Set Goals
Identify Priority Areas and Objectives
| Determining the priority area(s) for
your organization will put you in a position to set specific
objectives for your green commuting plan. Here are just a few
examples. |
• Use the US Environmental Protection
Agency's GHG Accounting Worksheet to
calculate potential greenhouse gas savings.
• Active
living in the workplace can set the tone for a workplace green
commuting program. Find out more from the Public Health Agency
of Canada's Physical
Activity Guide.
• If parking is a concern, than set optimal
space reduction targets and plan your green commute accordingly. |
| Manitoba companies provide examples
of why a workplace will want to adopt a green commuting plan
to reduce the number of cars coming to their worksite: |
• Manitoba
Hydro’s focus on climate change
prevention created a strategy based on maximizing greenhouse
gas reductions.
• Public Works and Government
Services Canada is establishing
a green commute plan under the Government of Canada’s Federal
House in Order program for internal commitments to reaching Kyoto
ghg reduction targets.
• IISD has taken an interest
in the employee benefits brought about by promoting active modes
of transportation like cycling and walking.
• Health Sciences Centre is
hoping to reduce the waiting list for employee parking stalls
by emphasizing parking management in its approach to green commute
planning. |
Check
out this table of corporate strategies - overview for green
commuting, in a printable poster
format.
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Climate
Change Branch