GCX Courses: What past students say

GCX brought their first course, Carbon Footprint Analyst (CFA), to market just less than 1 year ago. With fresh content, and South Africa’s leading carbon professionals delivering the course, the impact on market was instant. Having certified over 150 individuals from vastly different backgrounds, the reasons for why people choose to become certified differ as greatly as their backgrounds.

You Save More (Energy) With Clicks

Clicks Group Limited, one of GCX’s most committed and progressive clients, is at the forefront of carbon and energy management in South Africa. Aware of the future risks of inaction, Clicks consulted with GCX  to help them design the most effective Climate Change Response strategy for the group. To start off, GCX conducted a carbon footprint assessment of Clicks’ operations for the financial year 2007/8, which revealed that 68.3% of annual emissions were as a result of electricity use.

Is the US awakening to the Importance of Sustainability?

Part 1- US Business and the Influence of Employees & Customers

by Paris Arey - GCX President - USA

This is a six-part series that will explore the complex question of “Is the US awakening to the Importance of Sustainability.   When viewed through an environmental lens, sustainability can be defined as the way a business creates value for its stakeholders and society by maximizing the positive and mitigating the negative effects on the environment in order to grow revenue, reduce costs, manage risk and grow goodwill.  This definition gives focus to the foundational drivers of a business while adding the new dimension of environmental impact, which we all know has ranked low on the American agenda and so any ranking change will only occur when a multitude of events intersect to create tangible and non reversible momentum.  

A Carbon Emission Reduction Plan by GCX MD, Ed Gluckman

A wise person once told me that “every ocean begins with a drop of water” which is another way of saying that even small steps are progress if taken in the right direction. A shining example of this truth is the journey that many companies embark on to gain their “Eco-Advantage”. I define Eco-Advantage as a company’s opportunity for growth and profitability through a focus on environmental sustainability.

Most companies begin this journey by promoting recycling in the work place and installing labelled recycling bins which have a tangible and positive impact on reducing the amount of waste that reaches landfill. This also creates awareness amongst their staff which hopefully filters into the homes of all their employees.