Sven Østebø
Head of Business Advisory • Oslo
Eco-Lighthouse is currently one of Norway's most recognized certification schemes for systematic environmental and sustainability work. For many companies, Eco-Lighthouse certification is a concrete and documentable step from ambition to implementation.
Aider collaborates with the Eco-Lighthouse Foundation to make it easier for Eco-Lighthouse certified companies to take the next step in climate accounting and climate follow-up.
The Eco-Lighthouse Foundation manages a certification scheme that documents systematic environmental management.
In practice, this means that the company must be able to demonstrate:
It is not enough to "want" to do something. It must be documented.
For many businesses, the process reveals two things:
Aider assists Eco-Lighthouse certified companies with climate expertise, advice and various climate platforms as a supplement to LUMA.
This can include, among other things:
More structured climate accounting provides a better overview of emissions in the business - especially related to Scope 3 in the value chain.
Scope 3 includes indirect emissions in the company's value chain, for example from suppliers, purchasing, transportation, business travel and waste. For many businesses, Scope 3 makes up the largest part of the total climate footprint. That's why better insight into Scope 3 is often crucial to understanding where emissions actually occur and where measures can have the greatest impact.
For businesses that work systematically with climate through Eco-Lighthouse, better insight into Scope 3 provides a more comprehensive understanding of emissions in the value chain and a better basis for improvement measures.
Better work with Scope 3 is often about
How do you go from good intentions to actual climate reduction - in a real estate portfolio with over 80 companies?
Höegh Eiendom has taken sustainability seriously for almost 100 years. Now they have taken the next step: full control of emissions per building, per company and for the entire group. Together with Aider and Morescope, they have turned accounting figures into climate figures - and created a tool that provides both management power and competitive advantage.
Head of Business Advisory • Oslo
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