Competitive Energy Services’ FY23 Carbon Tracker presents an accounting of emissions related to our company operations. Specifically, this inventory quantifies emissions related to CES’ electricity use, employee commuting, and business travel. Using FY18 as a baseline, the FY23 CES Carbon Tracker illustrates how our emissions have fallen and subsequently rebounded due to changes in company operations that were driven by COVID-19.
CES reports a total of 36.22 metric tons of CO2e during FY23, which represents a 66% reduction from the baseline year and a 1% decrease from FY22. These trends are consistent with a reduction in emissions due to the pandemic and the use of a hybrid model in 2023. CES continues to offer employees the ability to work from home, and the office saw less in-person use this past year due to the hybrid model, leading to a 25% decrease in office space electricity use compared to FY2022. 4 RECs from the South Thomaston solar project, which came online in December 2023, were included in the report, accounting for 11% of the electricity use for FY22. CES has been able to return to in-person activity under the hybrid model, traveling to more in-person client meetings and events, as well as to the Portland office. Commute and business miles traveled by CES employees rose 17% year-over-year, totaling 71,298 miles as more and more meetings returned to in-person.
Many CES clients are faced with the evolving task of quantifying and tracking their greenhouse gas emissions in order to meet sustainability goals at the state and federal levels. The CES Carbon Tracker provides clients with a reporting tool that presents an inventory of greenhouse gas emissions related to a client’s operations, which then enables clients to assess strategies designed to reduce their carbon footprint.
Ultimately this is just one tool CES provides that enables clients to achieve their energy and sustainability goals, which has been CES’ guiding purpose for 25 years. While we continue to be highly invested in supporting client energy and sustainability goals, we are focused on our own as well. Here at CES, we are using our Carbon Tracker to not only report our own emissions, but also frame CES sustainability goals for future years.
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Competitive Energy Services’ FY22 Carbon Tracker presents an accounting of emissions related to our company operations. Specifically, this inventory quantifies emissions related to CES’ electricity use, employee commuting, and business travel. Using FY18 as a baseline, the FY22 CES Carbon Tracker illustrates how our emissions have fallen and subsequently rebounded due to changes in company operations that were driven by COVID-19.
CES reports a total of 39.2 metric tons of CO2e during FY22, which represents a 66% reduction from the baseline year and a 57% increase from FY21. These trends are consistent with a reduction in emissions due to the pandemic and the adoption of a hybrid model in 2022. CES continues to offer employees the ability to work from home, but the office saw more in-person use this past year under a hybrid model, leading to a 7.8% increase in office space electricity use compared to FY2021. This metric is down 39% from the baseline FY2018. While many client meetings and events remain virtual, CES has been able to return to in-person activity. As a result, miles traveled, which includes commuting miles and business travel miles, doubled from FY21 to FY22. Notably, CES traveled 16,434 miles by plane in FY22, which is up from zero miles flown in FY21.
Many CES clients are faced with the evolving task of quantifying and tracking their greenhouse gas emissions in order to meet sustainability goals at the state and federal levels. The CES Carbon Tracker provides clients with a reporting tool that presents an inventory of greenhouse gas emissions related to a client’s operations, which then enables clients to assess strategies designed to reduce their carbon footprint.
Ultimately this is just one tool CES provides that enables clients to achieve their energy and sustainability goals, which has been CES’ guiding purpose for more than 20 years. While we continue to be highly invested in supporting client energy and sustainability goals, we are focused on our own as well. Here at CES, we are using our Carbon Tracker to not only report our own emissions, but also frame CES sustainability goals for future years.
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Competitive Energy Services’ FY21 Greenhouse Gas Inventory presents an accounting of emissions related to our company operations. Specifically, this inventory quantifies emissions related to CES’ electricity use, employee commuting, and business travel. Using FY18 as a baseline, the FY21 CES GHG Inventory illustrates how our emissions have fallen due to changes in company operations that were driven by COVID-19.
CES reports a total of 23.2 metric tons of CO2e during FY21, which represents a 78% reduction from the baseline year. This reduction in emissions extends from the limited number of in-person client meetings and conferences in FY21. During this year, many client meetings transitioned to online, and less miles were driven, or flown, to and from meetings and business-related events. Thus, CES saw a 95% reduction in emissions related to business travel in FY21 compared to the baseline. Additionally, employees were given the opportunity to work from home during this year, which contributed to a 61% reduction in emissions related to office space electricity use and employee commuting between FY18 and FY21.
Many CES clients are faced with the evolving task of quantifying and tracking their greenhouse gas emissions in order to meet sustainability goals at the state and federal levels. The CES Carbon Tracker provides clients with a reporting tool that presents an inventory of greenhouse gas emissions related to a client’s operations, which then enables clients to assess strategies designed to reduce their carbon footprint.
Ultimately this is just one tool CES provides that enables clients to achieve their energy and sustainability goals, which has been CES’ guiding purpose for over 20 years. While we continue to be highly invested in supporting client energy and sustainability goals, we are focused on our own as well. Here at CES, we are using our Carbon Tracker to not only report our own emissions, but also frame CES sustainability goals for future years.
CES offices are powered by 100% renewable energy. CES is under a long-term agreement with a new solar project located in Thomaston Maine that provides 100% renewable electricity to our headquarters. The solar project achieved commercial operations in late 2023.
