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Direct + Indirect RAF GHG Footprint
“CarbonRiver has been able to demonstrate via the use of its hybrid measurement approach that the RAF cadets can easily account for, and subsequently manage the complete carbon footprint of a highly distributed organisation — and we have already seen how measuring carbon in this way pays off in regard to wider areas of business cost and management”.
– Greg Blezard, RAF Cadets Board
The initial pilot project for the RAF cadets was designed to prove that a hybrid approach (based on CEDA and utilising the CarbonEngine) could deliver the measurement and analysis of the complete (scope 1,2 and 3) GHG footprint of the highly distributed 1000 squadron RAF Cadet organisation.
The RAF Cadet’s de-centralised economic management meant that the Cadet Board had no way to understand or manage emissions or strategically affect efficiency.
CarbonRiver demonstrated that a simple, bespoke tool can be utilised and uploaded by Squadrons which will enable the Cadet Board to not only gain a clear and comprehensive view of the carbon impact of squadron’s individually and as a whole. However, further to this, by virtue of capturing the data necessary for the Hybrid analysis, CarbonRiver also demonstrated a bespoke management dashboard for energy, fuel, flight, equipment, commuting, clothing, and other “off-budget” materials and activities tracking across the 1000 squadrons - demonstrating how measuring carbon pays off in wider areas of business cost and management.
