The process of verifying your carbon emissions requires a lot of data gathering, number crunching and in some cases conversion if you're international. It's certainly no small task!

However, it's worth the effort. With it completed you will have a much better idea of your current impact and be able to make better informed decisions on how to reduce it. When starting out on your verification journey you'll need to start with calculating your scope 1 & 2 emissions, these are the direct and indirect greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions that your business is responsible for.

That alone can be quite a mammoth task, especially if you have a lot of locations worldwide, such is the case as today's guest: Culligan.

In this episode, Mel is joined by Martin Murden, ESG Manager at Culligan International, to discuss why Culligan started their verification journey, the key insights uncovered, and the challenges involved with calculating emissions for a large international organisation.  

You'll learn

·      Who is Martin Murden?

·      Who are Culligan International?

·      Why are Culligan seeking third-party verification for scope 1 & 2?

·      Key insights uncovered as a result of verification

·      What changes have they made to their data collection processes?

·      How did internal teams find the experience?

·      How have Culligan utilised verified data?

·      What is the biggest misconception about the verification process?

 

 

Resources

·      Culligan International

·      Carbonology

·      Culligan 2024 ESG Report  

 

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[02:05 ] Episode Summary – Mel Blackmore is joined by Martin Murden, ESG Manager at Culligan, to discuss their carbon verification journey and explore the challenges associated with calculating scope 1 & 2 emissions for a large international organisation.    

[03:25 ] Who is Martin Murden? Martin is an ESG Manager at Culligan, his role focuses more on the environmental aspect of ESG compliance.

His main role involves looking after Culligan's carbon emissions, carbon reduction plan, evaluating use of resources and exploring initiatives to reduce their current impact.

One fun fact that not many people know about Martin, one of his ancestors was involved in the creation of Turkish delight!

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