Estimación de la huella de carbono de la empresa Heincke S.A.S. BIC

The anthropogenic emission of greenhouse gases (GHG) into the Earth's atmosphere is the main cause of the increase in global temperature and the imbalance of the climate system, which generate serious negative effects on the planet and all its inhabitants. Such a situation requires a great coll...

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Autores:
Gallego Medrano, Angela Margarita
Tipo de recurso:
Trabajo de grado de pregrado
Fecha de publicación:
2023
Institución:
Universidad Antonio Nariño
Repositorio:
Repositorio UAN
Idioma:
spa
OAI Identifier:
oai:repositorio.uan.edu.co:123456789/8874
Acceso en línea:
http://repositorio.uan.edu.co/handle/123456789/8874
Palabra clave:
Huella de carbono
Gases de Efecto Invernadero (GEI)
Protocolo GEI
Carbon footprint
Greenhouse Gases (GHG)
GHG Protocol
Rights
openAccess
License
Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-ND 4.0)
Description
Summary:The anthropogenic emission of greenhouse gases (GHG) into the Earth's atmosphere is the main cause of the increase in global temperature and the imbalance of the climate system, which generate serious negative effects on the planet and all its inhabitants. Such a situation requires a great collective effort to reduce the generation and emission of GHG, where companies are key actors since they emit a considerable amount of GHG directly and indirectly. Reducing this impact starts from quantifying its emissions, also called carbon footprint. Therefore, the main objective of this degree project was to estimate the carbon footprint of the Colombian company Heincke S.A.S. BIC, dedicated to providing agricultural food supply services. For this, the GHG Protocol methodology was used, therefore, initially the evaluation of the company was delimited in an organizational, operational, and temporal manner, from which the emission sources were identified, continuing with the selection of the emission factors, the collection of activity data and the quantification of associated emissions. This exercise resulted in a total carbon footprint of 307,22 t CO2 eq, which is mainly based on Scope 3 (indirect emissions) and is the basis of the proposed measures to reduce emissions.