We’ve just finished our third revision to our 2007 Baseline Environmental footprint. Finding resources that made sense for our company and our size was an interesting challenge, but we discovered some that worked well and are worth sharing.

To arrive at a baseline footprint we are confident is accurate, we used the 123 page Climate Registry General Reporting Protocol.  With a bit of effort, we felt like we had a complete view of our footprint.  Since then, we discovered the US EPA Climate Leaders program at http://www.epa.gov/stateply.   This has proven to be a good resource for us.  They offer guidance and simple calculators that can help establish your baseline protocol and a tool to help companies track their progress over time.

After we determined our footprint we were able to move forward on reduction plans and efforts to offset some of our impact.

We purchased 100% windpower offsets based on our electricity use for 2008.  Check out Renewable Choice Energy  for help in understanding renewable energy credits and how to purchase them. We’ve decided to offset half our business air travel with carbon offsets through Las Gaviotas.  A group we think is not only doing a good job in restoring the environment but also seems to put a high percentage of the offset money directly into the projects.

Any other recommendations for great resources to help others “green” their corporate environments? Please share.