Gjøvik is a municipality in the center of Norway on the shore of Norway's largest lake, Mjøsa. With around 30 000 inhabitants it is a dynamic municipality with a rich history, thriving economy, and beautiful natural surroundings. The municipality emphasizes sustainable development and quality of life, with a strong focus on innovation and green initiatives.To meet its ambitions of becoming carbon neutral, Gjøvik needed a powerful solution to enable a smarter and more efficient processes.
“We are actively working to reduce our emissions and finding the right tools to support our decarbonisation journey is critical in order to succeed.” - Henrik Jakobsen, Programleder for bærekraft, Gjøvik Kommune
As for many, Gjøvik's process for collecting climate-related data used to be dominated by time-consuming and frustrating manual work. laborious and time-consuming. As a result, measuring their climate footprint became a sporadic task, and the information was hard to use for planning for emission reduction activities. The solution from Morescope offered a more automated approach, making the process much easier, more up-to-date, and less labor-intensive.
“Working with Morescope has made it a lot easier for us to keep track of our greenhouse gas emissions. It has also made it a lot more practical for the administration to provide accurate emissions reporting related to both tertial and annual reporting processes” states Henrik Jakobsen. The solution has made it possible for the municipality to track its emissions real time and this allows for more frequent updates to management in terms of emission status.
“Working with an ambitious municipality, such as Gjøvik, has been very inspiring. Municipalities have both a direct, and indirect, impact on climate and by taking action Gjøvik is an important part of making the impact more positive.” - Ulf Johansen, CSO, Morescope
The main challenge previously was collecting and categorizing data in accordance with the GHG Protocol in an efficient manner. Morescope quickly resolved this issue, allowing Gjøvik to focus on the more critical aspects of climate accounting. Instead of merely presenting static data from a historical perspective, they could now move forward with actionable insights and real-time climate strategies.
“With Morescope, we can track our decarbonization efforts and results as seamlessly as we monitor our budget and financial reports on a day-to-day basis. This ensures that the data is readily available to guide our decisions throughout the year." -Henrik Jakobsen, Programleder for bærekraft, Gjøvik Kommune
Even though calculating your carbon footprint is just a first step, it used to be such a time-consuming task that many companies find it difficult to move to the next. To avoid using up all internal resources on the reporting step, organizations and municipalities needs efficient tools to decrease time collecting data, increase ability to integrate it in other aspects of the organization and thus increase ability to idenitfy strategies that actually starts reducing emissions today.
Hopefully more companies, organizations and muncipilaites like Gjøvik will discover how they can optimize their carbon reduction process - and, no matter what step you are at in this process - our tools are here to help. Morescope provides a data-driven platform designed to help companies make informed, strategic decisions on where and how to reduce emissions.
Real impact begins with real data - are you ready to move forward?
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