Informed choices to reduce your employees' ecological footprint

Environmental Footprint Insights help with sustainable behavioural change

Organisations fear additional paperwork and administrative burden due to the possible introduction of a new climate measure. The PwC Environmental Footprint Insights tool can provide the solution. With this app, employers gain real-time insight into the CO₂ emissions of their employees, so that they can continue to make sustainable choices.

In order to achieve the intended climate goals, the new government wants large employers to keep track of the emissions from their employees' commuting and business trips. The new measure will mean that companies with more than 100 employees will have to keep track of how an employee travels: by public transport, by bicycle or by car. It may also be necessary to find out what type of car the employee travels in.

Special attention for ESG themes

According to Wineke Haagsma, this coincides well with the growing attention for ESG themes. Organisations are increasingly being judged on their contribution to environmental, social and governance issues. Investors are looking at these factors more often when deciding to invest money in a company.  Legislation and regulations are increasing in this area as well. Our clients are therefore more aware of this and we are regularly asked how they can gain more insight into their impact on the environment', according to Haagsma.

This is now partly possible with Environmental Footprint Insights. The app not only gives employees insight into their personal CO₂ emissions when it comes to work-related mobility. They can also see how much the entire organisation emits or how much CO₂ is produced within a particular project or by an office. Furthermore, the app provides information on the cost of the CO₂ emissions and the time spent per employee due to his or her mobility choice.

Better picture of impact on the environment

Haagsma: 'This way you get a much better picture as an organisation, of your impact on the environment and you can realize adjustments more easily. In addition, it is easier to inform your employees about the steps you are taking regarding sustainability, and make them aware of their choices. Finally, you can clearly show regulators and investors what concrete steps you are taking and to what extent you are contributing to the ESG themes. In short, you can easily provide useful information to various stakeholders.'