REDUCING YOUR CARBON FOOTPRINT

“JETTING AROUND AUSTRALIA OR AROUND THE WORLD ISN’T SUSTAINABLE FOR PEOPLE OR FOR THE PLANET”

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For many companies air travel is the single greatest variable in their total carbon footprint. While all reductions in carbon dioxide emissions are desirable, a single jet trip can completely outstrip the carbon dioxide savings made in other areas. Video communications can reduce or eliminate the need to make routine plane trips altogether. The electricity used for video calls is negligible in comparison with energy used to travel. Each video call that saves a trip is a direct reduction of carbon dioxide output.

THE CARBON COST OF TRAVEL

Jet exhaust is mostly carbon dioxide (CO2), and jets deliver this greenhouse gas directly into the most sensitive portion of our atmosphere, the delicate upper troposphere and lower stratosphere five to seven miles up from the Earth’s surface. The table opposite shows the CO2 output travailing by air to major Australian cities and frequent international destinations. Using the table you can work out how much you can reduce your company’s carbon footprint.

To put this into perspective the average Australian household has a carbon footprint of 14 metric tons per year.

From	To	Metric Tons of CO2 per round trip per person
Sydney	Melbourne	0.51
Melbourne	Brisbane	0.89
Sydney	Darwin	1.87
Perth	Melbourne	1.60
Adelaide	Sydney	0.75
Brisbane	Perth	2.14
Hobart	Sydney	0.67
Auckland	Brisbane	1.36
Sydney	New York	9.51
Melbourne	London	10.04
Brisbane	Tokyo	4.24
Los Angeles	Sydney	6.64
Hong Kong	Adelaide	4.08
Beijing	Melbourne	5.41

Video Communications has tremendous potential to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by reducing the need for routine travel. Video Communications allows you to be there without leaving your office. Each car, train or plane trip you do not take is a direct and measurable reduction in your carbon footprint. You can have a profound and positive impact on the environment and have more time to enjoy the world you helped to protect.

Furthermore the money saved by reducing travel costs in the first year will probably more than pay for the video conferencing equipment.

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