Survey: 58 percent of companies have no system to measure emissions

by Rebecca Walker — February 4, 2011—Enviance, Inc., a global provider of software solutions to help organizations manage and reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and other regulatory risks, reports from EUEC 2011America’s largest energy, utility and environmental conferencethe results of an on-the-ground survey by the show’s executives and influencers.

This is the second annual survey Enviance has commissioned at EUEC, with this year’s survey addressing year-over-year change in data along with new energy, utility and environmental concerns.

The survey of 143 energy and utility industry professionals attending EUEC found these following points:

• Emissions Systems: 58 percent of professionals surveyed responded that they have no system in place to record carbon emissions; an almost identical figure to the 61 percent of respondents from the same survey in 2010 that claimed their companies had no emissions recording systems in place.
  
• Cap & Trade: In 2010, 53 percent of respondents commented that there would be no effect or they have no plans to address a carbon price/tax. In 2011, 65 percent of respondents commented there would be no effect or they have no plans to address a carbon price/tax; a surprising increase given California’s landmark AB 32 legislation that will implement a price on carbon by 2012.
  
• Water Emissions: This year, the EUEC survey looked at the growing concern with water emissions and found that 55 percent of respondents identified water emissions as an equal priority to carbon emissions. Only 15 percent responded that carbon emissions are of greater priority than water emissions.