Accounting for Carbon Emissions

He has found a site called “360 carbon” (The Collaborative Carbon Calculator for Churches, Synagogues, Charities and Small Businesses (360carbon.org)) and has been using the Board of Administration costs and staffing outputs to gauge its carbon footprint.

Using information from the last financial year, the table below indicates emissions across various categories:

Peter cites an example of how he gathered information relevant to measuring carbon emissions by asking Connexional Office staff how they travelled to and from work and how often.

“You need to drill down into these items, for example, with Travel, there are many different variables that you need to consider. Parishes need to think about how congregational members came to Church, how often, the length of distance travelled, etc.

Results from the Connexional Office are captured in the table below:

Peter anticipates these assessments will form a benchmark for the Board of Administration to use going forward as we embrace the climate justice decade theme Rekindle the Va of Papatuanuku and aim to minimize carbon emissions for the betterment of our environment and tamariki.

Parishes are encouraged to visit the site https://360carbon.org/en-gb/ and to start calculating their carbon footprint and to determine means of reducing it.