Calculate more accurately?
Next year, employers must register how employees travel for work and how much CO2 emissions this causes. Some employers are ahead of this, but according to an expert, the reporting is not yet accurate enough.
In the new year it will be mandatory for employers to report ‘work-related passenger transport’. In concrete terms, this means that, for example, commuting and other business kilometers must be registered and the CO2 emissions calculated. Marc Herberigs of the Stimular Foundation, which advises companies on sustainable entrepreneurship, warns that this reporting is not exactly accurate due to the broad legislation.
For example, employees who travel by car for work need to provide very little information. CO2 emissions are calculated based on averages and therefore no distinction is made between those who come to work with a Ford Ranger or those who drive a Kia Picanto. According to Stimular, this produces an unrealistic estimate of CO2 emissions. Moreover, only direct emissions are taken into account and not ‘well-to-wheel’. Finally, another pain point, according to Herberigs, is that kilometers with cars on gray license plates and air traffic are not taken into account.
“If companies really want to take effective steps towards sustainable mobility, it is advisable to calculate a realistic CO2 footprint of transport and take sustainability measures on that basis,” the advice reads. Companies must therefore take an extra step in addition to the legislation, because the legislation in this area is not yet too strict.
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