carbon footprint
GreenBiz22 and Salesforce Net Zero 2.0
In February, the Orion team had the pleasure of attending GreenBiz22 in Arizona. From the session topics, to the food, to the overall energy of the event, GreenBiz22 showed the world how to manage an in-person event coming out of a pandemic.
Orion Global Solutions' Salesforce Net Zero Cloud Rapid Start™ Program
Fast Tracking Sustainability Success NEW YORK, January 21st, 2022 - Orion Global Solutions launches the Salesforce Net Zero Cloud Rapid Start™ program this month. The Rapid Start™ program is a result of volumes of customer feedback, as well as Orion’s long-term partnership with the Salesforce sustainability team. As Net Zero Cloud experts, Orion created this […]
Climate Crisis Reaches "Code Red" by UN - Carbon Emissions Must be Reduced
The UN has lead the way to communicating information about the climate crisis including their 17 ESGs. After the completion of the Fourteenth Session of Working Group I and Fifty-Fourth Session of the IPCC, Electronic Session, 26 July - 6 August 2021, the UN announced that the planet is warming faster than expected and it's […]
Carbon Accounting: How to Get Started
Carbon accounting is imperative to the future of every business, as discussed in our previous post. So the next question is: How do you get started? Understanding the different sources of emissions Source: WRI/WBCSD Corporate Value Chain (Scope 3) Accounting and Reporting Standard (PDF) (152 pp, 5.9MB), page 5. There are three different “scopes” through which emissions […]
Carbon Accounting: Not a question of IF but WHEN
Why Carbon Accounting is Imperative for Every Business It is now widely understood that greenhouse gases, including carbon (CO2), play a significant role in regulating earth’s temperature. The more carbon (and other greenhouse gases) put into the atmosphere, the more the temperature rises. The full and farthest ranging effects of increases in earth’s temperature are […]
COVID-19 Prompts Countries to Re-Think Transportation for Sustainability
The days of crowded streets, trains, planes, and platforms may be a thing of the past. The global pandemic caused millions of people to stay home, thus reducing carbon emissions from transportation. The good news is that some countries took notice, and decided to create alternative options for when we all go back to work! […]
Air Pollution Continues to Drop in a COVID-19 World
Millions of people globally have stopped using all modes of transportation, resulting in a steep reduction in emissions. This is good news for the environment and planet as a whole.
Orion Global Solutions Pledges to Plant 100 Trees to Honor New York State First Responders and Health Care Workers Fighting COVID-19
NEW YORK, April 22, 2020 – Orion Global Solutions LLC will plant 100 trees to honor New York State’s first responders and health care workers fighting COVID-19 in celebration of the 50th anniversary of Earth Day. The trees will be planted in the New York region by One Tree Planted, a non-profit organization focused on […]
The Fight Against COVID-19 Is Changing the Planet
In our global effort to fight COVID-19 and reduce it's spread, much of the planet is practicing social distancing and staying home. The results are promising and seem to be working to help "flatten the curve" of the pandemic. The results are also promising as this change in behavior is having a positive affect on […]
Airline Carbon Footprint Transparency
Today's global focus on COVID-19 and everyone is making the changes needed to slow the spread of this coronavirus. As a result, hundreds of thousands of people are cancelling or rescheduling their air travel. However, even with all the uncertainty and anxiety in the world right now, the attention to sustainability has not been lost. […]