Carbon Footprint

One of the drivers of the climate system is the greenhouse effect. Greenhouse effect is a natural phenomenon. Life on earth is made possible by energy from the sun, which arrives mainly in the form of visible light. About 30% of sunlight is scattered back into space by the outer atmosphere, but the rest reaches the earth's surface, which reflects it in the form of a calmer, more slow-moving type of energy called infrared radiation. Some of the infrared radiation passes through the atmosphere but most is absorbed and re-emitted in all directions by greenhouse gases such as H2O, CO2, CH4, N2O, CFC, HFC, HCFC, SF6, etc.

Greenhouse gases make up only about 1% of the atmosphere, but they act like a blanket around the earth, or like the glass roof of a greenhouse: they trap heat and keep the planet some 30° C warmer than it would be otherwise.

The problem is not the greenhouse effect; the problem is the additional greenhouse effect due to greenhouse gas emissions from human activities. Our "way of life" implies greenhouse gas emissions everywhere, and the inevitable consequence is the disturbance of the climate system: the "climate change".

A carbon footprint is the total set of all GHG (greenhouse gas) emissions caused directly and indirectly by an individual, organization, event or product. Carbon footprint is based on a single indicator: tons of CO2 equivalent (or Carbon equivalent). The carbon footprint assessment does not just focus on CO2 emissions. All greenhouse gases are taken into account. However the GHG have different effects on the atmosphere; a conversion factor is used to integrate the different effects of the GHG. The objective of carbon footprint assessment is to have a clear view of upstream and downstream vulnerability against the carbon constraint.

Doshion Veolia Water Solutions is committed to staying at the leading edge of environmentally conscious offerings to address two significant business challenges: Resource efficiency and Sustainability. We actively pursue a strategy to deliver environmentally conscious and innovative water technologies and solutions, meeting the diverse needs of both municipalities and industry. We offer our customers integrated water solutions which include resource-efficient technology to improve operations, reduce costs, decrease dependency on limited resources, and comply with current and anticipated regulations.

Our carbon footprint reduction program drives innovation, accelerates adoption and development of clean technologies for water treatment, and offers our customers sustainable solutions. We are benchmarking our technologies and solutions by performing total carbon cost analysis over the lifetime of the installations to deliver value to our customers by justifying an investment in a best-in-class solution not just because it is reducing the operating costs over the lifetime of the installation but because it is also minimizing the financial risk of a direct and indirect carbon contribution.