Wednesday, January 07, 2009

Forestry body uses finance IT to measure carbon footprints


Forestry Commission tweaks its finance software to calculate individual employees' carbon emissions

The Forestry Commission has adapted its financial software so it can track its employees carbon footprints, allowing the department to gather financial and environmental data.

Using the employee expense management system (EEM) from COA, the Commission tweaked the software so that employees would be able to supply travel mileage and modes of transport as well as expenses.

Collating the information from the EEM and fleet systems already in place, the government department responsible for the protection of British woodlands, now has carbon data for the past 12 months.

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