GERES / FABS partnership Pioneering carbon neutrality in Cambodia

GERES / FABS Partnership Pioneering Carbon Neutrality in Cambodia





Business case

There is no existing carbon neutral label for the hospitality industry, but developing and/ or implementing a carbon neutral label is a beneficial and affordable process.

What is carbon neutrality?

Concept: zero net emissions
Process:

1. Conduct emissions inventory
2. Calculate carbon emitted
3. Reduce resource consumption where possible
4. Use renewable resources where possible
5. Purchase offsets equivalent to remaining emissions.


Offsetting adds value to business:

1. Raises corporate profile
2. Saves money, by encouraging reductions in resource use
3. Encourages preparation for future carbon constraints
4. Improves corporate values & staff motivation

A new approach

"Being a carbon friendly business is something that all companies should consider. We at the FCC decided it was time to make a difference, little as our change may help. By utilizing GERES Cambodian carbon programs we are helping save the planet ."
FCC General Manager Anthony Alderson.

Food & Beverage Solutions (FABS)


  

FABS manages FCC (Phnom Penh and Angkor): Cafe Fresco, Pacharan tapas restaurant and bar, The Quay Hotel (which will be the first carbon neutral hotel in Cambodia, set to open in autumn 2007).


FABS plans to purchase carbon offsets from the GERES Cambodia Fuel-wood Saving Project (CFSP), which engineers, markets and distributes improved cook-stoves that reduce CO2 emissions while improving living standards in Cambodia.




GERES Cambodia

GERES is developing a label for the hospitality industry. The label will be based on a Green Leaves rating system (comparable to the star system) that
will be piloted by FABS. GERES will provide:

1. Detailed carbon inventory
2. Advice on how to reduce emissions
3. Quote for offsets
4. Simple, customized monitoring tools
5. Staff Training


More Cambodian women (87% of stove users) will receive improved stoves that simultaneously:
. Reduce emissions that are both damaging to the atmosphere and human health
. Save charcoal, which reduces demand for wood and therefore decreases deforestation
• Reduce money spent on wood and
charcoal, which means that more income can be spent on needs such as health and education.



The Cambodia Carbon Facility (CCF)

A platform launched by GERES Cambodia to facilitate investment in quality carbon offsets, by:

1) Assisting organizations or companies to calculate their carbon emissions, as well as opportunities to reduce their emissions, such as improving efficiency, sharing resources and using renewable energy.

2) Supporting sustainable development projects that disseminate clean technologies and reduce poverty.

3) Designing baseline studies to develop carbon project documents, management and monitoring systems and emissions calculation methodologies,

4) Assisting participants in the carbon market, including providing guidance on how to source Kyoto-accredited service providers and reach equitable deals with carbon offset buyers and sellers.

CCF: making carbon finance work for poverty alleviation