Surely it doesn't really matter who within the organisation is racking up the CO2? More important is the fact that the Foundation acknowleges itself responsible for about 2,000 tonnes of CO2 emission. At an offset price around $100/tonne, presumably we may expect that as an interim measure, WMF will purchase $200K worth of offsets -- an eminently affordable sum on its current budget.
Henry
On Fri, 20 Sep 2019 at 14:28, Adrian Raddatz ajraddatz@gmail.com wrote:
I'm more interested in the numbers for the WMF as a whole. One CEO does not make an emissions problem, and in a global-reaching organization I'd hope that the CEO would be flying around a bit. Focusing on the ten or so executives at the Foundation seems like a sensational approach rather than a useful one.
Adrian
On Fri, Sep 20, 2019 at 9:24 AM Fæ faewik@gmail.com wrote:
Nice to see that https://wikimediafoundation.org has a banner linking to the global climate strike today.
Can anyone produce some verifiable metrics that the WMF has taken significant action to reduce the total number of aircraft flights the WMF uses?
I am asking as though there are no transparently published figures for how much the WMF spends on air travel, I recall that the Katherine Mahler was interviewed by the Wall Street Journal, where is was part of her impressive executive profile to be "on the road" for 200 days of the year. This probably puts Katherine in the very top numbers for CEOs with damaging carbon footprints resulting from travelling so often by flying.[1] If the WMF wants to be seen as an ethical company when it comes to reducing their organizational impact on climate change, perhaps this could start with publishing travel figures for the CEO and the rest of the management team, so that everyone can see whether there is year on year improvement, or none.
Thanks again for the banner, it does help increase the sense of urgency.
Links:
https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-the-35-year-old-executive-director-of-wikim...
Fae
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