                    i++;
                }
        }

    // stop catching the event
        e.stopPropagation();

}, false);

Pro: clean solution / no restrictions in naming the cells / no "abuse" of IDs, no dynamic creation needed
Con: quite long code, runtime can be expected to be longer
These are the two best concepts I came up with, may they help you. And better get rid of the buttons, if you don't really need them. Just makes it all more complicated

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How-to Reduce Scope 3 Emissions
To begin with part 1 of this blog on how to calculate scope 3 emissions, click here.
Emissions reduction across the value chain
Many companies have already implemented strategies for internal emissions reductions, such as renewable energy procurement and energy efficiency. But, in the context of Science-Based Targets (SBTs), a strategy to decrease GHG across the whole supply chain becomes essential. Supply chain emissions, part of the scope 3 category, are often regarded as difficult emissions to address, as they are outside of a company's direct control. These emissions occur as a result of a company's operations but are produced from sources that are not always owned or controlled by the company.
In a previous blog, How-to Calculate Scope 3 Emissions, we discussed the GHG Protocol, defined the three emissions scopes (1 for direct emissions and scopes 2 and 3 for indirect emissions) and reviewed the process of collecting supply chain greenhouse gas data to calculate a carbon footprint.
Armed with supply chain carbon footprint information, it is now time to explore tactics to reduce scope 3 emissions.
Reduction of GHG emissions from purchase of goods
Purchase of goods reductions can take many forms: change in incoming materials with a lower CO2 content; reduce the quantity of inputs; use recycled materials included in inputs; reduce production waste; favor more sustainable suppliers; engage key suppliers on improving their own carbon footprint.
Schneider Electric customers have seen success by substituting resource intensive raw materials for another with a lower emission factor: replacing palm oil with sunflower oil, replacing veal with beef, replacing metal with plastic or even bioplastics. Other successful strategies include reducing of doses to have more concentrated products; reducing production waste by better control of the production process and reuse of production wastes internally.
Reduction of GHG emissions from transportation
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Projects that reduce product use emissions can come in two forms. One option is to reduce the consumption of raw materials through an increase in the lifetime of the manufactured products. Another option is to reduce the energy consumption generated during the use of the product throughout its lifetime, such as by reducing energy intensity of household appliances or engines.
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End of life emissions include those from demolition and processing of waste once products are no longer viable. These decrease simultaneously with other scope 3 categories, such as the purchase of raw materials; the fewer raw materials you buy and use in a product, the less waste you must treat at the end of life. You can also influence end of life emissions by putting products on the market that emit less CO2 during their disposal (allow recycling instead of incineration or landfill). This is part of the eco-design principle.
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