Carbon footprint at institutions of higher education: The case of the University of Oulu

Kiehle, Julia; Kopsakangas-Savolainen, Maria; Hilli, Meeri; Pongrácz, Éva

doi:10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.117056

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“…The remaining categories are much smaller and appear to constitute an almost negligible percentage. These outcomes are consistent with the context reported by Kiehle et al and Radonjič (Kiehle et al 2023 ; Radonjič and Tompa 2018 ). Also, Amanthi and Navarante confirmed that their company had a minimal impact on water usage, which accounts for 0.3% of the total (Awanthi and Navaratne 2018 ).…”

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confidence: 92%

Assessment of organizational carbon footprints in a denim-washing company: a systematic approach to indirect non-energy emissions

Aykaç Özen,

Vayiç,

Çoruh

2024

Environ Sci Pollut Res

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As stated in the 2016 Paris Agreement, concerns about global climate change and carbon emissions have increased, and organizations, in particular, have embarked on an annual measurement process to estimate their contribution to global climate change. Carbon footprint, one of the measurement methods, is a widely applied tool to assess the environmental impact of organizations. This study presents a real case study of a denim-washing company’s activities based on ISO standard calculation methods of greenhouse gas emissions. Accordingly, the annual carbon footprint of the denim-washing company was 2482.09 tCO2e for the year 2021 in total for the overall carbon footprint. Direct emission was calculated at 1575.75 tCO2e, indirect energy–related emission at 798.09 tCO2e, and indirect non-energy–related emission at 108.25 tCO2e. The highest CO2 emissions are related to heating from greenhouse gas direct emission sources, followed by purchased electricity consumption, and the lowest CO2 emissions are related to fire–CO2 tube storage. In conclusion, this study is particular in that it analyzes not only the specific processes of a denim-washing company but also the overall organizational carbon footprint calculation, assesses the importance of indirect non-energy in the total carbon footprint, and evaluates the calculation findings with sector-specific mitigation strategies.

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confidence: 92%

Assessment of organizational carbon footprints in a denim-washing company: a systematic approach to indirect non-energy emissions

Aykaç Özen,

Vayiç,

Çoruh

2024

Environ Sci Pollut Res

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“…With respect to specific information, the actions undertaken by universities focus on academics and campus services/student life, both linked to SDG 4 (quality education); energy-related measures, linked to SDG 7 (affordable and clean energy); waste management and recycling schemes, linked to SDG 12 (responsible production and consumption); actions to reduce emissions through alternative transport, linked to SDG 11 (sustainable cities and communities); or water conservation, linked to SDG 6 (clean water and sanitation). These results are in line with the studies about universities' commitments to the SDGs (Beer, 2016;Da Silva et al, 2023;G omez et al, 2016;Kiehle et al, 2023;Li et al, 2015) and show that the implementation of SDG indicators is still very fragmented (Alcántara-Rubio et al, 2022), and its reporting is still at an early stage in universities (Aras et al, 2021).…”

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confidence: 87%

Determinants of the dissemination of economic, social and environmental information at the university level in the context of commitment to the Sustainable Development Goals

Flórez‐Parra,

López‐Pérez,

López‐Hernández

et al. 2023

Sustainable Development

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In the context of universities' commitment to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the paper aims to analyse the factors that influence the degree of information disclosure related to the economic, social, and environmental (ESE) aspects of SDGs. Based on a content analysis of the annual and/or sustainability reports for 2021 and the websites of the top 200 universities in the Shanghai ranking, the results show that the volume of ESE disclosures at universities is associated with gender diversity in the governance team, stakeholder commitment and position in academic and environmental rankings. By taking entities that are global benchmarks, the results make practical and managerial contributions. First, they can serve as a guide to setting policy frameworks for institutions to create procedures to develop their SDG‐compliant actions. Second, the promotion of women's participation on the board and the active presence of stakeholders favour universities' information disclosure policies. Third, the results show that the efforts towards disclosure at the top universities in both academic and environmental rankings are related to legitimising their actions and meeting stakeholders' demands. In addition, this study proposes the development of an index that could help improve the ESE information disclosed by universities, which is currently low, yet some aspects of it, such as economic aspects, are barely covered but essential to ensure sustainability. Finally, the proposed indicators can also serve as a guide for governing bodies' management of SDG‐related aspects.

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“…In this regard, awareness programs for CF mitigation should be offered to nursing students to empower the present and future generations of nurses with foundational knowledge and environmental-based competencies required for their crucial role toward CC mitigation that contribute to innovative approaches to reduce CF. Importantly, CF calculation of the academic setting can induce students' sense of environmental responsibility to adopt eco-friendly sustainable green behaviors (22) . However, there are still few published studies about awareness of CF mitigation strategies among higher nursing students, especially in the Egyptian community.…”

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Impact of Awareness Program for Carbon Footprint Mitigation among Nursing Students. A Step toward Sustainability

moselhy

2024

Egyptian Journal of Nursing and Health Sciences

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Background: Nursing students should be engaged in a structured program that raises their awareness of carbon footprint (CF) mitigation to prepare them for their critical future role toward community health promotion and environmental sustainability, through the adoption of low-carbon lifestyle behavior and thereby reducing their CF. Aim: Assess the impact of the awareness program for carbon footprint mitigation among nursing students as a step toward sustainability. Research Hypothesis: The implementation of the awareness program will lead to mitigating the carbon footprint rate among nursing students. Methodology: A stratified simple random sample comprising 276 nursing students from the Modern University for Technology and Information's faculty of nursing was employed in a quasi-experimental design Three instruments were applied: (1) The Structured Questionnaire for Nursing Students which is separated into two sectors to evaluate their personal characteristics and awareness of CF (2) Nursing students' low-carbon lifestyle behavior scale. (3) The Online Carbon Footprint Calculator. Results: A statistically significant improvement was detected between students' mean scores in CF awareness, and low-carbon lifestyle behavior before and after the intervention (P<0.000**). Additionally, the students' mean score of CF rate was statistically significantly reduced pre-intervention from 3.550 TonCo2e, to 3.032 TonCo2e during follow-up phase (P < 0.015*). Conclusions: The developed CF mitigation awareness program significantly improves students' knowledge, and encourages the adoption of de-carbonization lifestyle behavior which led to reduce their CF by approximately half a ton. Recommendations: Integrating climate change-related issues into universities' nursing curricula with greater emphasis on innovative CF mitigation strategies, to equip upcoming health leaders with environmental sustainability measures and to become model a decarbonized lifestyle for others.

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Carbon footprint at institutions of higher education: The case of the University of Oulu

Cited by 29 publications

References 23 publications

Assessment of organizational carbon footprints in a denim-washing company: a systematic approach to indirect non-energy emissions

Assessment of organizational carbon footprints in a denim-washing company: a systematic approach to indirect non-energy emissions

Determinants of the dissemination of economic, social and environmental information at the university level in the context of commitment to the Sustainable Development Goals

Impact of Awareness Program for Carbon Footprint Mitigation among Nursing Students. A Step toward Sustainability

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