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There are several ways of looking at electrical energy conservation, whether you are reactive, proactive, systematic or rely on projects. In the retail environment, electricity is a significant part of your energy commitments. Conserving may not be a new idea, as we can remember those energy crises of the 1970s and how difficult times were then, but today sustainability has a new look. Every business executive should understand smart energy management and be willing to look at every possible initiative to help save costs.

Who really wants to be an executive these days, as there is so much to try and take into consideration, to keep the company buoyant? Every opportunity for consolidation needs to be considered and efficiency is the absolute byword of business. As the recession continued, every management metric within their reach needed to be considered and reconsidered as opportunities for improvement became critical. Now we’re beginning to see how all those old measurement methods are fully inadequate, even though they may have been considered to be “essential” for many a year.

The Sustainability Index was introduced by Wal-Mart in 2009 with much fanfare, quite rightly, as it made a significant statement around the world about corporate carbon emission responsibility. When the world’s largest retailer makes such a statement, it has enormous reach and potential repercussions as the potential consequences could directly affect the size of the carbon footprint of the country as a whole. According to Wal-Mart statements, we can clearly see that the largest problem associated with controlling carbon emissions comes in the form of supply-chain emissions.

It is sometimes difficult to understand the inner workings of the United States Senate. For example, it seems that Congress was doing very little else during the entire 2009 legislative session, other than bickering and arguing constantly about the fate of comprehensive health-care legislation. If we are to believe the media, this is all that was taking up their time, but it does seem clear that behind the scenes, energy related issues were being considered and lined up next for action, with a distinct likelihood that carbon legislation could be signed in.

Carbon trading has long been put forward as the most viable solution to “encourage” organizations to reduce their carbon footprints. Within a freely moving economy, it is said that should carbon have an effective price and the government artificially control its “availability,” then the markets would automatically control its level of use.

As organizations of every shape and size face a twin pronged challenge when it comes to their use of energy, management should explore every opportunity to arm themselves with the best possible information and the highest quality data to enable them to take their best position. The company faces a strong call to become more sustainable and to cut back in every respect in the energy that the organization uses, as a consequence of the carbon emissions that result. The other challenge, of course, is the sheer cost of using the energy in the first place and the associated security concerns for the future.

Almost every organization in existence today is unable to turn a dime unless they use an element of energy in the process. This total reliance on energy reflects strongly on the balance sheet and corporate utility bills are the subject of much attention, with frugality in mind.

Traditionally, organizations have produced complex business reports based on standards and traditional metrics, as prepared for them by their economists. It’s fair to say that carbon baseline figures have not been included in many of these reports to date, but this situation is changing as such as this measurement is now required according to the latest technological and scientific findings.

we are entering what has been termed by some to be the “carbon age.” This is determined by a growing revelation and an awareness of the need to become sustainable in everything that we do, both individually and collectively. For organizations, this means the creation of a whole new line of thought, dedicated to the impact that carbon can and will have on the business operations as carbon emissions management becomes more commonplace.