How your practice can help save the world

When looking at your practice’s carbon footprint, the Greenhouse Gas Protocol (GGP) recommends addressing three ‘Scopes’. Scope 1 is your direct emissions, which for most practices is just a gas boiler. Of course, if your practice owns any vehicles, include their use in this scope also.

You can neutralise your Scope 1 emissions in a few ways. You can simply offset your emissions with a legitimate source (such as Net Zero Eyecare, which funds gold standard carbon offsetting projects that help build a truly sustainable world), or you can consider switching the gas off altogether in favour of something like a ground-source heat pump.